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Adejoke Tugbiyele / Testimony

05 September - 10 October 2015
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town

Goodman Gallery Cape Town 5 September – 10 October 2015

Exhibition opening Saturday 5 September at 11:00 Walkabout with the artist at 12:00

In her forthcoming solo exhibition, TESTIMONY, the first in South Africa and on the continent, Adejoke Tugbiyele speaks to her personal experience and the lived and imagined experiences of all Nigerians, regardless of gender and sexual orientation. She takes as her motivation the fact that many Nigerians and other Africans cannot survive each day without dreaming of being elsewhere – somewhere far away. For example, Nigerians and other Africans migrate to places like South Africa for survival and freedom – including the freedom to love – managing existing trauma amid fears of xenophobia in a country still healing from its own apartheid past.

Artworks

Dyed Springbok and cow hide leather
Tremnet/hardware cloth, perforated metal, wire, African mask (collaged), vuvuzelas
Tremnet/hardware cloth, perforated metal, wire, gas pumps, funnels
Ink and paint on parchment
Limited Edition Heineken Bottles, funnel, hardware cloth
Oil and ink on calf parchment
Ink and paint on parchment
Ink and paint on parchment
Ink and paint on parchment
Ink and paint on parchment
Ink, paint and pencil on parchment
Paint on Total oil drums, Video Projection of 'Totally Fucked'
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