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Rolex Pavilion and Exhibition : Mariam Issoufou
AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE

Built to Last: Memory, imagination, and the architecture of Mariam Issoufou

Her designs resist imitation. Her buildings whisper resilience. Mariam Issoufou is giving tradition a powerful, modern voice

  • Kibo Ngowi
13 min read
Deliberate mongrelisation: Yinka Shonibare has put on a show that juxtaposes an electic mix of culture to celebrate the restitution of African artefacts and acknowledge our disconnect relationship with the past. Photo: Michael Hall
AFRICAN AESTHETICS

Shonibare celebrates Africa’s contribution to modernism

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare offers us a mongrelised vision for the future with his new hybrid forms

  • Alexandra Dodd
8 min read
Installation view of Requiem, from left: Paulus Fürst, Doctor Schnabel von Rom, Kleidung wider den Tod zu Rom (1656); Artist unrecorded, Lonely Soul Ex-Voto (19th century). Photo Graham De Lacy
ANA MENDIETA

What lies in between? Musings on the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation

‘Liminality’ is a buzz word in art speak, but does the current Johannesburg Contemporary Art Foundation exhibition go far enough in meaningfully unpacking it?

  • Thabang Monoa
13 min read
‘New Brighton, Port Elizabeth’ by George Pemba can be seen at a period-crossing exhibition at the Standard Bank Art Gallery until April 18. (George Pemba/Standard Bank Gallery)
ATHI MONGEZELELI JOJA
Video

A Black Aesthetic lacks rigour

A Black Aesthetics as being uninventive and politically questionable

  • Athi Mongezeleli Joja
8 min read