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ST2020 | On the Cusp

ST2020 | On the Cusp

2020-02-11

An exhibition of artworks by 10 young African artists, On the Cusp is about revealing and unraveling the creative talents of tomorrow. Focused on graduating visual art students and young art practitioners who have pushed their creative boundaries and sit on the cusp of beauty and magic through their aesthetic, conceptual, critical, material choice, form or installation methods. On The Cusp is a point of transition between two different states; a pointed curve where two ends meet; an intersection of creative elements. It is looking at the present and seeing what the creative promises to deliver to the future through their imagination and innovation.


Curator: Dr. Bernard Akoi-Jackson


Location: Libertas Parva (Little Libertas), 25-33 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch

Participating Artists

Denyse Gawu-Mensah

Denyse Gawu-Mensah

Ghana

Asafo Black Collective formed 2017

Jeffrey Otoo

Jeffrey Otoo

Ghana

Asafo Black Collective formed 2017

Larry Adorkor (Bonchaka)

Larry Adorkor (Bonchaka)

Ghana

Asafo Black Collective formed 2017

Samuel Baah Kortey (Kristo)

Samuel Baah Kortey (Kristo)

Ghana

Asafo Black Collective formed 2017

Valerie Fab-Uche

Valerie Fab-Uche

Nigeria

b. 1996

Aaron Samuel Mulenga

Aaron Samuel Mulenga

Zambia

b. 1990

Indira Mateta

Indira Mateta

Angola

Malebona Maphutse

Malebona Maphutse

South Africa

b. 1994

Agnes Waruguru Njoroge

Agnes Waruguru Njoroge

Kenya

b. 1994

Lazaro Samuel

Lazaro Samuel

Tanzania

b. 1998

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

South Africa

b. 1995

Rumanzi Canon Griffin

Rumanzi Canon Griffin

Uganda

b. 1991

Featured Artworks

Under da fuck’n sun

Under da fuck’n sun

Larry Adorkor (Bonchaka)

2020

PLASTIC DOLLS INSTALLATION

The Zone

The Zone

Jeffrey Otoo

2020

MIXED

“Unseen” An imaginative predic-
tion of the future

“Unseen” An imaginative predic-
tion of the future

Denyse Gawu-Mensah

2020

DIGITAL PHOTOMONTAGE WITH LIGHT

I Got It

I Got It

2020

GRAFFITI (VIDEO)

Christ-sis

Christ-sis

Samuel Baah Kortey (Kristo)

2020

PAINTING WITH THE ARTIST’S AND ANIMAL BLOOD

“A cockroach cannot
bring forth a butterfly”

“A cockroach cannot
bring forth a butterfly”

Valerie Fab-Uche

2020

MIRROR AND SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION

Last Supper

Last Supper

Aaron Samuel Mulenga

2020

VIDEO AND INSTALLATION

Mam’ Etu Kianda

Mam’ Etu Kianda

Indira Mateta

2020

PHOTOGRAPHY AND INSTALLATION WITH SOUND

Fuck Your Fake
Ass History

Fuck Your Fake
Ass History

Malebona Maphutse

2020

MIXED MEDIA (SCULPTURE, VIDEO, PAINTING)

Homewares

Homewares

Agnes Waruguru Njoroge

2020

INSTALLATION

The sekunde (Seconds)

The sekunde (Seconds)

Lazaro Samuel

2020

ACRYLICS ON CANVAS (EACH CANVAS MARKS A
SECOND IN ONE MINUTE)

Notes to Self:
Mixtapenyana

Notes to Self:
Mixtapenyana

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

2020

SOUND AND TEXT EXPERIENCE

_everything_is_here_
every_time; _All_these_
travellers_ (_we_are_)/
Quo_Vadis?; ALL_HANDS_
ON_DECK__building_
better_babels_beta

_everything_is_here_
every_time; _All_these_
travellers_ (_we_are_)/
Quo_Vadis?; ALL_HANDS_
ON_DECK__building_
better_babels_beta

Rumanzi Canon Griffin

2020

DIGITAL PHOTOMONTAGE

ST2025 is brought to you by Outset Contemporary Art Fund and many more

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