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STELLENBOSCH
OUTDOOR
PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION

THEME & CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Freedom, I dream up for myself and others.
Inkululeko, ndiphuphela mna nabanye.
Vryheid, ek droom vir myself en ander.

Freedom, I dream up for myself and others, is an exploration of a visual language that bridges gaps between cultures, creates understanding, and inspires empathy and connection. This photographic presentation transcends language barriers and allows people to convey ideas and concepts using imagery and visual cues.

 

The works selected in this exhibition are intended to be more mindful of the subtleties of our dreams and how we view the world. The works are intended to resonate with us all, and with the medium of photography it does so in its purest form, it does not distort.

 

Photography is a tool that never warps or ages. This medium teaches us to look, to look again, and to do so harder. This visual universal language has the ability to change perception, encourage understanding, and create a sense of urgency when needed. It has been the reason to incite human action and at other times to inspire human connection.

 

This exhibition explores the Masters of Photography who draw inspiration from the African continent. It encourages the audience to foster meaningful dialogue in investigating the archive. The artists have pushed boundaries within the medium of photography and created works that have stood the test of time. Archives are not just windows into the past, they are the authentic creations of individual people who lived before us and still live among us. They are the archaeology that was never buried.

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ANELISA
MANGCU
THE CURATOR:
SOUTH AFRICA

Anelisa Mangcu is a curator and interdisciplinary art practitioner based in Cape Town. Mangcu is the co-founder of  the Victory of the Word, an organisation that works on funding and investment strategies to stimulate and preserve art entities such as Lovedale Press. Mangcu has curated over 40 exhibitions and presentations for fairs such as FNB Art Joburg, Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 1-54 New York and RMB Latitudes Art Fair. Mangcu is also the founder of Under The Aegis, which offers curatorial and art advisory  services, and facilitates the relationship between artists, collectors and institutional collections from the African continent and the diaspora. Mangcu obtained an Honours in Curatorship from the Centre for Curating the Archive, at Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town.

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MASTERS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Lament II, 2011
From the series Lament I-VI
Courtesy of artist Berni Searle
BERNI SEARLE
BERNI SEARLE
1964
SOUTH AFRICA
Lament II, 2011
From the series Lament I-VI
Courtesy of artist Berni Searle
SITE 1: R44
The house-painter and his family, Pretoria Street, Hillbrow, January 1973 
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
Courtesy The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust and Goodman Gallery.
DAVID GOLDBLATT
DAVID GOLDBLATT
1930 - 2018
SOUTH AFRICA
The house-painter and his family, Pretoria Street, Hillbrow, January 1973
© The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
Courtesy The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust and Goodman Gallery.
SITE 2: 52 Dorp St
Two Sisters in-law, Florence and Gifty, 1973/74
© James Barnor
Courtesy of October Gallery, London
JAMES BARNOR
JAMES BARNOR
1923
GHANA
Two Sisters in-law, Florence and Gifty, 1973/74
© James Barnor
Courtesy of October Gallery, London
SITE 3: Mark Street
Dejected, 1999
From the series Outland
© Roger Ballen
Courtesy of artist Roger Ballen
ROGER BALLEN
ROGER BALLEN
1950
USA / SOUTH AFRICA
Dejected, 1999
From the series Outland
© Roger Ballen
Courtesy of artist Roger Ballen
SITE 4: Die Braak
Bar Beach Victoria Island, Lagos
1999 
From the series Sea Never Dry
Courtesy of artist Akinbode Akinbiyi
AKINBODE AKINBIYI
AKINBODE AKINBIYI
1946
NIGERIA
Bar Beach Victoria Island, Lagos
1999
From the series Sea Never Dry
Courtesy of artist Akinbode Akinbiyi
SITE 5: Dorpsteeg
Heather, 1991
Courtesy of artist Calvin Dondo
CALVIN DONDO
CALVIN DONDO
1963
ZIMBABWE
Heather, 1991
Courtesy of artist Calvin Dondo
SITE 6: Ryneveld Street
Ouma Anna Jaars 99-year-old. 
Rooifontein. Northern Cape Circa 
1987
Courtesy of artist Obie Oberholzer
OBIE OBERHOLZER
OBIE OBERHOLZER
1947
SOUTH AFRICA
Ouma Anna Jaars 99-year-old.
Rooifontein. Northern Cape Circa
1987
Courtesy of artist Obie Oberholzer
SITE 7: Church Street
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club), 1963
© Malick Sidibé
Courtesy MAGNIN-A Gallery, Paris
MALICK SIDIBÉ
MALICK SIDIBÉ
1936 - 2016
MALI
Nuit de Noël (Happy Club), 1963
© Malick Sidibé
Courtesy MAGNIN-A Gallery, Paris
SITE 8: Drostdy Street

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