Figures & Fictions
This exhibition on Contemporary South African Photography at the V&A museum in London is a must for everyone interested in contemporary art. It showcases the work of 17 South African photographers, such as: David Goldblatt, Jodi Bieber, Kudzanai Chiurai, Hasan & Husain Essop, Pieter Hugo, Roelof Petrus Van Wyk – just to name a few. “Each photographer is represented by one or more projects that are linked by the depiction of people and a self-conscious engagement with South Africa’s political and photographic past.”
For more information go to: www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/figures-fictions
The exhibition is showing unti17th July 2011
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She’s Lost Contol
Spoek Mathambo’s latest video Control is a township house cover of the Joy Division classic ‘She’s Lost Control’ – a collaboration with one of South Africa’s most celebrated photographers, Pieter Hugo (www.pieterhugo.com) and cinematographer Michael Cleary (www.michaelcleary.co.za). His debut album Mshini Wam was released in August.
“It explores the world of township cults, street preaches and teen gangs and was shot on location in a squatted train boarding house in Langa, Cape Town. The cast is mainly made up of the neighborhood kids who run their own dance troop, Happy Feet” – www.spoekmathambo.com
Very Cool!
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