Present Tense
dal 17/9/2013 al 13/12/2013
Segnalato da
Delio Jasse
Dillon Marsh
Guy Tillim
Jo Ractliffe
Kiluanji Kia Henda
Mack Magagane
Malala Andrialavidrazana
Paul Samuels
Pieter Hugo
Sabelo Mlangeni
Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Filipe Branquinho
Mauro Pinto
Sammy Baloji
Antonio Pinto Ribeiro
17/9/2013
Present Tense
Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris
Photographies du sud de l'Afrique. The exhibition brings together work by 14 artists and highlight the contemporary tensions that exist in their countries and societies in general. Part of the France - South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013.
Curator: António Pinto Ribeiro
Photographs: Délio Jasse, Dillon Marsh, Guy Tillim, Jo Ractliffe, Kiluanji
Kia Henda, Mack Magagane, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Paul Samuels,
Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, Filipe Branquinho,
Mauro Pinto and Sammy Baloji
A coproduction of Gulbenkian Next Future Program and
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Paris.
2011 saw the commemorations of twenty years since the
end of Apartheid in South Africa. In collaboration with the
Gulbenkian Next Future programme, the French Delegation
of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation pays tribute to
photographers from the south of Africa.
Being interested in
Africa implies being involved in a continent where the history
of photography is particularly important. Little known in
Europe despite their talent and incisive outlook on their
societies, two important generations of photographers are
presented here.
Two tendencies can be outlined: while some
of them demonstrate that they have not forgotten their past
and their history, others are now turned towards the future.
The exhibition will bring together work by 14 photographers
and highlight the contemporary tensions that exist in their
countries and societies in general. The sometimes unusual
thematic choices and the mise en scène have been carefully
thought through, with social questions of identity and public
space at the centre of the work; these tensions become
productive and contribute to the wealth of these artists'
propositions.
The exhibition will first open in Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in
Lisbon on 21 June 2013.
Press contact:
Miguel Magalhães 01 53 859376 m.magalhaes@gulbenkian-paris.org
Clémence Bossard 01 53 859381 c.bossard@gulbenkian-paris.org
This exhibition is part of the France - South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013 www.france-southafrica.com
Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian Paris
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Saturday : 11am - 6pm
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