Trouble
dal 5/11/2004 al 31/12/2004
Segnalato da
Jane Alexander
William Kentridge
Thando Mama
Jo Ractliffe
Tracey Rose
David Goldblatt
Sophie Legrandjacques
5/11/2004
Trouble
Le Grand Cafe' Centre d'art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire
Jane Alexander, William Kentridge, Thando Mama, Jo Ractliffe, Tracey Rose, David Goldblatt (Galerie des Franciscains)
Curator: Sophie Legrandjacques
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of South Africa first democratic
elections, Le Grand Cafe Centre for Contemporary Art presents two
exhibitions revealing South African artists' commitment to their country's
social and political past and present history.
TROUBLE gathers artworks by Jane ALEXANDER, William KENTRIDGE, Thando
MAMA, Jo RACTLIFFE, and Tracey ROSE, which explore "the unstable and fluid
expanse that exists between an internalised, personal space and an
exterior, outer reality during a time of intense social transformation.
Inevitably, the specific historical conditions that continue to be played
out in South Africa in its first few years as a newly democratic nation
are embedded in their artwork, yet the issues resonate beyond its borders.
Transformation is affecting many countries as they experience volatile
social, cultural and economic changes due to political re-ordering and the
seemingly all-encompassing effects of globalisation. In South Africa, the
symptoms of transformation are compressed, intensified and acutely evident
in day-to-day life." (Emma Bedford, TREMOR, Contemporary South African
Art, 2004).
Memory, identity, desire, survival, guilt, reconciliation thus appear
through the works this exhibition brings together, highlighting a
recurring use of film and video as the unstable and fluid expanse itself.
The still photography presented constitutes a tense point in this expanse,
questioning the vision's reality and the way that images are constructed.
TROUBLE is shown in Le Grand Cafe in partnership with Iziko: South African
National Gallery, Cape Town, Bruxelles Centre for Contemporary Art and
Institut Francais d'Afrique du Sud.
Le Grand Cafe presents at the Galerie des Franciscains the first
significant monographic exhibition of David GOLDBLATT's work in France.
This exhibition gathers 58 photographs, some of which have never been seen
in this country before, taken between 1952 and 2002.
David Goldblatt takes pictures from "both sides". First, Afrikaners, then
the world of Black people, starting in the early 70's. This artist seeks
to depict living and working conditions of ordinary people, thus
expressing an explicitly critical conscience that calls for reform. His
photographic practise accounts for the on-going decay of urban landscapes
and for the inescapable wave of change and modernisation processes, while
reflecting on solidarity and on the spirit of unity which is being reached
by communities in the worst times. His photographs recount fifty years of
observing South African's upheavals, from the rising apartheid regime (in
1948, when the National Party were elected) to the first post-apartheid
decade.
The exhibited works are part of the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain's
collection, presently on loan at the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nantes,
France.
Le Grand Cafe, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Saint-Nazaire (F)
Place des Quatre Z'Horloges, 44600 Saint-Nazaire - France
Opening date: Friday November 5th from 7 PM
Hours: Daily (except Monday) 2PM to 7PM,
Sunday 3PM to 6PM
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