Elle UK - 04.2020

Words: Becky Burgum. Photography:

Courtesy of

Zanele

Muholi, and Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg andYancey Richardson, New York. Courtesy of KapwaniKiwanga and The Goodman Galler y. Photograph ofMonogoro

by Emile Ouroumov, 2O16. Iwan Bann.

Point of view

THIS MONTH, TATE

MODERN PRESENTS THE

MOST COMPREHENSIVE

UK EXHIBITION OF

ZANELE MUHOLI’S WORK

(BELOW) TO DATE

Past meets present

KAPWANI KIWANGA’S

WORK (BOTH

ABOVE) SERVES AS

A FRANK, MODERN

REMINDER OF AFRICA’S

COLONIAL PAST

With thriving design schools, such as the Michaelis School of

Fine Art, and a booming gallery scene, sparked by the opening

of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in 2O17, Cape

Town has become the art capital every collector is talking

about. The Goodman Gallery, initially based in Cape Town

and Johannesburg, was pivotal in shaping this movement – and has opened a London outpost. There, you’ll

find Frieze-winning artist Kapwani Kiwanga’s work, which reflects on Africa’s colonial history (7 April to 9 May).

Next up, Johannesburg-born Zanele Muholi presents 26O dramatic black and white photos at London’s

Tate Modern (29 April to 18 October), including their acclaimed series of self-portraits designed to celebrate

individuality. South African artist Candice Breitz’s Love Story comes to Tate Liverpool (9 April to 7 June), featuring

actors Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin performing fragments of real interviews by six refugees. The piece

went viral after it was created in 2O16, and was chosen to represent South Africa at the 2O17 Venice Biennale.

THE ENTRANCE TO ZEITZ MUSEUM OF

CONTEMPORARY ART AFRICA

JALOUSIE BY KAPWANI

KIWANGA , 2O18

MOROGORO BY KAPWANI

KIWANGA, 2O16

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