| 28 July 2015 - 06 September 2015 |
This
year’s prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art was awarded
to Kemang Wa Lehulere. This annual award includes sponsorships towards an
exhibition which starts its country wide tour at the National Arts Festival in
Grahamstown before traveling on to Nelson Mandela Bay.
In History will break
your heart, Kemang Wa Lehulere continues his current exploration of
marginalized South African artists. In
his award exhibition, he creates a dialogue between his own work and the work
of veteran fine artists Ernest Mancoba, Gladys Mgudlandlu and writer Rolfes Robert Reginald
Dhlomo. Wa Lehulere’s used the medium of
video, installation and found artifacts (including works on paper by Mgudladlu
which were purchased on auction) to tell the stories of these three artists and
in doing so highlights the importance of their contribution to art and writing
in South Africa. Wa Lehulere’s
exhibition imparts back to these forgotten artists the deserved acknowledgment
that they deserve. |