A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists

22 Feb 2019 - 18 Apr 2019

A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists

The Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg presents A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists (1970 -1990). Taking place between 22 February - 18 April 2019 and curated by Standard Bank Gallery curator and manager, Dr Same Mdluli, A Black Aesthetic: A View of South African Artists (1970 -1990) draws largely from the University of Fort Hare art collection.

Presented for the first time outside of the Eastern Cape since 1992, the collection features one of the country’s largest holdings of Black South African artists working between the period of 1970 and 1990, leading to the first democratic elections in 1994 and thereafter.

Declared a National Cultural Treasure in 1998, this repository houses some of South Africa’s most revered artists such as Gerard Sekoto, George Pemba, Dumile Feni and Gladys Mgudlandlu. The exhibition includes a wide range of disciplines such as etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, serigraphs, drawings, paintings and sculptures.

From resistance arts to abstraction and scenes of everyday life, with artworks depicting both hardships and optimism, A Black Aesthetic shows work from three decades of the collection; part of an era in the country characterised by challenging conditions that existed under colonial and apartheid South Africa - with the after effects still felt today.

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GALLERY LOCATION

Standard Bank Gallery

Cnr Simmonds and, Frederick St, Marshalltown, Johannesburg, 2001

Entrance from Harrison Street, Safe and Secure Parking

GALLERY HOURS

Operating hours

Due to the current health risks associated with COVID-19 the Standard Bank Gallery will be closed from Thursday, 17 March 2020 until further notice.

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KEY EVENTS

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