Being and Becoming: Gender Politics, Race and Identity in the Creative Space

In a continued conversation of the 2016 exhibition, Being and Becoming: Complexities of the African Identity, !Kauru Contemporary African Art Project’s 2017 Africa Month Exhibition, it will delve into the complexities of what has come to be understood as African femininities and female narratives emanating from contemporary African and African diasporic experiences.

The highly successful Being and Becoming: Complexities of the African Identity exhibition examined the material and conceptual complexities of the African identity with themes interrogating race, gender, class, access, intersectionality, transformation and transcendence.  This year, with a focus on female identified and identifying artists and specifically on female narratives and perspectives, !Kauru Contemporary African Art Project presents Being Her(e), an exhibition of women, by women featuring the works of 13 female artists and curated by Refilwe Nkomo (SA) and Thato Mogotsi (SA).

Dates:
Public Opening Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 18h00 – 21h00. Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017

Curator Walkabout Saturday, 13 May 2017, 11h00 – 13h00. Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017

Being Her(e) Symposium in association with VANSA and WSOA Sat, 20 May 2017, 09h00 – 17h00. Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017

First Thursday in association with Locrate Market Thursday, 1 June 2017, 18h00 – 20h00. Constitution Hill 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017

Finnissage Friday, 9 June 2017, 12h00 – 15h00. Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017

Being Her(e) Artist Talk Series in conjunction with WSOA 10th May – 9th June, 17h00 – 19h00. The Point of Order, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, 2000

Being Her(e) Schools and Interest Group Tours 10th May – 9th June, 09h00 – 17h00. Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, Johannesburg, 2017