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29 November - 3 December 2022
Southern Guild participates in Untitled Art in Miami for the first time, presenting a vibrant group exhibition of sculpture, painting and multi-media works that draw on the experience of colour as a means for aesthetic exploration.
Southern Guild’s diverse presentation for Untitled Art speaks to the potency of creativity and its capacity to transmute experiences, offering catharsis to the individual and collective through lightness of being. The gallery’s booth features work by nine established and emerging artists from across the African continent. Highlights include a series of woven rubber works by multimedia artist Patrick Bongoy, which speak to the brutal colonial history of his native Congo; paintings by emerging South African artists Jozua Gerrard and Yolanda Mazwana; and a sculpture by Beninese artist Dominique Zinkpè comprising countless carved wooden Ibeji dolls evoking the Yoruba concept of twinship. Cape Town-based ceramicist Shirley Fintz offers five vividly coloured glazed stoneware forms from her series, The Healers, while Julio Rizhi’s work transforms mountains of discarded plastic into visceral abstract reliefs. Xanthe Somers’ elaborate large-scale ceramic work, The Circus, explores the remnants of the Christian-colonial gaze in Southern Africa, while Galia Gluckman offers effusive paper constructions.
Artists
- Patrick Bongoy
Shirley Fintz
- Jozua Gerrard
Galia Gluckman
- Justine Mahoney
Yolanda Mazwana
Julio Rizhi
- Xanthe Somers
- Dominique Zinkpè
Works
Jozua Gerrard
Take the Bull by the Horns, 2022Enamel and acrylic on glass
56 x 45 in. | 142.24 x 114.3 cm
Dominique Zinkpè
Gardien du Temple (Guardian of the Temple), 2022Timber, acrylic paint, steel
65 x 59.88 x 14.13 in.
Unique
Dominique Zinkpè
Intelligence Humaine (Human Intelligence), 2021Timber, acrylic paint
84.63 x 19.75 x 11.75 in.
Unique
Julio Rizhi
What is on the Inside III, 2022Recycled plastic, mesh wire, spray paint
49.25 x 30 x 12.25 in.
Julio Rizhi
What is on the Inside IV, 2022Recycled plastic, mesh wire, spray paint
20.13 x 26 x 12.25 in.
