The Amasosha Art Movement presents new art showcase at Durban Art Gallery
The Amasosha Art Movement is a collective of multi-disciplinary artists from greater Durban.
AN exhibition of new works by the Amashosha Art Movement, entitled Inkaba, opens at the Durban Art Gallery on December 2, where it will run until March 2.
“Inkaba is a Zulu word with two meanings. It can be an umbilicus or navel, which is a remnant of the umbilical cord that connects a baby to its mother before birth. The umbilical cord supplies oxygen and nutrition to the baby during pregnancy. It is cut and removed at birth and leaves a scar—the navel,” explained curator Mthobisi Maphumulo.
Maphumulo continued: “In Zulu custom, the umbilical cord has a deeper meaning. It is continuity. Literally, when a child is born, the umbilical cord is cut and buried in the cattle kraal to connect the newborn with the source of life of the family, as cattle generally are in African customs. In Zulu culture, Inkaba can also refer to a marker of where one comes from. The works in the Inkaba exhibition are a reflection of a journey that people of colour have travelled socio-economically to make sense of their lives today. These works allow us to appreciate the persistence that people of colour have wrought to push boundaries in engaging with their intellectual ideas in an imposed, ever-changing environment.”
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“Some of the works challenge, inspire, celebrate, question and investigate the experiences of people of colour in contemporary spaces. All these elements challenge artists to go back to the scars of the past and to explore the residues that people of colour carry into the future. Inkaba therefore becomes an endeavour to trace the origins of African communities while writing a different narrative with new possibilities for contemporary society,” he says.
The exhibition is curated by Mthobisi Maphumulo and features work by participating artists, Anelisiwe Maphumulo, Andile Maphumulo, Mthobisi Maphumulo, Lindani Maduna, Thembi Mthembu, Thalente Khomo, Lindelwa Msimang, Bongani Luthuli, Nhlanhla Chonco, Sihle Mthethwa, Mzamo Mlambo and Nhlakanipho Peace Ndimande.
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The Amasosha Art Movement is a collective of multi-disciplinary artists from greater Durban. Their movement is emerging as a critical vehicle in the exploration, interrogation and collaboration of ideas. Amasosha is an isiZulu loan word derived from the English word meaning ‘soldiers’.
The Amashosha Art Movement will conduct interactive walkabouts for the public.
The Durban Art Gallery is located on the second floor of City Hall, Anton Lembede Street, Central Durban. It is open from 09:00 to 15:00 during the week, and 09:00 to 12:00 on Saturdays.
For more information, contact the gallery at 031 311 2264/9.
For more info, visit: www.amasosha.co.za.
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