A powerful tapestry exhibition at Constitution Hill

The Kieskamma Art Project (KAP), founded in 2000 has a new and exciting exhibition on display.

Titled ‘umaf evuka, nje ngenyanga’ or the dying and rising as the moon does, the exhibition is currently running at Constitution Hill and is well worth a visit.

“Iconic artworks are displayed in one immersive exhibition which has never been displayed together before,” says curator Cathy Stanley. Stanley currently residing in Westdene is herself a successful South African artist who believes visitors will be ‘overwhelmed by the scale of the artworks, the stories told and the emotions portrayed powerfully through imaginative art’.

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Pippa Hetherington and Azu Nwagobogu curated the exhibition with Stanley.

As the title of the exhibition suggests, Stanley says, “The ebb and flow of life incorporating pain, poverty, highs and lows are all showcased through the eyes of the unique village of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape which sits along the life-giving Keiskamma River.”

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“The venue was chosen in part because of the 25th anniversary of the signing of our nation’s constitution as it has a deep and emotional history,” reflects Stanley. Housed in the Number Four section and the Atrium Section of the Women’s Gaol you can see the walls adorned with tapestry artworks of residents from the little village.

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She says the 120m Keiskamma Tapestry is viewed with renewed appreciation after it was nearly destroyed in a fire at the parliament building.

The exhibition will run for six months and close on March 24, 2023.

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If you would like to learn more, please visit www.constitutionhill.org.za and search for Keiskamma Art Project.

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