The artists to be exhibited include Gabrielle Goliath, Hank Willis Thomas, Haroon Gunn-Salie and Jodi Bieber.
Goliath’s Faces of War which opened in January, considers domestic violence as a scenario of conflict affecting the everyday experience of thousands of men, women and children in South Africa, and is confined, by definition, to the environment of the home; a “private affair” which happens behind closed doors. The exhibition will run until 15 February.
American conceptual artist Thomas’ first solo exhibition at the gallery, History Doesn’t Laugh, will run from 22 February until 29 March. The gallery’s Lara Koseff said the exhibition will highlight “the artist’s interest in representing photographic ideas through unconventional materials”.
“For this exhibition, he scoured numerous publications and archives looking for graphics, images and audio that exemplify, through popular culture, South Africa’s recent history,” she said. “The result is a fascinating combination of installations, objects and prints that present the visual complexities of the not-so-distant past.”
Thomas will also debut a series of photo-derived sculptures cast in aluminium, silicone and bronze that reframe the original image by focusing on the impact of hand gestures.
From 22 February until 29 March, Gunn-Salie’s In the Viewing Room will be on exhibition. “[We] will present work from three different yet interlinked series by Gunn-Salie, [namely] Place of Gold, Witness, and Zonnebloem Renamed, exploring the fractured urban landscapes of Johannesburg and Cape Town,” said Koseff. “All three projects confront this legacy of inner-city fragmentation, while… pointing out the artifice or socio-political conflict often inherent in urban redevelopment.”
Art lovers can also look forward to Jodi Bieber’s exhibition Quiet, which will run from 5 until 26 April. The exhibition will address the “performance of masculinity through a candid and intimate exploration of the fluidity of male identity”.
Details: 011 788 1113; www.goodman-gallery.com
