“In the Light of Play”
11th - 27th March 2009 Durban Art Gallery, Durban 2nd Floor,City Hall, Anton Lembede Street, Durban 4001, South Africa The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA,Lagos ) is pleased to present to a Durban audience its inaugural special projects initiative. “In the light of play” is an exhibition organised by Nigerian curator, Bisi Silva consisting of works by acclaimed artists; Berry Bickle (Zimbabwe) Sokari Douglas Camp (Nigeria/UK) Helga Kohl (Namibia) Bongi Bengu (South Africa), Pinar Yolacan (Turkey) and Monique Pelser (South Africa). In the light of play eschews a prescribed conceptual framework to highlight multiple connections, interconnections and even disconnections in the work of individual artists. Through this format the exhibition communicates the way in which artists are dealing with some of the salient issues in contemporary society as they affect us individually and collectively; culture and tradition, identity, memory, presence and absence, the body, consumption and ...