AlterNativeArt

an exhibition curated by Nwafor Uju Nkiruka Jane OPENING: THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2009 VENUE: UWC/ROBBEN ISLAND MUSEUM MAYIBUYE ARCHIVE (BESIDE UWC LIBRARY) Precedents and Currents Media reports have shown that demonstrations over poor public service in South Africa have soared since the past few years. In some of the protests, police fired rubber bullets at protesters who were demonstrating over the grim housing conditions they are forced to live in. Other upsetting riots, where foreigners were either killed or have their properties looted and burnt, featured recurrent elements of xenophobia. These instances of violent or sometimes peaceful protests inspired the theme of this exhibition. Precedents and Currents is an exhibition that intends to see how these recent occurrences relate to the violent protests that happened during the apartheid era. One may assume that many were hopeful for improved and positive change in their lives and living conditions with the new democracy but ...

Un échange transculturel autour de l’art, de la mode et du sport - Du lundi au samedi 11 H - 19 H - Galerie Le Manège - Entrée libre En partenariat avec le Goethe-Institut Vernissage le mardi 29 septembre à 18h30 Colloque le 30 septembre au Goethe-Institut de Dakar, à 18h30, en présence des artistes.(Point E, Rue Diourbel x piscine Olympique) Une réflexion sur la mode, l’identité, l’histoire et le mouvement à travers les œuvres de 15 artistes réunis à l’initiative de l’Institut pour les Relations Culturelles avec l’Étranger (IFA) lors d’un workshop organisé à Dakar en novembre 2008 dans le cadre des Semaines culturelles allemandes. La Galerie Le Manège est heureuse d’accueillir l’exposition Prêt-à-partager, proposée par le Goethe-Institut de Dakar. Cet événement marquera la deuxième étape d’une collaboration débutée en octobre 2008 avec l’exposition photographique Deutsche Vita de Stefan Moses, collaboration que Le Manège souhaite riche et pérenne. Regroupant 15 artistes et plus de ...

Centre for Contemporary Art,Lagos is pleased to present its public programme on Thursday 1st of October as follows Date Thursday 1st October 2009 Time 2pm (prompt o) Venue - CCA,Lagos 9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba Artist Kainebi Osahenye talks about his exhibition Trash-ing with CCA,Lagos Director Bisi Silva. They are then joined in a panel discussion on the State of Painting in Nigeria by Uche Edochie and Jess Castellote 3.30pm - Refreshments 4. 00pm Talk by Giles Peppiat, MRICS, Director, Bonhams Mr Peppiat's talk will give an overview of the international auction house Bonhams as well as focus on the contemporary African art sales within an international context. Giles Peppiatt studied at St. Andrews University before joining Bonhams in 1989. In 1993 he trained as an auctioneer and conducted his first auction in that year. In 1997 he qualified as a ‘Chartered Arts & Antiques Surveyor’ with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Giles is also the world leading exper...

Join key figures from the world of photography. Including Jeffrey Boloten, Managing Director ArtInsight, Matt Carey-Williams, Christies European Private Sales Director, Zelda Cheatle, Tosca Photography Fund and Brett Rogers, Director, The Photographers' Gallery. The seminar is followed by a drinks reception and curator led tour of the exhibition André Kertész: On Reading. Tickets: £75.00 For more information and to book email Jeffrey Bolotenon on jeffrey@artinsight.co.uk 16 - 18 Ramillies Street London W1F 7LW Tel: +44 (0)845 262 1618 Fax: +44 (0)20 7836 9704 Email: info@photonet.org.uk www.photonet.org.uk

WIAIA COMES TO LAGOS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2009 From 27 October to 4 November 2009, SPARCK will host the first WiAiA: an international workshop dedicated to innovative writing and publishing about contemporary creation in the African world. WiAiA stands for Word into Art into Africa. WiAiA is designed to address the need, and to respond to active calls from arts practitioners with whom SPARCK collaborates, for (more) creative and (more) ethically engaged writing about the production of contemporary art in the African world – writing that addresses in original ways intersections between the arts and social, political and economic concerns in a globalised world. The goal of these workshops is to provide a platform for fostering such writing and to assist in developing a strong readership for it. In the middle and longer term, WiAiA’s aim is to connect, grow and sustain a community of young writers who will shape, share and propel the engaged discourse of the works...

11th-13th September 2009 Since 2003 the London African Music Festival has been at the forefront of new African music and this year is no exception, with the festival featuring true legends – Oliver Mtukudzi, Lord Eric Sugumugu, the leader of the mighty Master Drummers of Africa, who premiers his new acoustic group, and maverick jazz organist Ed Bentley who leads his new high energy group that fuses hi-life with funk and jazz solos. As always it features women leaders with this year’s stars including The Yoruba Women Choir, Uganda’s diva Rachel Magoola, contemporary jazz saxophonist YolanDa Brown and Hilary Mwelwa leads her remarkable group, Hil St Soul. For more info and full listings check out: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/festivals-series/london-african-music-festival

Opening: Saturday, 12th September 2009, 3pm Exhibition continues till 10th October 2009 Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to present an exhibition of new mixed media and painterly installations by acclaimed Lagos based artist Kainebi Osahenye. With over twenty years of artistic practice, this current incarnation Trash-ing builds on the continuous process of experimentation which has pushed the boundaries of his painting. Trash-ing signals a new departure from his well-known large-scale neo-expressionist paintings towards the incorporation of more conceptual concerns through a format that increasingly borrows from an installation orientated process. Losing none of his gestural signature strokes, nor the luminosity of his colours or the edginess of his subject matter, Trash-ing highlights some of the issues that have pervaded his work for over a decade. In the recent works these existential, political, religious and everyday themes which habitually manifested with a degree o...

Six intensive weekend workshops led by artists renowned for their approaches to making, facilitation and participation. Artsadmin’s Weekenders are open to all practitioners regardless of level of experience; all that is required is an openness to meet, talk, play, perform and collaborate. Come to one or all – each Weekender operates as a stand-alone while the series as a whole offers an opportunity to work with an outstanding range of artists. Weekenders will be led by Graeme Miller, Stacy Makishi, Chris Goode, Lone Twin, Anne Bean and Blast Theory. Curated by the advisory team at Artsadmin, the series reflects a wide range of performance practices. The content of each Weekender will be unique to the lead artist, reflective of their practice and responsive to the group of participants. Booking : £60 per weekend Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 5pm Please be sure you can attend both days All places subsidised by Artsadmin Venue : Toyn...