Art expo explores African identities
An exhibition of African art will be on display at the African Art Centre from Thursday.
TO commemorate Africa month, African Art Centre invited selected artists to participate in an exhibition themed I Am An African.
Africa month is an opportunity to celebrate the arts and culture of our country and continent. KwaZulu-Natal is naturally a distinctive thread in the works on display, featuring artists such as Sifiso Ka-Mkame, Jabulani Cele, Zakhele Hlabisa, Sabastein Pillay, Welcome Danca, Sibusiso Duma, Joseph Manana and Major Ndlovu, among others.
This exhibition hopes to create colourful awareness of various social and cultural identities and simultaneously provoke thinking about what it means to be African. It touches on unresolved questions pertinent to our society, the challenge of xenophobia for example.
“Establishing acceptance, tolerance, cooperation and unity among our respective cultures and communities is crucial for the growth of Africa, and for our lives as Africans. That is the spirit which underlies the invitation to a group of artists to participate in the I Am An African exhibition,” said Magdalene Reddy, Director of the African Art Centre.
The public can expect to see works in a range of mediums from oils to watercolours to pencil drawings. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 11 May at the African Art Centre, 94 Florida Road, Durban.
Contact the African Art Centre on 031 303 4634 or africanartcentre@afri-art.co.za.
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