Kudzanai Chiurai Madness & Civilization
KUDZANAI CHIURAI MADNESS & CIVILIZATION CURATED BY CANDICE ALLISON 12 APRIL – 12 MAY 2018 GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE TOWN Kudzanai Chiurai, Madness & Civilization III, 2017 (detail) CAPE TOWN GALLERY HOURS TUESDAY–FRIDAY: 09H30–17H30 SATURDAY: 10H00–16H00 3RD FLOOR FAIRWEATHER HOUSE 176 SIR LOWRY RD, WOODSTOCK P. +27 (0)21 462 7573/4 F. +27 (0)21 462 7579 cpt@goodman–gallery.com www.goodman–gallery.com In November 2017, Kudzanai Chiurai’s first solo exhibition in his home Kudzanai Chiurai was born in Harare in 1981, where he currently lives and country, We Need New Names, went on view at the National Gallery of works. His work was the focus of two major solo surveys in 2017 including Zimbabwe. Its timing was prescient. While the country’s longstanding We Need New Names at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; and former President Robert Mugabe was being ousted through a military-led Regarding the Ease of Others at Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town. Other solo coup, Chiurai was exhibiting his politically-driven work, which combines exhibitions have taken place at MoCADA, New York (2015); RISD Museum, art historical imagery with references from popular culture and archival Rhode Island (2015); Kulungwana Gallery, Maputo (2015); and Brixton material to explore the visual language and tropes that help construct Art Gallery, London (2003). Notable group exhibitions include In Their myths, history, and ultimately power. Own Form at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2018); Ex Africa presented by Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Belo Horizonte in Under the continued curation of Candice Allison, Madness and Civilization Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Brasília (2017-18); Africa.
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