Kudzanai Chiurai: 1981 Zimbabwe

REVELAÇÕES / REVELATIONS

Solo exhibition of photographic installation and video

22 DE OUTUBRO - 21 DE NOVEMBRO 2015.

BIOGRAPHY

Being born a year after Zimbabwe's independence, Chiurai is part of what is known as the "Born-Free generation" on the African continent.

In his multimedia compositions, Kudzanai Chiurai tackles the most pertinent issues facing his generation of southern Africans, from government corruption to xenophobia and displacement. The first black recipient of a BFA from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, Chiurai mines the words and images of inner city Johannesburg to produce bold paintings that confront the viewer with explicit messages about black empowerment and urban rejuvenation. An increasingly important figure in African Art, Chiurai has held numerous solo exhibitions, among others 'State of the Nation', Goodman Gallery project space, Arts on Main, Johannesburg (2011); 'The Harvest of Thorns', The Assylem Atelje, Johannesburg (2012) and 'Front Page', Mallorca Landings, Spain (2013).

He also has participated in international exhibitions such as the Cairo Biennial, Cairo (2010); 'Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography', Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2011); dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel (2012) and 'eMerging: Visual Art and Music in a Post-Hip-Hop Era', MoCADA – the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, New York (2013).

His exhibition showing the photographic installation Revelations and the video work Moyo is Kudzanai Chiruai first showing in Mozambique, presented under Associação-Kulungwana's cultural exchange program.

Kudzanai will be in attendance for the exhibition and give a presentation on Thursday 22 October at 10.30 at Galeria "Sala de Espera" Associação Kulungwana, Estação Central dos CFM, Praça dos Trabalhadores, Maputo.