The University of the Free State is hosting a solo exhibition by renowned artist, Nomusa Makhubu. The exhibition, titled Intertwined 2005 – 2017, explores issues of identity as well as the sensitive issue of representation through the medium of photography.
Makhubu is a force to be reckoned with in the art world. As an award-winning artist, academic and a full-time lecturer at Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, she has also contributed her writing to Critical Arts, African Arts, the Journal of African Cultural Studies and Third Text, to name a few.
The solo exhibition is a survey of Makhubu’s practice as a lens-based artist working mainly with portraiture, performance and space-time politics. Her exhibition includes the series entitled, Trading Lies, Self-Portrait Project, Inquietude and The Flood and In Living Colour. “It is this sense of ownership, or the loss thereof, that I would still like to explore,” says Makhubu.
Throughout this exhibition, Makhubu focuses on the issue of self-representation, but also brings in geographical locations to question the assumed universality and objectivity of time and place.
The exhibition, in association with Erdmann Contemporary, will be on display in the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery at the University of the Free State from 24 May to 23 June 2017. – Seithati Semenokane
seithati@centralmediagroup.co.za
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Artist and UFS intertwine
Nomusa Makhubu's work will be exhibited for the next few weeks at the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery. PHOTO: KARA SCHOEMAN
