SOUTH SOUTH VEZA: Meaning “to show, produce or reveal” in isiZulu — one of South Africa’s 11 national languages — VEZA is a hybrid of a live selling event powered by auction technology and a peer-led Online Viewing Room (OVR) open to the public. The first edition was held from 23 February to 7 March 2021 and featured 50+ galleries from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and 5 continents, coming together in their dedication to art of the Global South.

FEATURED

Interview-based editorial, essays and other texts on current events and significant shows in and about the Global South at galleries, nonprofits and museums and public spaces, as well as artist profiles and conversations.

ARCHIVE

A community-built archive highlighting selected seminal exhibitions, texts and moments about modern and contemporary art in the Global South at galleries, nonprofits and museums, as well as archived interview-based editorial and artist profiles. This archive is an ongoing work in progress, to contribute your suggestions write to info@south-south.art.

SOUTH SOUTH VEZA

SOUTH SOUTH VEZA: Meaning “to show, produce or reveal” in isiZulu — one of South Africa’s 11 national languages — VEZA is a hybrid of a live selling event powered by auction technology and a peer-led Online Viewing Room (OVR) open to the public. The first edition was held from 23 February to 7 March 2021 and featured 50+ galleries from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and 5 continents, coming together in their dedication to art of the Global South.

ABOUT SOUTH SOUTH

SOUTH SOUTH is an online community, an anthology, an archive and a resource for artists, galleries, curators and collectors invested in the Global South. The platform offers a repository and a space for new, shared value systems centred on community, collaboration and exchange. It is a central portal to experience the programmes and artist profiles of galleries within and dedicated to the Global South. It will host year-round events and seeks, during these tumultuous times, to address an imbalance in the global cultural framework by providing a means to explore a de-centred art world, within a broader geopolitical context. In the featured section, the platform maintains an ongoing interview-based editorial component, including conversations, essays and other texts on current events and significant shows in and about the Global South. In the archive section, SOUTH SOUTH facilitates a community-built archive highlighting selected seminal exhibitions, texts and moments about modern and contemporary art in the Global South at galleries, not-for-profits and museums, as well as archived interview-based editorial and artist profiles. Content of the site is established through contributions from key artists, writers, curators, nonprofit organisations and gallerists. SOUTH SOUTH maintains an ongoing programme. The inaugural event, SOUTH SOUTH VEZA, ran from 23 February to 7 March 2021 and brought together 50+ galleries from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and 5 continents, presenting a more holistic world-view of contemporary art.

FEATURED

Interview-based editorial, essays and other texts on current events and significant shows in and about the Global South at galleries, nonprofits and museums and public spaces, as well as artist profiles and conversations.

ARCHIVE

A community-built archive highlighting selected seminal exhibitions, texts and moments about modern and contemporary art in the Global South at galleries, nonprofits and museums, as well as archived interview-based editorial and artist profiles. This archive is an ongoing work in progress, to contribute your suggestions write to info@south-south.art.

This body of work consists of paintings on jute, each an abstract portrait of a particular project for the built environment but titled as a portrait of the architect(s) who designed them.

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Spanning over two decades and following a loose chronological order from 1993 to the present, the exhibition presented over seventy works characterising the artist’s engagement with abstract, symbolic, and thematic themes, and more importantly, his heartbeat for Nigeria.

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Acutely erudite in music and equally conversant in literature, politics, philosophy and history, he was an artist who could lead the viewer to enter his work from different points of view.

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CALENDAR

A calendar of live events upcoming on the South South platform, as well as events and exhibitions happening around and in connection to the Global South, at galleries, nonprofits and museums.

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