Global South

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.

We take a look at three influential galleries that have opened distinctive spaces at home and across continents to contextualise the artists that they represent in different ways, expanding their audiences.

With this project the gallery highlights the importance of enabling conversations across disciplines and creating a space to highlight the pathways of connection, practice-building and narrative embodiment that exists in individual and collective practices across the Global South.

Held at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation, ‘Contemporary Female Identities in the Global South’ was the first exhibition in a three-year curatorial programme with a thematic focus aimed at mapping out a generational genealogy of female identities within the Global South.