Largest collection of black modernist art now on show

The exhibition includes a wide range of disciplines such as etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, serigraphs, drawings, paintings and sculptures.

Curated by Standard Bank Gallery manager and curator Dr Same Mdluli, the exhibition features the work of black artists from various backgrounds, whose style and approach to art are distinctly each of their own. Aiming to encourage a more critical engagement of these artists whose works have historically been neglected, A Black Aesthetic attempts to reposition their expression within the larger South African art historical narrative and redefine ways of discussing their work – challenging existing notions of what constitutes South African art history.

The exhibition examines the contentious label of township art, a terminology which has been critiqued for its limitations in labelling and boxing black artists from this locale.

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