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Homage to Pretoria
Homage to Pretoria exhibition is curated by Gerard de Kamper and Uthando Baduza and presents signature works predominantly drawn from the University of Pretoria (UP) Museums institutional art collection. The artworks are curated across time and space, drawn from a wide selection of leading South African artists from the 19th to 20th century such as JH Pierneef, Frans Oerder, H. Pennington, Anderson, Pieter Wenning and more contemporary artists such as Michael Mmutle, Lucky Sibiya, Elizabeth Rampa, Peter Sibeko, Lefifi Tladi and Paul Ramagaga to name a few. The selected artworks are unique, educational and research-based, emanating from the UP Museum Collection and a heritage art campus context.
鈥淗omage鈥�, meaning 鈥榓n expression of high regard, honour and respect鈥� is a well-balanced exhibition that pays creative homage to the city, a landscape, and its people. The exhibition seeks to surface the complex and nuanced histories of the City which are woven into the fabric of the entire country. The narratives in the artworks on exhibition pose pertinent questions about the possibilities and difficulties in paying homage to this city of power that has been a symbol of state control and repression for many people in the country.
The exhibition also aims to be a visual and artistic commentary on the thirty years of democracy, exploring how the city has changed over history and each artwork reflects the City (and South Africa) as an eclectic and complex social, cultural and heritage landscape. Other works reflect the de facto Capital of South Africa, as both the administrative and diplomatic heart of the country and how artists have interrogated and resisted their relationship with the State. Many of the works are historically significant and depict an iconic 鈥楶retoriana鈥� landscape and how the people, events and moments have shaped the City (and South Africa) in ways that we are still trying to make sense of in the present.
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Homage to Pretoria exhibition is curated by Gerard de Kamper and Uthando Baduza and presents signature works predominantly drawn from the University of Pretoria (UP) Museums institutional art collection. The artworks are curated across time and space, drawn from a wide selection of leading South African artists from the 19th to 20th century such as JH Pierneef, Frans Oerder, H. Pennington, Anderson, Pieter Wenning and more contemporary artists such as Michael Mmutle, Lucky Sibiya, Elizabeth Rampa, Peter Sibeko, Lefifi Tladi and Paul Ramagaga to name a few. The selected artworks are unique, educational and research-based, emanating from the UP Museum Collection and a heritage art campus context.
鈥淗omage鈥�, meaning 鈥榓n expression of high regard, honour and respect鈥� is a well-balanced exhibition that pays creative homage to the city, a landscape, and its people. The exhibition seeks to surface the complex and nuanced histories of the City which are woven into the fabric of the entire country. The narratives in the artworks on exhibition pose pertinent questions about the possibilities and difficulties in paying homage to this city of power that has been a symbol of state control and repression for many people in the country.
The exhibition also aims to be a visual and artistic commentary on the thirty years of democracy, exploring how the city has changed over history and each artwork reflects the City (and South Africa) as an eclectic and complex social, cultural and heritage landscape. Other works reflect the de facto Capital of South Africa, as both the administrative and diplomatic heart of the country and how artists have interrogated and resisted their relationship with the State. Many of the works are historically significant and depict an iconic 鈥楶retoriana鈥� landscape and how the people, events and moments have shaped the City (and South Africa) in ways that we are still trying to make sense of in the present.
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