‘Inglorious Empire’ by Shashi Tharoor is a searing indictment of the British Empire’s legacy of exploitation, oppression, and destruction. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of history and the impact of colonialism on India and the world.
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‘Inglorious Empire’ by Shashi Tharoor is a searing indictment of the British Empire’s legacy of exploitation, oppression, and destruction. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of history and the impact of colonialism on India and the world.
Become a member of #LuCACLibrary today and enjoy annual access to the books and other resources. Or use it as a remote work space, study nook and much more.
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#ingloriousempire #shashitharoor #decolonizeyourmind #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #lucacreads #victormutelekesha #lusaka #zambia
We’re excited to invite you all to Striking Roots, an exhibition by our artist-in-residence, Joe Turpin on Friday, 23rd August, 2024.
Striking Roots is a culmination of Turpin’s research during his residency with us. It is presented as a multi-disciplinary exhibition comprising of paintings, drawings, video, sculpture, performance and installation, and addresses specific political and historical wanderings in a visual representation. Ultimately, it seeks to determine a greater understanding of Turpin’s own identity and sense of belonging on the African continent.
Turpin (b.1995 in Johannesburg) is a South African visual artist whose research practice focuses on historically charged narratives and semiotics as expansions of painting. He makes mixed-media installations grounded in painting that create temporal conversations about identity, memory and history. His Jewish heritage becomes principal and consequential in exploring stories of migration and persecution. These cultural paradigms inform his archival research and artistic production.
Turpin holds an MFA from the Pratt Institute in New York (2023) and BA in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was a Top 3 finalist in the 2019 Cassirer Welz Award and the 2022 recipient of the Stutzman Foundation First Year MFA Fine Arts Awards for Three-Dimensional Art. He lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Register your attendance by clicking the link in our bio.
We look forward to seeing you!
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre#artistinresidence #artresearch #victormutelekesha #lusaka
We’re excited to invite you all to Striking Roots, an exhibition by our artist-in-residence, Joe Turpin on Friday, 23rd August, 2024.
Striking Roots is a culmination of Turpin’s research during his residency with us. It is presented as a multi-disciplinary exhibition comprising of paintings, drawings, video, sculpture, performance and installation, and addresses specific political and historical wanderings in a visual representation. Ultimately, it seeks to determine a greater understanding of Turpin’s own identity and sense of belonging on the African continent.
Turpin (b.1995 in Johannesburg) is a South African visual artist whose research practice focuses on historically charged narratives and semiotics as expansions of painting. He makes mixed-media installations grounded in painting that create temporal conversations about identity, memory and history. His Jewish heritage becomes principal and consequential in exploring stories of migration and persecution. These cultural paradigms inform his archival research and artistic production.
Turpin holds an MFA from the Pratt Institute in New York (2023) and BA in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was a Top 3 finalist in the 2019 Cassirer Welz Award and the 2022 recipient of the Stutzman Foundation First Year MFA Fine Arts Awards for Three-Dimensional Art. He lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Register your attendance by clicking the link in our bio.
We look forward to seeing you!
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre#artistinresidence #artresearch #victormutelekesha #lusaka
Faultlines by Christian Danielewitz is now a permanent fixture at The Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre.🤩
Faultlines by Christian Danielewitz is now a permanent fixture at The Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre.🤩
We’re still buzzing from the insightful conversation from Joe Turpin’s artist talk last week and we can’t wait to see his work shine in his upcoming exhibition. Mark your calendars - dates coming soon!
#artisttalk #exhibitionalert #artisticinsights #artistinresidence #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #victormutelekesha #lusaka #zambia
We’re still buzzing from the insightful conversation from Joe Turpin’s artist talk last week and we can’t wait to see his work shine in his upcoming exhibition. Mark your calendars - dates coming soon!
#artisttalk #exhibitionalert #artisticinsights #artistinresidence #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #victormutelekesha #lusaka #zambia
We’re honoured and proud to be part of this very important residency programme focused on dissecting critical issues in the supply and value chain of the luxury goods market, which sources a significant amount of it’s raw materials including gemstones from countries such as Zambia.
We wish Rudolf Kangwa and Bwalya Bwalya all the success as they embark on Residency 28: Your Pleasure, Our Pain - The Ethics of Luxury at Praksis Oslo, Norway.
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre #artresearch #R28 #PraksisOslo #victormutelekesha
We’re honoured and proud to be part of this very important residency programme focused on dissecting critical issues in the supply and value chain of the luxury goods market, which sources a significant amount of it’s raw materials including gemstones from countries such as Zambia.
We wish Rudolf Kangwa and Bwalya Bwalya all the success as they embark on Residency 28: Your Pleasure, Our Pain - The Ethics of Luxury at Praksis Oslo, Norway.
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre #artresearch #R28 #PraksisOslo #victormutelekesha
This week’s pick unmasks the truth about identity, culture, and power. ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ by Frantz Fanon is a groundbreaking work that exposes the depths of colonialism, racism, and the struggle for self-discovery. First published in 1952, its profound insights remain relevant today. Let’s keep the conversation going!
Become a member of #LuCACLibrary today and enjoy annual access to the books and other resources. Or use it as a remote work space, study nook and much more.
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#blackskinwhitemasks #frantzfanon #decolonizeyourmind #victormutelekesha #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #lusaka #lucaclibrary
This week’s pick unmasks the truth about identity, culture, and power. ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ by Frantz Fanon is a groundbreaking work that exposes the depths of colonialism, racism, and the struggle for self-discovery. First published in 1952, its profound insights remain relevant today. Let’s keep the conversation going!
Become a member of #LuCACLibrary today and enjoy annual access to the books and other resources. Or use it as a remote work space, study nook and much more.
Sign up by emailing us your details using the link in bio.
#blackskinwhitemasks #frantzfanon #decolonizeyourmind #victormutelekesha #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #lusaka #lucaclibrary
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who came on Saturday to our Artist Talk on Joe Turpin ‘s Project Researching the Jewish Community in Relation to Colonialism in Zambia.
Having been born only a year after South Africa’s first democratic elections, Turpin grew up with an awareness of apartheid and the complexity of whiteness in post colonial Africa and the binary categorization of black and white by the colonial system. As an artist, he is interested in history and politics, and part of decolonising politics entails embracing his Jewish cultural heritage and understanding the differences within the white paradigm, hence his artistic research on whiteness that is anti-colonial in Africa.
Many Jewish people came to Africa as refugees fleeing the Holocaust in Europe. Consequently, some of them identified with the reality of the oppression of Africans during the colonial era. So, they participated in the liberation movements to help end colonialism on the continent. Others, however, decided to stay away from politics altogether.
Simon Zukas joined the fight against British colonialism in Northern Rhodesia and was a member of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) London committee. He eventually helped form the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in the early 1990s and served as a minister. However, he was ostracized by some in his community and was vilified by the colonial Government for his political stance, such that he was imprisoned in Livingstone for eight months and later deported to Britain in 1952.
Turpin’s exploration of the varied stories of the Jewish Communities in Africa, particularly in the context of liberation movements or colonialism, is a way to understand his identity and find his position as well as a sense of belonging on the continent.
He maintains that artists should be free to make whatever art they want - political or otherwise, but choosing not to make art political is a political act in itself.
“Throughout time, artists have depicted history, and l think artists should keep challenging history and challenging politics,” he says.
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre #artisttalk #artresearch
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who came on Saturday to our Artist Talk on Joe Turpin ‘s Project Researching the Jewish Community in Relation to Colonialism in Zambia.
Having been born only a year after South Africa’s first democratic elections, Turpin grew up with an awareness of apartheid and the complexity of whiteness in post colonial Africa and the binary categorization of black and white by the colonial system. As an artist, he is interested in history and politics, and part of decolonising politics entails embracing his Jewish cultural heritage and understanding the differences within the white paradigm, hence his artistic research on whiteness that is anti-colonial in Africa.
Many Jewish people came to Africa as refugees fleeing the Holocaust in Europe. Consequently, some of them identified with the reality of the oppression of Africans during the colonial era. So, they participated in the liberation movements to help end colonialism on the continent. Others, however, decided to stay away from politics altogether.
Simon Zukas joined the fight against British colonialism in Northern Rhodesia and was a member of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) London committee. He eventually helped form the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in the early 1990s and served as a minister. However, he was ostracized by some in his community and was vilified by the colonial Government for his political stance, such that he was imprisoned in Livingstone for eight months and later deported to Britain in 1952.
Turpin’s exploration of the varied stories of the Jewish Communities in Africa, particularly in the context of liberation movements or colonialism, is a way to understand his identity and find his position as well as a sense of belonging on the continent.
He maintains that artists should be free to make whatever art they want - political or otherwise, but choosing not to make art political is a political act in itself.
“Throughout time, artists have depicted history, and l think artists should keep challenging history and challenging politics,” he says.
#lusakacontemporaryartcentre #artisttalk #artresearch
The first ever Curatorial Practice Masterclass yesterday at LuCAC with @kmreini was a success!
It was a day filled with insightful discussions, creative exchanges, and inspiring ideas. We’re thrilled to be having conversations for the elevation of curatorial practice in Zambia.
#curatorialpractice #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #lusaka #masterclass #zambia #artcurator
The first ever Curatorial Practice Masterclass yesterday at LuCAC with @kmreini was a success!
It was a day filled with insightful discussions, creative exchanges, and inspiring ideas. We’re thrilled to be having conversations for the elevation of curatorial practice in Zambia.
#curatorialpractice #lusakacontemporaryartcentre #lusaka #masterclass #zambia #artcurator