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Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town. Photo by Mirjam Kluka
AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART

‘A loss we cannot quantify’: The enduring legacy of Koyo Kouoh

Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read
The Good Ship Jesus, Tracey Rose, 2017. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Dan Gunn, London
KOKO KOUOH

Shock is not enough: Tracey Rose and the art of war

Refusing to simplify reality for the sake of clarity, the artist’s approach runs against dominant dogmatic culture

  • Ashraf Jamal
9 min read
Challenging hegemony: The work of performance artist Tracey Rose (pictured at bottom) moves from an interest in identity politics in South Africa to challenging societal narratives and myths such as Judeo-Christianity in 2011’s Waiting For God (above and left). Photos: Courtesy of the artist and Dan Gunn, London
KHWEZI GULE

Tracey Rose: Comical, cynical, carnivalesque

In a world bursting with self-appointed saviours, Tracey Rose speaks truth to power

  • Khwezi Gule
6 min read
Ciao Bella Ms Cast: Venus Baartman, 2001. Courtesy of the artist and Dan Gunn, London
SHOOTING DOWN BABYLON

The ‘calling’ of Tracey Rose

The artist’s retrospective exhibition at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa covers her 30-year career during which she has challenged and subverted everything from racism to…

  • Carl Collison
14 min read
Cow Mash’s Boleta le Bofefo, 2019-2020. (Polyester resin, faux leather, various synthetic fibres, found object, 97 x 135 x 315 cm)
A BLACK AESTHETIC A VIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS 1970 1990

Black Luminosity foregrounded visibility as an act of refusal

The group exhibition at SMAC gallery, curated by Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, revisited the chromatic and social properties of blackness in contemporary South African visual art

  • Athi Mongezeleli Joja
9 min read
Free to be: After being in the industry over twenty years, artist Tracey Rose enjoys the fact that, now she is an academic, she can say and write what she likes. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CONTEMPORARY ART
Video

More than one layer to the art and life of Tracey Rose

She might have softened her approach but her emotions still run high in all she does

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
13 min read