'SIGNIFYING THE IMPOSSIBLE SONG' GROUP EXHIBITION AT SOUTHERN GUILD, LOS ANGELES
SIGNIFYING THE IMPOSSIBLE SONG
SOUTHERN GUILD
September 13 - November 14, 2024
Los Angeles, USA
Materials carry meaning. The impulse to weave thread into fabric, to extract clay or flora from the ground to shape anew, or to collect and alter materials found across space and time, touches a fundamental human urge to transmute our immediate surroundings to make sense of both present and past.
In the exhibition, the act of “weaving” becomes a conceptual departure point. ‘Woven’ materials come into being through the collation of many disparate elements; they remind us that the whole is made up of what was once fragmented. In this way, the exhibition is interested in substrates; the under-layers, what lies beneath and between our perceptions and interactions.
The poetics of organic woven forms, materials which naturally disintegrate over time, speaks to their inherent corporeality. They are malleable, amorphous and permeable. They are ever-changing.
Unravelling the social fabric of our current milieu, the exhibition will highlight the common threads of society, speaking to both the myriad nature of human connection and exchange, as well as interwoven realities of experiences.
Featured artists include Sanford Biggers (USA), Kamyar Bineshtarigh (Iran/South Africa), Patrick Bongoy (DRC), Ange Dakouo (Mali), Bonolo Kavula (South Africa), Nthabiseng Kekana (South Africa), Roméo Mivekannin (Ivory Coast/France), Turiya Magadlela (South Africa), Nandipha Mntambo (Eswatini/South Africa), Zanele Muholi (South Africa), Oluseye (Nigeria/Canada), Zohra Opoku (Germany/Ghana), Zizipho Poswa (South Africa), Usha Seejarim (South Africa), Inga Somdyala (South Africa), Moffat Takadiwa (Zimbabwe) and Lulama Wolf (South Africa).
Curated by Lindsey Raymond and Jana Terblanche