04 Mar 2011

20 Years Thami Mnyele Foundation

The Thami Mnyele Foundation and the CBK Zuidoost are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition 20 Years Thami Mnyele Foundation

20 Years Foundation Thami Mnyele

a selection of 26 contemporary artists from all over Africa

March 12 t/m April 29 2011 in CBK Zuidoost

Opening Saturday March 12 at 15 h:
Opening Speech: Guusje ter Horst, former Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. She is also the chairman of HBO-Raad and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Kunstcafé Thursday April 14 from 17 to 19 h:
Annet Zondervan, CBK director, in discussion with the organizers and artists: Bert Holvast, Samson Kambalu, Moshekwa Langa, Rutger Pontzen and Ina van Zyl.

Twenty years ago, inspired by the South African patriot and artist Thami Mnyele (1948-1985), a group of Amsterdam based artists and concerned citizens, set up an artists-in-residence program, enabling artists from Africa the opportunity to live and work in Amsterdam for a period of three months. The atelier, that the Thami Mnyele Foundation made available, continues to be a vibrant meeting place for artists from Africa and artists from the Netherlands.

The Thami Mnyele Foundation together with the CBK has selected the work of 26 artists out of the 68 artists that have been working in the studio over the last twenty years. This choice gives a glimpse into the diversity of contemporary art practices coming out of Africa. The exhibited works were made by the artists and donated to the Thami Mnyele Foundation during their stay in Amsterdam.

With the works of: Akintunde Akinleye (Nigeria), Akirash (Ghana), Dineo Seshee Bopape (Zuid-Afrika), Clifford Charles (Zuid-Afrika), Victor Ekpuk (Nigeria/USA), Hadia Gana (Libië), Assefa Gebrekidan (Ethiopië), Ruan Hoffmann (Zuid-Afrika), Samson Kambalu (Malawi), Krishna Luchoomun (Mauritius), Senzeni Marasela (Zuid-Afrika), Mustafa Maluka (Zuid-Afrika), Zaneli Muholi (Zuid-Afrika), John Murray (Zuid-Afrika), Progress Matubako (Zuid-Afrika), Sheppard Mtyshelwa (Zuid-Afrika), Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi (Zuid-Afrika), Odili Donald Odita (Nigeria/USA), Thulani Songwe (Zuid-Afrika), Michael Tsegaye (Ethiopië), James Iroha Uchechukwu (Nigeria), Adriaan de Villiers (Zuid-Afrika), Guy Wouete (Kameroen), Dominique Zinkpé (Benin),Tito Zungu (Zuid-Afrika) and Ina van Zyl (Zuid-Afrika).

CBK Zuidoost
Anton de Komplein 120
1102 DR Amsterdam
020-2525401

Open
tues/wed/fri 11-17;
thur 11-20;
fri 10-17