Kabbo Ka Muwala: The Girl’s Basket
22 April 2016
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. The exhibition Kabbo Ka Muwala: The Girl’s Basket presents works by 20 artists reflecting on narratives of migration, and was conceived as an itinerant project taking place in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Germany, artistically exploring perspectives on the multitude of migration processes in and from southern and eastern Africa primarily through the eyes of artists …
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The exhibition Kabbo Ka Muwala: The Girl’s Basket presents works by 20 artists reflecting on narratives of migration, and was conceived as an itinerant project taking place in Zimbabwe, Uganda and Germany, artistically exploring perspectives on the multitude of migration processes in and from southern and eastern Africa primarily through the eyes of artists from these regions. A wide range of media, including photo works, videos, mixed media, and installations will propose alternative reflections to clichéd representations of a mass exodus to the Global North.
Participating artists: Berry Bickle (ZW), Jodi Bieber (ZA), The Border Farm Project (ZW/ZA), Rehema Chachage (TZ), Mimi Cherono Ng’ok (KE), Kudzanai Chiurai (ZW), Anawana Haloba (ZM/NO), Kiluanji Kia Henda (AO), Wanja Kimani (KE/ET/UK), Miriam Syowia Kiambi (KE), Gerald Machona (ZW/ZA), Immy Mali (UG),Nástio Mosquito (AO), Victor Mutelekesha (ZM/NO), MwangwiHutter (DE/KE), NakivArt/Anke Fischer (UG/DE), Emma Wolukau Wanambwa (UG/UK), Xenson (UG), Helen Zeru (ET), Rut Karin Zettergren (SE)
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<figcaption> Artwork by Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi: Loophole, 2010, photography. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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<figcaption> Artwork by Kiluanji Kia Henda: The Merchant of Venice, 2010, photography. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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<figcaption> Artworks by Mwangi Hutter: Nothing Solid, 2015, video, and Wanja Kimani: Borrowed Intimacy, 2013, mixed media. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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<figcaption> Artworks by Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa: Paradise, 2012, photography, Immy Mali: Virtually Mine, 2016, installation, Syowia Kyambi: Rose’s Relocation, 2015, digital collages, and Nástio Mosquito: 3 Continents, 2010, video. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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<figcaption> Artwork by Kiluanji Kia Henda: As God Wants it and the Devil Likes it, 2011-2013, photo collage. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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<figcaption> Artwork by Xenson: Musisi, 2016, mixed media. Photo: Peters-Klaphake
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The exhibition will be on view at Städtische Galerie Bremen, Germany from September 24 – December 11, 2016.
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