STEVENSON Johannesburg presents Black Encounters, a solo exhibition by Serge Alain Nitegeka.

In the artist’s previous exhibitions, abstracted forms and charged interplays of line and colour were employed to explore the possibilities of Black as a pictorial shade, a philosophical premise and an embodiment. For Black Encounters, Nitegeka deepens the recent shifts in his image repertoire towards figuration. Through paintings, installation and a sound piece in which Nitegeka reads an excerpt from his journal, the artist offers a close look at the bodily toll of movement and the mental consequences of the pursuit of refuge. He writes:

« In Black Encounters I continue to explore intimate experiences of forced migration; from the makings of abrupt travel and temporary dwellings to new physical and psychological encounters that emerge as a result. I will be stringing together narratives of displacement borrowed from personal experiences and those of refugees and asylum seekers from in and around Central Africa. »

The exhibition is viewable by appointment. Send an e-mail to jhb@stevenson.info to book a visit.

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