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Installation view of 'Lefa Letsika with his friend Cornelia' and 'The Xhosa Queens astonished at Chief Gcaleka's predictions', photograph by Neil Hoyle Photography

Brett Bailey
Installation view of 'Lefa Letsika with his friend Cornelia' and 'The Xhosa Queens astonished at Chief Gcaleka's predictions', photograph by Neil Hoyle Photography, 2003. Lambda C-type print 61cmx50.8cm.

Life Less Ordinary: Performance and Display in South African Art'

Athi-Patra Ruga, Berni Searle, Brett Bailey, Zanele Muholi, Araminta de Clermont and Nandipha Mntambo at Ffotogallery

Ffotogallery, the national development agency for photography and lens-based media in Wales, presents ‘Life Less Ordinary’; a major exhibition held at two sites, featuring timely work by a selection of artists working and living in South Africa today.

'Life Less Ordinary' brings together photography, performance, video and installation work by a young generation of South African artists wishing to break away from epic narratives of race and instead play with, celebrate, stage and transcend more complex notions of difference and identity.

The exhibition features a range of work by artists Tracey Rose, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Brett Murray, Pieter Hugo, Dineo Bopape, Brett Bailey, Athi-Patra Ruga, Steven Cohen, Araminta de Clermont and Berni Searle, including work selected for Artes Mundi 1 and acquired by the Museum of Wales for the national collection.

‘Life Less Ordinary’ has been curated by Anna Douglas and is a touring exhibition from the Djanogly Art Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham.

07 May - 19 June

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