'Uncertain Terms'
Group Show at Whatiftheworld / GalleryWHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present 'Uncertain Terms', a group exhibition showcasing the work of fifteen artists from across four continents. The exhibition brings together a group of artists who engage with changing dynamics, either in response to formal issues of materiality within their practice, or as a reaction to broader socio-political themes.
In all cases the work is a reaction to dominant hegemonic structures. Whether it be through the direct questioning of western depictions of history, colonialism – and its attendant capitalist enterprises, as in the work of artist Frowhawk Two Feathers, or as in Nico Krijno’s work: which destabilizes the primacy of certain modes of production and the objects through which they manifest. For Krijno a curtain ring or sponge becomes something fantastic and visually tantalizing. Whilst in the work of Chloë Hugo-Hamman a 'family sized' chip packet becomes a monumental almost religious object. Removed from the clutter of the supermarket shelf it becomes a signifier for both class and consumption. Rodan Kane Hart continues this reinvention of the banal - the humble and unsophisticated braai grid becomes an aesthetic homage to hard edge modernism.
Zimbabwean artist Moffat Takadiwa also adapts unlikely objects, taking his cue from Arte Povera (literally poor art) he transforms the remnants and waste of everyday consumer products into fascinating talismanic objects that are a warning against thoughtless consumption.
Featuring:
Assume Vivid Astro Focus?, Dan Halter?, Chloë Hugo-Hamman, ?Rodan Kane Hart?, Oliver Kruger?, Nico Krijno?, Marcia Kure?, Daniella Mooney?, Athi-Patra Ruga?, Cameron Platter?, Rowan Smith, Lakin Ogunbanwo, ?Moffat Takadiwa?, Frohawk Two Feathers
27 November - 24 January














