'This is Our Time' is a curated exhibition of local and foreign artists that runs concurrently in both Cape Town and Johannesburg at Brodie/Stevenson. As part of the gallery's FOREX project series, it draws on the idea of the foreign exchange market as a metaphor for creative exchange, and picks up on some of the themes of the artists presented on it.

The exhibition is marked by a nuanced and heartfelt approach to politics, taking its title from a speech given by Barack Obama in Berlin prior to his election as US president and at the same time referencing Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who in a letter to his partner wrote 'Don't be afraid of the clocks, they are our time …'

The exhibition thus aims to explore both broader social and economic issues of global significance as well as those of personal import, offering an approach that advocates the taking of a position over simple binary explanations, and an uncynical view on a complicated world.

Artists showing in Cape Town: Jane Alexander (born 1959, South Africa), Marc Bijl (1970, The Netherlands), Shepard Fairey (1970, USA), Meschac Gaba (1961, Benin), Simon Gush (1981, South Africa), Thomas Hirschhorn (1957, Switzerland), Anton Kannemeyer (1967, South Africa), Natasja Kensmil (1973, The Netherlands), MADEYOULOOK (founded 2009, South Africa), Sabelo Mlangeni (1980, South Africa), Zanele Muholi (1972, South Africa), Lucia Nimcova (1977, Slovakia), Serge Alain Nitegeka (1983, Burundi), Berni Searle (1964, South Africa), Penny Siopis (1953, South Africa), Frohawk Two Feathers (1976, USA), Akram Zaatari (1966, Lebanon).
Artists showing in Johannesburg: Pieter Hugo (1976, South Africa), Glenn Ligon (1960, USA), Michael MacGarry (1978, South Africa), Mohau Modisakeng (1986, South Africa), Jo Ractliffe (1961, South Africa).

At Michael Stevenson the exhibition opens on Thursday 3 June, 6-8pm.

The gallery is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday 10am to 1pm. At Brodie/Stevenson the exhibition opens 10 June and runs till 16 July.

03 June - 24 July

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