What Did You Know About Kudzanai Chiurai

At Venice until 14 May, 133 Arts and the FNB Joburg Art Fair present the Johannesburg

Pavilion, a programme of film and performance. The Johannesburg Pavilion is curated by Roelof Petrus van Wyk “in memory of the final Johannesburg Biennale curated in 1997 by Okwui Enwezor”. The Johannesburg Pavilion will include Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai. His video work State of the Nation “explores the notion of ‘state’ as a utopia and an action, a state of mind as well as a status,” according to the curator’s statement.

Kudzanai Chiurai in Cape Town 

Kudzanai Chiurai’s Defining the State of a Nation runs at Zeitz MOCAA Pavilion at the V&A Waterfront until 1 February 2015. MOCAA has the largest collection of Kudzanai Chuirai in the world comprising 63 artworks. This major presentation of work by Chuirai—including the re-creation of his entire DOCUMENTA (13) installation from Kassel, Germany, bought by Zeitz MOCAA as an act of preservation—takes place in three parts. Part One ran from 9 to 30 November 2014, Part Two runs from 6 December 2014 to 4 January 2015 and Part Three will run from 10 January to 1 February 2015.

Kudzanai Chiurai Nominated for Discovery Award

Kudzanai Chiurai has been nominated for the 2014 Discovery Award at Rencontres d’Arles by Azu Nwagbogu, founder and director of the African Artist’s Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria. Chiurai’s work will be exhibited along with works by the nine other nominees at the Parc des Ateliers in Arles from 7 – 21 September 2014.

Goodman Gallery at SP-Arte in Sao Paulo

For this year’s SP-Arte due to take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 9 to 12 April the Goodman Gallery has the singular distinction of being the sole representative of the African continent among the galleries from 17 countries. The Goodman Gallery will present historically significant works of a contemporary nature by senior artists, as well as distinctive works by new visionaries. International artists represented by Goodman Gallery will present work within the South African context or works that reference the broader African experience. The booth brings together Carla Busuttil, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kendell Geers, Alfredo Jaar, William Kentridge, Liza Lou, Mishek Masamvu, Mikhael Subotzky, Hank Willis Thomas, and Jeremy Wafer.

Source: goodman-gallery.com