Marilena Vita
Somewhere on the other side
Marilena Vita
6 – 31st October 2011
Opening reception Wednesday 5 October
thePhotographer’sGalleryZA – Cape Town
Centro Luigi Di Sarro is going again to Cape town, with an exhibition by Marilena Vita. Somewhere on the other side will be on view in Cape Town throughout October. The exhibition forms part of an ongoing exchange program between Erdmann Contemporary and Centro Luigi Di Sarro in Rome. It has the patronage ofSociéta Dante Alighieri, Circolo di Cape Town and the Italian Consul in Cape Town. It forms part of the cultural program of the Italian Week in October.
Future Memories: Art from South Africa
Manfred Zylla
19 ottobre – 18 novembre 2010
Manfred Zylla was born in Germany in 1939, living as a child through the ravages of World War II and its aftermath. Resident in South Africa since 1970, he became prominent as an artist highly critical of apartheid in the 1980’s with a stream of drawings, prints and paintings. These works are widely acknowledged as critical for understanding resistance art, an important chapter in South African art history.
The era of resistance art drew to a close in 1994, when South Africa held its first democratic elections. Zylla has, however, continued to work within a paradigm of social critique, producing works about globalisation and the social and political circumstances, forces and ills at play in South Africa and the world at large. In this respect, he has made works about pollution, global warming and natural resources, capitalism, crime, drugs, refuges, alternative energy and transport, attitudes towards disability, and Africa as a playground for the rich.
Zylla’s paintings are dealing with issues, which affect all of us. They tell the plight of the world, and point to Zylla’s strong concern with the destiny of humanity, the future of the planet and most importantly art as a tool for change.
Manfred Zylla is represented by Heidi Erdmann from (ERDMANNCONTEMPORARY) in Cape Town, South Africa.
www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za
Manfred Zylla
