Southern Guild – Studio Visit, clinched the Best of Show Award for best gallery presentation at Design Miami 2021!
Design Miami 2021 opened 30 November for collector and member previews after a two-year hiatus, Southern Guild is there with its largest collection of work commissioned especially for the fair. The presentation, titled Studio Visit, clinched the Best of Show Award for best gallery presentation at the fair’s pre-opening party last night. Focusing on ceramics, Southern Guild features major pieces and smaller studies by four of South Africa’s most accomplished artists working in clay.:
- Andile Dyalvane,
- Zizipho Poswa,
- Madoda Fani and
- Chuma Maweni.
All four are encountering significant global interest with recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and other foundations and collectors.
Encompassing both monumental pieces and smaller studies, the gallery’s presentation will include several new series and individual works byAndile Dyalvane, Zizipho Poswa, Madoda Fani and Chuma Maweni. These artists explore aspects of traditional Xhosa culture and spirituality in their work, while drawing on their personal experiences and deep belief systems.
Studio Visit will present a depiction of an artist’s working space focusing entirely on ceramics, a thriving contemporary art form in South Africa and one of the continent’s great indigenous craft practices. Rising interest from museums and the public at large indicates that the world is suddenly appreciating what humans have been making since at least 9400 BC (when the oldest piece of African pottery was found in Mali)
WHAT: Southern Guild – Studio Visit
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WHO: Southern Guild, Silo 5, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 8001
INFO: T +27 21 461 2856 | E communications@theguildgroup.co.za | VisitÂ
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