Zeitz MOCAA will be kicking off the big Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF) 2022 weekend with the opening of Shooting Down Babylon, a retrospective of South African multidisciplinary artist Tracey Rose. Spread across three floors of the museum, Shooting Down Babylon will open to the public from 7 pm on Friday, 18 February, with special performances of Rose’s work. Limited to 200 visitors on opening day, you can secure your ticket here.
Throughout the weekend, Zeitz MOCAA’s ICTAF booth (h12) will feature exceptional design objects from leading contemporary artists, including new limited editions by Tracey Rose and Thania Petersen, all available for purchase. Visitors to the fair can also purchase or renew their memberships, and will receive a 10% discount on purchases made at the fair or at Zeitz MOCAA Shop. Members can also shop online using their discount throughout the month of February.
To top it off, the Home Is Where the Art Is book will be launched exclusively at ICTAF on Saturday, 19 February at 12 noon, and will be available to purchase at the fair for R780 a copy, with 10% discount for members and HIWTAI exhibitors. The deluxe, full-colour volume can also be ordered online for R780 at shop.zeitzmocaa.museum from Monday 21 February.
Plan your Zeitz MOCAA and ICTAF visit
With so many exciting events and exhibitions, use our full programme to plan your visit to Zeitz MOCAA and Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022. Entry to ICTAF with admission only. Tickets to Zeitz MOCAA can be purchased here for R210 pp or enter free with museum membership at R290 pp for one year.
GOLDENDEAN: SOFT VXNXS
Soft Vxnxs is a large-scale, inflatable sculpture installation by South African artist Goldendean. By inviting museum visitors to touch or embrace the work, the artist, as a ‘Fat Queer White Trans body’ in the context of South Africa, questions who or what is entitled to take up space. In doing so, they address the personal and political of hypervisibility: being visible (as a fat, queer, trans body) and invisible and unimportant at the same time (as a fat, queer, trans body). Goldendean calls their Tenderqueer sculptures – which are round, soft, flexible and inviting – ‘soft-radicals’. Society expects fat and messy bodies to be traumatised, out of breath, never cheerful, horny or beaming with political speech. In response, Soft Vxnxs creates comfort and space for vulnerability.
Level -1, Atrium Bowl
TRACEY ROSE: SHOOTING DOWN BABYLON
Shooting Down Babylon is the largest comprehensive retrospection of the evolutionary work of South African artist Tracey Rose.
Level 0, Centre for the Moving Image, and Levels 2 and 3
UNFINISHED CAMP
Driven by the conviction that the next generation of artists should have a seat at the table as we envision the future of ethical technology, the Unfinished alliance spans five continents and currently includes 27 young artists from Botswana to Brazil. It aims to provide a global platform for the voices of young artists, gathering them periodically for face-to-face meetings (hence the name Camp). As part of the alliance’s art initiative Unfinished Camp, Zeitz MOCAA invited three young artists to produce a short video artwork exploring the question, “What is the future of art in a decentralized world?” The museum’s participating artists are Naomi Lulendo, collective The Botswana Pavilion and Helene Uambembe.
Level 0, Scheryn Arena
JOHANNES PHOKELA: ONLY SUN IN THE SKY KNOWS HOW I FEEL – (A LUCID DREAM)
Organised around Phokela’s obsessive engagement with pictures, this exhibition posits the artist as a painter of significance in both an African and international context. (interview HERE)
Level 1
ALFREDO JAAR: THE RWANDA PROJECT
A solo exhibition by Chilean-born, New York-based artist Alfredo Jaar, The Rwanda Project is derived mainly from investigations and photojournalistic field research in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Level 2
TWO TOGETHER
Built around major themes explored by artists represented in the Zeitz MOCAA Collection, each gallery space in this exhibition contains a pair: either two objects, multiple works by two artists or two major themes – in dialogue, as counterpoints or in sync. The exhibition aims to highlight that when two come together, there can be a rigorous engagement between objects and ideas.
Level 4, Collection Galleries
WHAT: Zeitz MOCAA and ICTAF
WHERE: Booth (h12) – Investec Cape Town Art Fair, CTICC, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long St, cape Town 8001
WHEN: 18 – 20 February 2022
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