Moshekwa Langa

The Goodman gallery is pleased to announce a new solo show by South African artist Moshekwa Langa (b.1975). In his second show at the gallery Langa will present a series of new drawings, photographic editions and video works created between 1999 and 2004. On the day of the opening 22nd January 2005 the gallery will have extended hours until 17h00. The show closes on the 12th February 2005 at 16h00.

Over the past few years Langa has participated in several group and solo exhibitions including ‘Present + Tense’,2004 (Düsseldorf), ‘Africa Remix’,2004 (Düsseldorf; London; Paris ; and Tokyo), ‘Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, 2003 (Museum for African Art) ,‘Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’2004 (New Museum, New York) as well as ‘Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes ,2003 (Venice Biennale)’

The artist describes the body of work on his forthcoming exhibition as being a “series of collages that fuse historical timelines with the present. They evoke issues of social transformation, and abandonment. They take forms of earlier explorers in search of new world, new excitements, and new ‘everythings’. So all these things are packed into the work to make composites of the current times, almost as if one were reading diaries from many different eras. The drawings have a combined childlike quality with sophisticated fine lines. They are also expressive and decorative yet depict social meaning in the same instant. I have used a variety of media to bring my interests to the fore - there is no air to breathe, no space to consider –until you have left the building!”

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Moshekwa Langa