At Frieze London 2019, Goodman Gallery presents a dynamic, changing presentation of two-person, intergenerational dialogues. The stand (A8) brings together some of the most significant international artists working today alongside younger talent from Africa and its Diaspora.
This fair programme responds to a uniquely South African context in which vital intergenerational conversations continue to take place in Johannesburg and Cape Town art schools. This follows an important tradition in the country where established artists commit to an ongoing mentorship with emerging artists, sometimes in informal spaces where access to education and information has been limited by economic or political circumstances.
Taking inspiration from the influential Market Photo Workshop, founded by David Goldblatt, and more recently, William Kentridge’s Centre for the Less Good Idea, Goodman Gallery’s presentation at Frieze London seeks to create an open, cross-generational space for conversations between artists to take place.
Debut Presentation Preview Days | Wednesday & Thursday, 2 & 3 October
The presentations will debut with William Kentridge (b.1955) and Kapwani Kiwanga (b.1978) to be shown on the preview days.
South African artist William Kentridge is the subject of a major dual-venue survey in Cape Town between Zeitz MOCAA and Norval Foundation, which is on view until March 2020. Presented on the stand will be a suite of new works on paper alongside maquettes for major sculptures to be shown at his forthcoming Royal Academy of the Arts exhibition in 2021.
Canadian born, Paris-based artist Kapwani Kiwanga–recipient of the Sobey Art Award and Frieze Artist Award 2018–will present several new works which explore the politics of race and the history of representation.
Second Presentation | Friday, 4 October
British artist Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962) is placed in dialogue with Zimbabwean painter Misheck Masamvu (b. 1980). Here postcolonial references are explored through the impact of globalised trade routes as experienced in the contemporary context of fragile democracies. Yinka Shonibare will be launching a residency project in Lagos in 2020.
Third Presentation | Saturday & Sunday, 5 & 6 October
British South African artist Sue Williamson (b.1941) will exhibit work alongside emerging French Guyanese artist Tabita Rezaire (b.1989).
In the 1970’s Sue Williamson began to make work which addressed social change during apartheid and by the 1980s Williamson was well known for her series of portraits of women involved in the country’s political struggle. A Few South Africans is one such series where Williamson celebrates women who had played a key role in the fight for freedom. Williamson’s works are shown alongside Rezaire’s works in new media in which the digital artist addresses decolonial healing through the lens of ancient and contemporary technologies.
Opening Days & Hours
Wednesday Preview
2 October (Invitation only)
Thursday Preview
3 October: 12pm-8pm
Thursday Private View
3 October: 5pm-8pm
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 October
12pm-7pm
Sunday 6 October
12pm-6pm