Museum of Sex, New York, United States
‘Reclaiming & Making: Art, Desire, Violence’: November 4th, 2021 - February 8th, 2022
“Man does not merely seek in the sexual act subjective and ephemeral pleasure. He wants to conquer, take, and possess.” – Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Sex and violence share a complex and intertwined history. As an institution devoted to the full history, evolution, and cultural significance of human sexuality, the Museum of Sex aims to break the silence surrounding these issues. Reclaiming and Making: Art, Desire, Violence presents fourteen international artists who have faced and challenged sexually motivated violence through artworks that date from the 1970s, to the present day and a screening of the Sex Workers Project documentary Sex(ual) Healing(2021). These artworks ask us to bear witness both to the reality and history of sexual trauma, and to the resiliency, agency, and healing power that survivors of such trauma manifest. They are showcased in the hopes of developing a safer, healthier, and more liberated sexual culture.
Musée d’art et d’histoire Paul Eluard, Saint Denis, France
‘Un.e Air.e de Famille’: June 25th, 2021 - November, 8th, 2021
Presented in the context of the Africa2020 Season, from June 25th to November 8th, 2021, the exhibition Un.e Air.e de Famille prompts a reflection based on afro-diasporic art from the Paul Art and History Museum Eluard of Saint-Denis. The show reveals the anticolonial political engagement of the surrealists and other artists present in the museum’s collections (Gavarni, Daumier, Jourdain, Effel) whose works enter in dialogue with the contemporary artistic practices of thirteen women artists from Africa and its diasporas. Accompanied by a rich multidisciplinary cultural program, it offers an insight on the contemporaneity of (post)colonial questions.
Curated by: Anne Yanover, Director of the Art and history Museum Paul Eluard of Saint Denis Farah , Clémentine Dramani Issifou, exhibition curator, film programmer, and independent researcher. With the participation of the Chevalme sisters, artists.
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa
Solo Exhibition: February 6th, 2019 - May, 30th, 2019
“This exhibition confronts the stigma which prevents women from speaking out against the violation of their rights to decide how they want to exist in the world. It is our hope that One Thousand Voices is a declaration of women empowerment and instigates a conversation about the freedom of self-determination,” says curator Sakhi Gcina.
“Through One Thousand Voices we hope to provide a space where people will reflect on the survivor’s trauma and journey to find an alternative rite of passage. This exhibition attempts to acknowledge a multitude of stories, experiences and realities, particularly those of marginalised persons,” says curator Gcotyelwa Mashiqa.
Museo d’arte contemporanea donnaregina (madre), Naples, Italy
Solo Exhibition: February 6th, 2019 - February 18th, 2019
In occasione della Giornata internazionale della tolleranza zero per le mutilazioni genitali femminili al Madre una speciale visita guidata presenta le opere One Thousand Voices e Flowers III dell’artista franco-gabonese Owanto. Il Madre propone Storie di donne, una visita tematica attraverso le mostre in corso e le collezioni, che si concentrerà sulle opere dell’artista Owanto.
Museum of Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech, Morocco
‘Material Insanity’: February 26th, 2019 - September 23rd, 2019
Gathering more than 30 artists from the continent and its diaspora, Material Insanity explores the material and its symbolic significance in a plurality of dimensions and formal experiences. Through installations made from everyday objects or materials, the exhibition combines various discourses in the service of a new aesthetic.
With an immersive scenography created by the architect and artist Zineb Andress Arraki, the artworks of Material Insanity question the relationship between form and meaning, while sublimating the potentialities of the medium itself.
