Mequitta Ahuja, Wim Botha, Edson Chagas, Steven Cohen, Nelly Guambe, Pieter Hugo, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Moshekwa Langa, Mustafa Maluka, Neo Matloga,

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1 Mequitta Ahuja, Wim Botha, Edson Chagas, Steven Cohen, Nelly Guambe, Pieter Hugo, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Moshekwa Langa, Mustafa Maluka, Neo Matloga, Zanele Muholi, Paulo Nazareth, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Deborah Poynton, Claudette Schreuders, Berni Searle, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Penny Siopis, Barthélémy Toguo 29 November January 2019

3 About Face considers the acts of seeing, being seen, and looking back. From earliest times the genre of portraiture in picture-making has served to reflect on our human experience, confirming existence and presence to the world. To record the likeness of oneself or another is a powerful proposition with dynamic determinants of meaning. In thinking about these meanings we ve asked ourselves questions. First, why is the tension between seeing and being seen so compelling?

4 Bester VIII, Philadelphia, 2018 Silver gelatin print Image and paper size: 100 x 73.5cm Edition of 8 + 2AP ZANELE MUHOLI

5 Colour Me, 1998 Set of four prints Lightjet on archival matt paper 42 x 50cm each AP from edition of AP BERNI SEARLE

6 BERNI SEARLE Colour Me, 1998

7 BERNI SEARLE Colour Me, 1998

8 Faces that look out of pictures return the gaze to their beholders in a complex and sometimes tense exchange. Could this constitute an artistic gesture affirming the artist s presence to the world? And can the subject represented be a substitute for the artist, the image becoming a projected self-portrait, if not an actual one?

9 Testimony, 2018 Acrylic and oil on canvas 210 x 150cm MUSTAFA MALUKA

10 Testimony, 2018 Normative Predicate, 2018 Hungry Ghost, 2018 MUSTAFA MALUKA

11 Normative Predicate, 2018 Acrylic and oil on canvas 210 x 150cm MUSTAFA MALUKA

13 Hungry Ghost, 2018 Acrylic and oil on canvas 210 x 150cm MUSTAFA MALUKA

14 Frankenstein s Man, 2018 Cow dung, oil and collage on canvas Triptych, 62 x 124cm MAWANDE KA ZENZILE

15 Where portraits are non-verbal descriptions of people, do words have a place? Iatrogenic : relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment.

17 CLICK TO WATCH Per Kind Permission (Fieldwork), 1994 Video, sound 22 min 34 sec Edition of 3 + 1AP PENNY SIOPIS

18 Are the gazes of portrayer and portrayed both potentially positions of power? Face to face, what happens when the subject looks back at the onlooker with equal pointedness?

19 Golgotha - Portrait #11, New York, 2007 Photo: Marianne Greber C-print Image size: 50 x 39.5cm Edition of 5 + 2AP STEVEN COHEN

20 Golgotha - Portrait #4, Paris, 2009 The Wandering Jew - Portrait #1, Bienal Havana, Galería Orígenes, 2012 The Wandering Jew - Portrait #2, Nagoya, Japan, 2010 Photos: Marianne Greber C-prints Image size: 50 x 39.5cm Editions of 5 + 2AP STEVEN COHEN

21 Dancing Inside Out - Portrait #1, Kunsthalle Wien, 2006 C-print Image size: 50 x 39.5cm Edition of 5 + 2AP STEVEN COHEN

22 Untitled, from Objetos para tampar o Sol de seus olhos, 2010 [An object to keep the sun out of my eyes] Archival pigment ink on cotton paper 90 x 60cm Edition of 5 + 1AP PAULO NAZARETH

23 Regina Kambule, Johannesburg, 2003 Archival pigment on cotton rag paper Image size: 47 x 37.5cm, paper size: 56 x 45.5cm Edition of AP PIETER HUGO

24 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW PIETER HUGO Installation view, Pieter Hugo: Betwen the Devil and the Deap Blue Sea Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 19 February 23 July 2017

25 Aron Twala, Vrede, 2006 Archival pigment on cotton rag paper Image size: 47 x 37.5cm, paper size: 56 x 45.5cm AP from an edition of AP PIETER HUGO

26 Pieter Hugo, Cape Town, 2008 Archival pigment on cotton rag paper Image size: 47 x 37.5cm, paper size: 56 x 45.5cm Edition of AP PIETER HUGO

27 In an era of critical awareness, who can portray whom? Is it possible for the artist with a sound conceptual premise to depict their subject in a way undetermined by their own position in the world?

28 Cyril Ramaphosa, Johannesburg, 2012 Archival pigment ink on Baryta Diptych Image size: 37 x 26.5cm each Paper size: 38 x 28.5cm each Edition of 7 + 2AP PIETER HUGO

29 Black Lives Matter, 2017 Watercolour and ink on paper, wood and metal Dimensions variable Drawings: 41 x 29.5cm each BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO

30 BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO Black Lives Matter, 2017

31 BARTHÉLÉMY TOGUO Black Lives Matter, 2017

32 An exhibition of portraits may combine to become a collective, as an assembly of individuals may resemble a crowd. What does it mean to stage an environment that encourages the projection of archetypes?

33 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

34 Marlene, 2015 Jelutong wood, oil and enamel paint 30 x 41 x 34cm CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

35 Bessie Head, 2015 Camphor wood, oil and enamel paint 33 x 24 x 23cm CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

36 Balthus, 2014 Jelutong wood, oil and enamel paint 33 x 34 x 25cm CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

37 Legote (After Grace Matsetsa Legote), 2018 Okino (After Betty Okino), 2018 Oglesby (After Sig Oglesby), 2018 Oil on canvas THENJIWE NIKI NKOSI 50 x 50cm each Heroes series

38 From portrait galleries to daily bureaucracy and now social media, portraits represent people in the minds of others. With more cameras than people in existence today, is the contemporary portrait defined by an omnipresence of smart phones, social media and ID cards?

39 Black Collages, 2018 Collage on paper 48 pieces, 54 x 40cm each NEO MATLOGA

40 NEO MATLOGA Black Collages, 2018

41 NEO MATLOGA Black Collages, 2018

42 Birthright, 2017 Oil on canvas x 203cm MEQUITTA AHUJA

44 Family, 2008 Mixed media on paper 140 x 100cm MOSHEKWA LANGA

45 Sealoga, 2006 Mixed media on paper 70 x 50cm MOSHEKWA LANGA

46 Untitled, 2006 Mixed media on paper 100 x 70cm MOSHEKWA LANGA

47 Untitled, 2006 Mixed media on paper 70 x 57cm MOSHEKWA LANGA

48 Fernando L. Makélélé, Tipo Passe, 2014 Paper and image size: 100 x 80cm Edition of 5 + 2AP EDSON CHAGAS

49 Thierry H. Bomboko, Tipo Passe, 2014 Paper and image size: 100 x 80cm Edition of 5 + 2AP EDSON CHAGAS

50 Leroy M. Futa, Tipo Passe, 2014 Paper and image size: 100 x 80cm Edition of 5 + 2AP EDSON CHAGAS

51 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW Portrait of a Model 1, 2018 Oil on canvas, 50 x 35cm Portrait of a Model 2, 2018 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40cm DEBORAH POYNTON

52 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW Portrait of a Model 5, 2018 Oil on canvas 40 x 30cm DEBORAH POYNTON

53 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW Portrait of a Model 8, 2018 Oil on canvas, 45 x 35cm Portrait of a Model 9, 2018 Oil on canvas, 35 x 25cm DEBORAH POYNTON

54 CLICK TO VIEW ALL WORKS ON SHOW Self-Portrait, 2018 Oil on canvas 60 x 50cm DEBORAH POYNTON

55 In respect of the present tense, 2018 Carved bibles, wood, stainless steel, glass, dichroic film 76 x 133 x 71cm WIM BOTHA

56 WIM BOTHA

57 Eyes are an important motif in such an exhibition. They are the locus of our individual worlds, instruments for seeing what and who. What does it mean if visitors are enveloped in a room of eyes? And what does it mean if the eye is replaced by a camera?

58 Mirror Study (0X5A1237), 2017 Archival pigment print Edition of x 86.5cm PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA

Figure (_2020637), 2017 Archival pigment

59 Figure (_ ), 2017 Archival pigment print Edition of 5 81 x 51cm PAUL MPAGI SEPUYA

60 Portrait of Rassi, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 50.5 x 38cm Portrait of Sara Maria, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 51 x 51cm NELLY GUAMBE

61 Bester IX, Philadelphia, 2018 Wallpaper 300 x 309.5cm Edition of 2 + 1AP Silver gelatin print Image and paper size: 60 x 61.8cm Edition of 8 + 2AP ZANELE MUHOLI

62 CAPE TOWN Buchanan Building 160 Sir Lowry Road Woodstock 7925 T +27 (0) JOHANNESBURG 62 Juta Street Braamfontein 2001 T +27 (0)

Form & Substance. Contemporary South African Art Emerging & Established Talents 26 August - 17 October 2015

Form & Substance. Contemporary South African Art Emerging & Established Talents 26 August - 17 October 2015 Form & Substance Contemporary South African Art Emerging & Established Talents 26 August - 17 October 2015 Eleanor Turvey In Dialogue with Picasso Mixed Media Collage (acrylic paint, scalpel cut paper