Southern Guild will participate in the inaugural edition of the Aspen Art Fair, held at the historic Hotel Jerome from 29 July to 2 August, 2024 as the kick-off to Aspen Art Week. The gallery will present two- and three-dimensional work by nine artists from across Africa and its diaspora, and will feature in various special projects and events. The art fair will include a bespoke programme of home tours, a salon-style speaker series, artist prizes and residencies, performances, screenings, cocktail receptions and dinners.
The gallery’s booth will present bronze sculpture by Zizipho Poswa, photographic works by Zanele Muholi, mixed-media abstract paintings by Kamyar Bineshtarigh and Alexandra Karakashian, figurative paintings by Manyaku Mashilo, Terence Malulekeand Ayotunde Ojo, and collectible design by Cheick Diallo and Charles Haupt.
Southern Guild will also participate in a group preview exhibition, A Place For Us, presented by the Aspen Art Fair and 74tharts at Hotel Jerome, currently on until 25 July. Curated by Laura Smith Sweeney of LSS Art Advisory, the exhibition encompasses a rich interplay of textures and materiality by 12 artists, including three from the gallery: Zanele Muholi, Stanislaw Trzebinski and Luyanda Zindela.
Acclaimed South African visual activist Muholi will also donate a photographic work from their iconic Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness) series to the annual ArtCrush auction held in support of the Aspen Art Museum’s artistic and educational programmes. Coinciding this year with the museum’s 45th anniversary, the auction takes place at the ArtCrush summer gala on 2 August, one of Aspen’s most anticipated events of the summer.
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