Great Black Water is my name. My forms (are) the forms of Khepri, the foliage of Atum. Repeat. I entered as one who was ignorant; I have gone forth as an akh. [I] shall be seen in my form as a human forever.’ Extract from The Papyrus of Sobekmose
Willie Bester
Holy Bible
Banele Khoza
I have never told anyone about my first
Mohssin Harraki
In the Shadow of the Roots
Cedric Nunn
Kids refresh themselves in the afternoon Summer heat of Pienaar Sig. Nieu-Bethesda
Mawande Ka Zenzile
Landscape Painting
Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
Metallurgical Practice: Landscape 01
Frances Goodman
Metallic Magnificence
Kimathi Mafafo
Ndlovukazi
Mohamed Bourouissa
Network #07
Virginia Chihota
Nguva Yekuputsa Nenguva Yekuvaka (a time to breakdown and a time to build)
Ashley Walters
Night Watch #3, Arbeidslus, Stellenbosch
Mongezi Ncaphayi
Old and New Dreams
Patrick Bongoy
Phoenix
Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga
Red Blanket and Devine
Alexandra Karakashian
Refuge
Helen Teede
Surrender
René Tavares
Sóia dona um, 2021, Retratos pra inglês ver – Series
Thania Petersen
Tanne Manne
M’barek Bouhchichi
Terre
Dan Halter
The Communist Manifesto
Chris Soal
To make my form your own
Bonolo Kavula
Tswelopele
Dawit L. Petros
Untitled (Epilogue VIII), Longueuil, Quebec, 2021
Januario Jano
Untitled (M005)
Cassi Namoda
Visit From Ancestor III
01/30
Esther Mahlangu
Esther Mahlangu
Abstract (C003121)
Dimension: 120 x 120cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Howard Bilton
02/30
Modupeola Fadugba
Modupeola Fadugba
Black Water Pillars
Dimension: 92 x 122cm
Medium: Acrylic, ink, graphite on burned canvas
Country: Nigeria
Nominated by: Tokini Peterside, Serge Tiroche and Alana Francis de Govia
03/30
Délio Jasse
Délio Jasse
Esgotada
Dimension: 165 x 120cm
Medium: Van dyke brown on screen printing on Fabriano paper
Country: Angola
Nominated by: Adama Sanneh
04/30
Hussein Salim
Hussein Salim
Garden of Carnal Delights
Dimension: 150 x 120cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Country: South Sudan
Nominated by: Howard Bilton
05/30
Zohra Opoku
Zohra Opoku
Great Black Water is my name. My forms (are) the forms of Khepri, the foliage of Atum. Repeat. I entered as one who was ignorant; I have gone forth as an akh. [I] shall be seen in my form as a human forever.’ Extract from The Papyrus of Sobekmose
Dimension: 148 x 150cm
Medium: Screenprint on linen, cotton, canvas, hand-threaded stitches
Country: Ghana, Germany
Nominated by: Valentine Umansky and Renee Drake
06/30
Willie Bester
Willie Bester
Holy Bible
Dimension: 62 x 87 x 10cm
Medium: Mixed media
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Howard Bilton
07/30
Banele Khoza
Banele Khoza
I have never told anyone about my first
Dimension: 122 x 91cm
Medium: Acrylic ink, charcoal on cotton canvas
Country: South Africa, Eswatini
Nominated by: Serge Tiroche and Julia Meintjes
08/30
Mohssin Harraki
Mohssin Harraki
In the Shadow of the Roots
Dimension: 100 x 120cm
Medium: Acrylic paint, paper collage on ceramic tiles
Country: Morocco
Nominated by: Anissa Touati
09/30
Cedric Nunn
Cedric Nunn
Kids refresh themselves in the afternoon Summer heat of Pienaar Sig. Nieu-Bethesda
Dimension: 100 x 70cm
Medium: Photograph
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Julia Meintjes
10/30
Mawande Ka Zenzile
Mawande Ka Zenzile
Landscape Painting
Dimension: 61 x 76cm each
Medium: Cow dung, gold leaf, oil paint, gesso on canvas
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Renee Drake
11/30
Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
Abraham Onoriode Oghobase
Metallurgical Practice: Landscape 01
Dimension: 86 x 61cm
Medium: Aluminium-mounted inkjet print on matte paper
Country: Nigeria
Nominated by: Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Tokini Peterside, Emmanuel Iduma and Antawan Byrd
12/30
Frances Goodman
Frances Goodman
Metallic Magnificence
Dimension: 98 x 76 x 43cm
Medium: Acrylic nails, foam, resin, silicone glue
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Adama Sanneh
13/30
Kimathi Mafafo
Kimathi Mafafo
Ndlovukazi
Dimension: 63 x 102cm
Medium: Hand- and machine-stitched embroidery
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Andrea Lewis
14/30
Mohamed Bourouissa
Mohamed Bourouissa
Network #07
Dimension: 55 x 55cm
Medium: Digital image generated by AI and printed on diasec
Country: France, Algeria
Nominated by: Anna Schneider
15/30
Virginia Chihota
Virginia Chihota
Nguva Yekuputsa Nenguva Yekuvaka (a time to breakdown and a time to build)
Dimension: 150 x 150cm
Medium: Silkscreen printing on canvas
Country: Zimbabwe
Nominated by: Michèle Sandoz, Anna Schneider
16/30
Ashley Walters
Ashley Walters
Night Watch #3, Arbeidslus, Stellenbosch
Dimension: 112 x 78cm
Medium: Photograph, archival pigment ink on cotton paper
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Stefan Hundt
17/30
Mongezi Ncaphayi
Mongezi Ncaphayi
Old and New Dreams
Dimension: 140 x 150cm
Medium: Mixed media, Indian ink, watercolour on cotton rag
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Marilyn Martin, Alexandra Dodd
18/30
Patrick Bongoy
Patrick Bongoy
Phoenix
Dimension: 150 x 155 x 31cm
Medium: Found inner rubber tubing, tubes
Country: DR Congo
Nominated by: Andrea Lewis
19/30
Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga
Henry ‘Mzili’ Mujunga
Red Blanket and Devine
Dimension: 100 x 120cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Country: Uganda
Nominated by: Margaret Nagawa
20/30
Alexandra Karakashian
Alexandra Karakashian
Refuge
Dimension: 106 x 150cm
Medium: Used engine oil, black pigment, sunflower oil on canvas
Country: South Africa
Nominated by: Andrea Lewis
21/30
Helen Teede
Helen Teede
Surrender
Dimension: 120 x 150cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Country: Zimbabwe
Nominated by: Michèle Sandoz and Serge Tiroche
22/30
René Tavares
René Tavares
Sóia dona um, 2021, Retratos pra inglês ver – Series
David Elliott is a writer, curator and museum director for modern and contemporary art around the world. As a pioneer in the industry, he has had stints as Director at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, was the founding director of Mori Art Museum in Tokyo and the first director of Istanbul Modern as well as Vice-Director and Senior Curator of the Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art in Guangzhou. He currently leads the artist direction for global biennales in Sydney, Kiev, Moscow and Belgrade.
A native of France and Cameroon, Janine Gaëlle Dieudji is an independent exhibitions maker and producer living between Florence and Marrakech where she served as Director of Exhibitions at the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) for four years.
Past and current experiences include exhibitions and projects in collaboration with institutions such as Le Murate Art District, American Academy in Rome, Villa Romana, Gallerie degli Uffizi as Co-director and Vice-president of the association BHMF (Black History Month Florence), as well as Co-founder of The Recovery Plan cultural center in Florence, Italy.
Independent exhibition curator and contemporary art consultant
Marie-Ann Yemsi is an independent curator and contemporary art consultant. A graduate in political science, she is the founder and director of Agent Créatif(s), a Paris-based agency, which has developed a renowned expertise in cultural production and art consulting with a focus on contemporary artists from Africa, its diasporas and the Caribbean. Artistic Director of the 11th edition of the Rencontres de Bamako – African Biennale of Photography in 2017, she has been the curator of numerous international exhibitions for public or private institutions, in France and abroad.
Marie-Ann Yemsi is a member of the board of directors of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and of the acquisitions commission of the Cnap – Centre National des Arts Plastiques, a public institution under the French Ministry of Culture dedicated to expand and manage France’s national contemporary art collection.
Tim Marlow is Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum in London.
Formerly Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube, Marlow has been involved in the contemporary art world for the past thirty years as a curator, writer and broadcaster. He has worked with many of the most important and influential artists of our time to deliver wide-ranging and popular programmes and brings a commitment to diverse and engaging exhibitions to his new role showcasing the transformational capability of design.
Marlow sits on the Board of Trustees for the Imperial War Museum, Art on the Underground Advisory Board and Cultureshock Media. Marlow was awarded an OBE in 2019.
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