Artist Talk with the Contemporary Art Society: Dineo Seshee Bopape
22 March 2018 | 6.30pm 8pm
Battersea, Gorvy Lecture Theatre
Free, but please book
The Royal College of Art and the Contemporary Art Society are pleased to host South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape. This event is a unique occasion to hear Dineo Seshee Bopape speak about her work with Brian Cass, Head of Exhibitions from the Towner Gallery.
Throughout the evening, there will be screenings of Bopape’s films in order to fully explore her interdisciplinary practice which includes moving image, sculpture and installation and explores questions around gender, race, spirituality, landscape, identity, memory, ecology. The event will be moderated by Ilaria Puri Purini from the Contemporary Art Society.Â
Dineo Seshee Bopape was born in Polokwane, South Africa in 1981. She received her undergraduate degrees in fine arts in Durban followed by an MFA from Columbia University. Working with multimedia installation and video, and often involving traditional elements, Bopape tackles various social, political, environmental issues related to her personal experiences and those of her country. She has had solo shows at the Darling Foundry, Montreal (2017), Art in General, New York (2016), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2016), the Hayward Gallery, London (2015), the Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town & Johannesburg (2010, 2011), among others. She has participated in group shows and biennials across the globe including the Sharjah Biennial 13 (2017), where she received the Sharjah Biennial Art Prize, Sfeir-Semler Gallery (2017), the Marrakech Biennial (2016), the Sao Paolo Biennial (2016), SEMA at Media City Seoul (2016), Tate Modern (2015), ICA London (2015)Â and many others. She is the 2017 Pinchuk Future Generation Prize Winner and has had her winning installation exhibited in Kiev and at the Venice Biennale. Bopape is represented by Sfeir-Semler Gallery.
This event has been organised by RCA School of Arts & Humanities in collaboration with the Contemporary Art Society. For more information, please see here. If you have any queries, please contact Anne Duffau.
Speakers
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Brian Cass
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Dineo Seshee Bopape