Exhibition "NEXT GENERATION"

Opening Saturday 2 June 18.00 hours

The Thami Mnyele Foundation presents in cooperation with Pulchri The Hague a selection of 20 contemporary artists from South Africa, who have been working in the Thami Mnyele Foundation as "Artist-in-Residence" during the past years.

Pulchri Studio, Lange Voorhout 15, 2514 EA Den Haag

Tuesday - Sunday 11.00 - 17.00 hours

More info: www.pulchri.nl

In 1993 the Thami Mnyele Foundation initiated the exhibition "Zuider Kruis/ Southern Cross" in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, an exhibition of contemporary art from South Africa with artists who had been taking part in the Venice Biennial in the year before. Now 19 years later, the Thami Mnyele Foundation shows again only works of artists from South Africa, now in the exhibition "Next Generation" in cooperation with Pulchri The Hague. "Next Generation" presents a selection of 20 contemporary artists from South Africa, who have been working in the Thami Mnyele Foundation as "Artist-in-Residence" during the past years.


Out of the works of the more than sixty artists who have been staying in the studio over the last twenty years, the Thami Mnyele Foundation, in cooperation with the Pulchri Studio, The Hague, has selected the work of only South African artists. The exhibited works were made by the artists during their stay in Amsterdam and donated to the Thami Mnyele Foundation. This selection gives a glimpse into the diversity of contemporary art practice in South Africa. The artists are:


Hasan en Husain Essop, Michele Tabor, Ina van Zyl, Sandra Kriel, Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, Adriaan de Villiers, Ruan Hoffmann, Zanele Muholi, Dineo Bopape, Clifford Charles, Thulani Shongwe, Nicolas Hlobo, John Murray, Senzeni Maracela, Jeremy Wafer, Shepard Mtyshelwa, Progress Matubako, Pat Mautloa and the work of the current resident Nisren Abasher, Sudanese artist. And a work of the artist, who will stay in the studio as "Artist-in-Residence" during the months of June and July 2012; the photographer Santu Mofokeng.