Lerato Shadi: The body, the land and the toll of unsung labour
A still from the Lerato Shadi-directed video, Re Maotwana Gonyela (2018), featuring dancer and choreographer Sello Pesa.
The “black struggle” has been idealised and romanticised in popular culture in ways that I suspect people don’t really embrace. I don’t see a movement feeding the people, and educating and organising like in the old days … Who is doing that now? Or is it: “How can I make money by looking black and acting black and wearing these buttons and T-shirts,” as opposed to “How can I build an institution?” There are people who are really working, but their work is often hidden as the commodified activism is celebrated.
Richard Saltoun Gallery announces a 12-month programme of exhibitions dedicated to the writings of Hannah Arendt
Siah Armajani, Gazebo for Two Anarchists: Emilio Coda and Richard Henry Dana, 1991. Stained balsa wood, 30.5 x 59.7 x 24 cm. Image courtesy Rossi & Rossi and the artist.
LONDON
.-Richard Saltoun Gallery announced a 12-month programme of exhibitions dedicated to the writings of the German-born, American political philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). Since the gallerys inception in 2012, Richard Saltoun has sought to shed light on difficult questions concerning inequality and identity. Its unwavering dedication to Feminist and Conceptual artists particularly from the 1970s onwards has inevitably imbued its programme with a strong political focus, and the gallerys curatorial approach has been guided by a vision to serve a wider societal purpose.