DREAMING IN PUBLIC: Sheba Chhachhi, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Jakkai Siributr and Hema Upadhyay (May 15 - July 25 2009 at Gallery Soulflower)

 

 

 

'...The process of dreaming can refer to one’s unconscious thought processes, the amorphous and infinite world of the imagination, desire and ambition in terms of change, extrasensory perception, ideal experience and much more in terms of history and theory. The idea of public – on the other hand – is distinct from general notions of the private & the personal, commonly afforded to the ‘state of dreaming’. Often, ideas of public comprise community and consensus...'

 

 

EVERYTHING: Julia Schwadron (January 1 - 31 2012 at H Project Space)

NOTHING IS TRUE: Lisa Brown (September 14 - October 12 2011 at H Project Space)

H Project Space is very pleased to announce a site-specific installation by the UK-born artist Lisa Brown. Nothing is True responds to the particular qualities and architectural details of H Project Space as the artist allowed this 19^th century, colonial-style room determine her decisions. With a minimal use of materials, Brown’s installation draws our attention to a series of inter-relationships: inside and out, the gallery and the built environment, and art and the world at large.

HARARE BEYOND WORDS: EMERGING ART FROM ZIMBABWE, curated by Valerie Kabov (January 5 - 31 2012 at H Gallery)

The works of Brian Banda, Zacharaha Magasa, Wycliff Mundopa, Terence Musekiwa and Moffatt Takadiwa are odes to the city they love as each tease out rhythmic, urbane and deeply human polyphonies from everyday life and its objects in Harare. Mundopa and Banda focus on the lives of women: Mundopa creates beautiful mono-prints, drawings, and collages while Banda elevates discarded cookware into dignified and emotive sculptures. Takadiwa distils the poverty and privations of life in contemporary Zimbabwe with surprising combinations of functional objects. And Magasa captures both a love of music and the spirit of Harare with paintings made from the multi-colour remnants of plastic containers which are distinctly local. Musekiwa brings traditional Zimbabwean stone carving into the contemporary world, blending it with issues of labour and home-life.