September 18, 2024 — January 26, 2025
Wednesday — Friday, 9 AM — 4 PM
Saturday, 9 AM — 9 PM
Sunday, 9 AM — 8 PM
Free and open to the public. No prior registration required.
The Africa Center is pleased to present Points of Resonance: Contemporary Photography in Africa, an exhibition that brings together the work of twelve artists living and working in Africa and the diaspora.
Employing the language and tools of photography, the artists here explore the effects of colonialism, migration, and changing identities. They deconstruct narratives by retelling stories and collaging time and space. The works investigate the past, question memory, and imagine different possible futures. By looking through the lens of style, processes, and themes, common links across the continent show how the various works resonate and echo each other, amplifying our own struggles, dreams, and aspirations.
Points of Resonance: Contemporary Photography in Africa was shown first in Egypt in November of 2023 under the auspices of the Afreximbank Art Program.
Exhibiting Artists
Dawit L. Petros, Fatoumata Diabaté, Hashim Nasr, Heba Khalifa, Ibrahim Ahmed, Lebohang Kganye, Maheder Haileselassie, Nelly El Sharkawy, Nobukho Nqaba, Safaa Mazirh, Sammy Baloji, Seif Kousmate.
About the Curators / Artist
Heba Farid and Zein Khalifa are co-founders of TINTERA gallery, a photographic art consultancy with a gallery in Zamalek, Cairo, and an office in London. Their aim is to raise the profile of both contemporary and historical photography in and of Egypt through a program of curated exhibitions, events and research projects. They represent artists from Egypt and elsewhere, emerging and established, with Egypt being the common inspiration in their work.
Sarah Sarofim is an independent curator and editor based in Cairo. She was awarded the fall 2020 Editorial Residency at Canadian Art magazine and most recently curated Impressions as part of Cairo Photo Week 2023. Sarofim is an Art History and Visual Studies graduate of the University of Toronto.
Media Contacts
The Africa Center
press@theafricacenter.org
Ayofemi Kirby
ayofemi@itseleventhirtysix.com
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