The ‘We Will Be Free’ exhibition opens on June 22, 2023, at Classic Framers in Makhanda, South Africa. It is a collaboration between StArt Art Gallery, Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, and Classic Framers (Makhanda). Exhibiting artists include Nicky Marais, Tony Figueira, Fillipus Sheehama, Namafu Amutse, Elisia Nghidishange, Maria Mbereshu, Jakobina Gideon, Rachel Sakeus, Ndinomholo Ndilula, Vilho Nuumbala, Petrus Amuthenu, and Anne Lacheiner-Kuhn.
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This is a group exhibition of Namibian artists who were all requested to create works in response to a song of the same name by ‘Tschuku Tschuku’ featuring Nesindano Namises from the album ‘Trance!Namib Freedom Station’.
Tschuku Tschuku’ is a song about reconciling the painful past while meditating on freedom and the future. The song goes, “When the sun rises when the morning comes, it will be alright”. The song is a lament, an expression of “hope and optimism in the face of current difficulties,” as Muafangejo puts it. We Will Be Free is an imaginative depiction of what it means to be free of bondage, displacement, and dispossession.
There will be a curator at the venue to chat about the exhibition between 10 AM and 1 PM on the opening day. All are welcome to attend the exhibition. Entrance is free. In November 2023, the exhibition will be re-staged in Windhoek.
