Zanele Muholi
Update: 2025-01-10
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We start this brand new year with an incursion into South Africa, with Zanele Muholi's magnificent solo show at Tate Modern.
Shockingly, Emily and I broke our own rules and actually visited the show together… which turned out to be quite productive.
After a hilarious take on Gladiator II by Emily, we explore Muholi's unique path into activism, photography, curated exhibitions, sculpture, and self-imagery.
Muholi's work focuses on queer communities in South Africa through a form of what the artist calls "visual activism". But there is also self-portraiture, as the artist is part of this LGBTQIA+ diverse fabric. For Muholi, their use of the pronouns they/them goes way beyond gender identity. It recognises past histories, visible and invisible, and identity as multitude. Muholi says 'There are those who came before me who make me.'
To know more about the exhibition: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/zanele-muholi
You can follow them on Instagram too: @muholizanele
If you'd like to have visual content about the episodes, follow us on Instagram too: @exhibitionistas_podcast
You can support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/exhibitionistaspodcast/membership
Music by Sarturn.
Shockingly, Emily and I broke our own rules and actually visited the show together… which turned out to be quite productive.
After a hilarious take on Gladiator II by Emily, we explore Muholi's unique path into activism, photography, curated exhibitions, sculpture, and self-imagery.
Muholi's work focuses on queer communities in South Africa through a form of what the artist calls "visual activism". But there is also self-portraiture, as the artist is part of this LGBTQIA+ diverse fabric. For Muholi, their use of the pronouns they/them goes way beyond gender identity. It recognises past histories, visible and invisible, and identity as multitude. Muholi says 'There are those who came before me who make me.'
To know more about the exhibition: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/zanele-muholi
You can follow them on Instagram too: @muholizanele
If you'd like to have visual content about the episodes, follow us on Instagram too: @exhibitionistas_podcast
You can support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/exhibitionistaspodcast/membership
Music by Sarturn.
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