Gareth Nyandoro
14 Jun - 10 Sep 2017
Gareth Nyandoro
Kuguruguda Stambo (Hypnotic Lollipop Eaters), 2015
Techniques mixtes sur papier marouflé sur toile
260 x 410 x 110 cm.
Courtesy Tiwani Contemporary (London) © Sylvain Deleu
Kuguruguda Stambo (Hypnotic Lollipop Eaters), 2015
Techniques mixtes sur papier marouflé sur toile
260 x 410 x 110 cm.
Courtesy Tiwani Contemporary (London) © Sylvain Deleu
GARETH NYANDORO
2017 SAM Art Projects Resident
14 June - 10 September 2017
Curator: Adélaïde Blanc
For his first solo show in France, Gareth Nyandoro conceives an immersive installation inspired by the urban Parisian space. Both graphic and sculptural, his works on paper are deployed down to the floor and reproduce the ephemeral constructions in public spaces. The volume of the incised and suspended sheets, as well as the adjacent objects, “allow to connect the representation with the world and the visitors”.
In his work, Gareth Nyandoro takes an attentive look at business exchanges and social interactions in the public space. Scenes of life, which he extracts from his environment, are depicted in ink on large superimposed strips of paper. Once the motifs have been applied to the blank sheets, Gareth Nyandoro cuts and lacerates with precision the pictorial layers into long, fine strips. This play of incisions reveals the colours of the lower sheets. A network of lines from these cuttings amplifies the depicted movements or else disturbs the figures which then tend towards abstraction.
Gareth Nyandoro
Born in 1982 in Bikita, Gareth Nyandoro lives in Harare (Zimbabwe). He represented Zimbabwe at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). After studying art at Harare Polytechnic College, as well as the Chinhoyi University of Technology (Zimbabwe), Gareth Nyandoro was in residence at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2014 - 2015). His work has been displayed in his first solo shows: “Paper Cut”, Tiwani Contemporary, London, 2017; “Gareth Nyandoro”, Galerie 23, Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, 2015; “Weaving Life”, Gallery Delta, Harare, 2013; “Mutariri”, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, 2012. It has also appeared in several group exhibitions, such as: “A Moment of Grace”, Modern Art Oxford (2016); “RijksakademieOPEN 2015”, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2015); “Trek: Following Journeys”, Smac Gallery, Cape Town (2015); and “Zimbabwean Contemporary Art”, Galerie 23, Amsterdam (2013).
2017 SAM Art Projects Resident
14 June - 10 September 2017
Curator: Adélaïde Blanc
For his first solo show in France, Gareth Nyandoro conceives an immersive installation inspired by the urban Parisian space. Both graphic and sculptural, his works on paper are deployed down to the floor and reproduce the ephemeral constructions in public spaces. The volume of the incised and suspended sheets, as well as the adjacent objects, “allow to connect the representation with the world and the visitors”.
In his work, Gareth Nyandoro takes an attentive look at business exchanges and social interactions in the public space. Scenes of life, which he extracts from his environment, are depicted in ink on large superimposed strips of paper. Once the motifs have been applied to the blank sheets, Gareth Nyandoro cuts and lacerates with precision the pictorial layers into long, fine strips. This play of incisions reveals the colours of the lower sheets. A network of lines from these cuttings amplifies the depicted movements or else disturbs the figures which then tend towards abstraction.
Gareth Nyandoro
Born in 1982 in Bikita, Gareth Nyandoro lives in Harare (Zimbabwe). He represented Zimbabwe at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015). After studying art at Harare Polytechnic College, as well as the Chinhoyi University of Technology (Zimbabwe), Gareth Nyandoro was in residence at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2014 - 2015). His work has been displayed in his first solo shows: “Paper Cut”, Tiwani Contemporary, London, 2017; “Gareth Nyandoro”, Galerie 23, Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, 2015; “Weaving Life”, Gallery Delta, Harare, 2013; “Mutariri”, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, 2012. It has also appeared in several group exhibitions, such as: “A Moment of Grace”, Modern Art Oxford (2016); “RijksakademieOPEN 2015”, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2015); “Trek: Following Journeys”, Smac Gallery, Cape Town (2015); and “Zimbabwean Contemporary Art”, Galerie 23, Amsterdam (2013).