Descripción de la Exposición
The platform will be inaugurated with SOUTH SOUTH VEZA, a selling event taking place from 24 February until 7 March. Meaning “to show, produce or reveal” in isiZulu — one of South Africa’s 11 national languages — VEZA presents a peer-led Online Viewing Room (OVR) together with an exhibition of iconic artworks and Talks and Film programmes by esteemed curators, Elvira Dyangani Ose and Rodrigo Moura and a standalone OVR curated by Paula Nascimento and Suzana Sousa.
VEZA opens with a live auction on Tuesday 23 February powered by auction technology and led by experts. This vernissage event innovatively disrupts the conventional market model by giving full control of the sale to galleries and re-introducing their interaction with the client. The profits will go directly to artists and galleries, with up to 20% of the proceeds benefiting selected not-for-profit partners in recognition of the fundamental contribution these make to the art ecosystem of the Global South. In raising much needed funds and spotlighting these organisations, SOUTH SOUTH highlights the crucial role they play in nurturing artists where there is otherwise a lack of institutional infrastructure and support.
The first edition of VEZA features 50+ galleries from more than 40 cities spread across 30 countries and 5 continents, coming together in their dedication to art of the Global South.
Galleries including El Apartamento (Havana), Dastan's Basement (Tehran), First Floor Gallery (Harare), Gypsum (Cairo) and Rele Gallery (Lagos) and not-for-profit partners RAW Material Company (Dakar), Green Papaya Art Projects (Manila) and Casa do Povo (São Paulo) demonstrate SOUTH SOUTH’s role as an aggregator and a resource and community for galleries, curators, artists and collectors.
Vernissage auction event: Tuesday 23 February
Veza dates: Wednesday 24 February – Sunday 7 March
PARTICIPATING GALLERIES at SOUTH SOUTH VEZA
A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro)
Addis Fine Art (Addis Ababa, London)
Afriart Gallery (Kampala)
Alexander Gray Associates (New York City)
Anna Schwartz Gallery (Melbourne)
El Apartamento (Havana)
blank projects (Cape Town)
Blum & Poe (Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo)
Chemould Prescott Road (Mumbai)
Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles)
Dastan's Basement (Tehran)
Dvir Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Empty Gallery (Hong Kong)
Experimenter (Kolkata)
First Floor Gallery (Harare, Victoria Falls)
Fortes D'Aloia Gabriel (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro)
Galería Agustina Ferreyra (San Juan, Mexico City)
Galeria Elba Benitez (Madrid)
Galería Isla Flotante (Buenos Aires)
Galeria Jaqueline Martins (São Paulo)
Galeria Luisa Strina (São Paulo)
Galería OMR (Mexico City)
Galerie Lelong & Co. (New York City)
Galleria Continua (San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins, Havana, Rome São Paulo)
Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg, Cape Town, London)
Gypsum (Cairo)
Hanart TZ Gallery (Hong Kong)
HOUSING Gallery (New York City)
Ink Studio (Beijing)
Instituto de Visión (Bogota)
Jahmek Contemporary Art (Luanda)
Jenkins Johnson Gallery (San Francisco, New York City)
Jhaveri Contemporary (Mumbai)
kó (Lagos)
kurimanzutto (Mexico City)
Marfa' Projects (Beirut)
Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago)
MUJIN-TO Production (Tokyo)
PROYECTOS MONCLOVA (Mexico City)
Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala City)
Rele Gallery (Lagos, Los Angeles)
ROH Projects (Jakarta)
Ruth Benzacar Galleria de Arte (Buenos Aires)
Sé galeria (São Paulo)
Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino (Houston)
Silverlens Galleries (Metro Manila)
SMO Contemporary Art (Lagos)
Southern Star Projects (London)
Stephen Friedman Gallery (London)
STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery (Singapore)
Sullivan+Strumpf (Melbourne, Singapore)
Taka Ishii Gallery (Tokyo, Hong Kong)
Take Ninagawa (Tokyo)
TKG+ (Taipei)
Whistle (Seoul).
SOUTH SOUTH FOUNDER CIRCLE AND AMBASSADORS
The SOUTH SOUTH platform was conceived by Goodman Gallery and has been informed and guided by a founder circle of gallery-led collaborators:
Marcio Botner (A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro), Liza Essers (Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg), Shireen Gandhy (Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai), Daudi Karungi (Afriart Gallery, Kampala), José Kuri (kurimanzutto, Mexico City), Atsuko Ninagawa (Take Ninagawa Gallery, Tokyo) and Mary Sabbatino (Galerie Lelong & Co., New York City).
SOUTH SOUTH is further supported by a network of Ambassadors, Collectors, Philanthropists and Patrons committed to supporting the arts ecology in the Global South. The Ambassadors will support the platform by sharing with their networks and are available for comment.
Exposición. 14 nov de 2024 - 08 dic de 2024 / Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A) / Córdoba, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España