即将开展｜非凡现实主义 Marvellous Realism

开创性当代非洲影像艺术展

即将登陆 Fotografiska 影像艺术中心

亚洲首次也是规模最大的非洲摄影展《非凡现实主义》即将于2024年8月30日在上海开幕。展览由策展人艾科·埃舜（Ekow Eshun）策划，项目执行露西·麦克加里（Lucy MacGarry），并由 Fotografiska 影像艺术中心和拿督黄纪达基金会（The KT Wong Foundation）联合主办。

《非凡现实主义》聚焦撒哈拉以南的非洲国家，采取跨国视角，展出知名与新兴艺术家的摄影和影像作品。通过这些作品，艺术家设想了当代非洲文化特征作为一种持续可能性的状态，在这种状态中，神话、记忆和运动交织成一幅丰富多彩的想象艺术画卷。

Ubuntu, 2014 ??Justin Dingwall

尽管中非之间有着悠久的经济和政治往来和良好关系，但中国公众仍对非洲丰富多样的当代艺术和文化方面较为陌生。《非凡现实主义》的展出，旨在提高观众对于非洲这方面的了解和认知。参展艺术家的作品将非洲描绘为一种天然包容世界的状态，这与哲学家阿奇勒·姆本贝对非洲大陆的描述相似，即“一个由重叠的血统、多种的交集应运而生形成的运动躯体”。

拿督黄纪达基金会创始人兼《非凡现实主义》展览联合主办黄铃玳爵士夫人（Lady Linda Wong Davies）表示：“我们非常激动能与两位出色的策展人合作，成功策划了这场至关重要的展览，并将其变为现实，以促进中非文化关系的进一步加深。在亚洲，我们从未见证过这样一场展览 —— 通过这样引人入胜的艺术媒介，培养在文化上双方互利的更广泛认知和理解，重新审视外界对中国和非洲的偏见，并推广非洲能为世界其他地区提供的丰富创造潜力。”

Aisha’s Story 1, 2016??Mai?mouna Guerresi

非洲当代艺术视觉盛宴

16位参展非洲艺术家：

莱昂斯·阿波德鲁（贝宁）

阿通·阿特姆（南苏丹）
贾斯汀·丁沃尔（南非）
马伊穆纳·盖雷西（塞内加尔、意大利）
哈桑·哈贾吉（摩洛哥）
阿雅娜·杰克逊（南非、美国）
赛勒斯·卡比鲁（肯尼亚）
勒博亨·坎耶（南非）
迈克尔·麦克加利（南非）
莫哈乌·莫迪萨肯（南非）
扎内勒·穆霍利（南非）

鲁比·奥卡罗（尼日利亚）
大卫·乌佐胡库（尼日利亚、奥地利）
塔尼娅·彼得森（南非）
米查·塞拉夫（津巴布韦）
玛丽·西班德（南非）

Fotografiska 影像艺术中心为本次展览带来对影像艺术及其历史演变的深刻理解。展览将持续至2024年12月1日，展览期间还将通过一系列文化活动展示当代非洲文化，包括艺术家与策展人对谈、关于非洲时尚、现代舞蹈、音乐和美食探索的各类工作坊等。

Fotografiska 影像艺术中心执行董事克里斯蒂安·德维尔（Christian Devillers）表示：“激发新视角，是 Fotografiska 的核心使命，我们非常激动能够向中国观众展示非洲当代艺术的智慧、相关性和启发性。这些展览和活动将促进中非之间的文化交流与理解，为观众提供一个深入了解非洲文化的独特窗口。”

Ntozakhe II, Parktown, 2016??Zanele Muholi

Groundbreaking Contemporary African Photography Show,

Premiering at Fotografiska Shanghai!

The first and largest exhibition of African photography in Asia "Marvellous Realism" will open in Shanghai on 30 August 2024. The exhibition is curated by Ekow Eshun, project led by Lucy MacGarry, and proudly presented by Fotografiska in partnership with the KT Wong Foundation.

Focused primarily on sub-Saharan African countries, "Marvellous Realism" is transnational in outlook, the exhibition presents work by established and emerging artists using photography and film as a means to envisage contemporary African cultural identity as a state of ongoing possibility, in which myth, memory and movement weave together into a rich tapestry of expansively imaginative art works.

I Have Not, I Have, 2010??Mary Sibande

The exhibition is founded on an awareness of how the rich and diverse contemporary art and cultural scenes in Africa remain largely unknown to the Chinese public, in spite of the importance of long-standing economic and political relationships.

The featured artists in the exhibition invoke Africa as an innately cosmopolitan condition that is closer in kind to the philosopher Achille Mbembe’s description of the continent as ‘a body in motion born out of overlapping genealogies, at the intersections of multiple encounters with multiple elsewheres.’

Lady Linda Wong Davies, founder of the KT Wong Foundation and co-organizer of Marvellous Realism said: 

“We are thrilled to have conceived this vitally important show promoting China-Africa cultural relations and collaborate with these wonderful co-curators to bring this to life - never before in Asia have we been witness to an exhibition that seeks above all to nurture greater awareness and understanding of these culturally beneficial relations through this fascinating art medium, rethink prejudices about China and Africa and promote the fertile creative potential Africa can offer to the rest of the world.”

Kassaram, 2020, Video still?? Thania Petersen

Contemporary African Visual Art Feast

The 16 featured African artists include:

Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (Benin)

Atong Atem (South Sudan)

Justin Dingwall (South Africa)

Ma?mouna Guerresi (Senegal, Italy)

Hassan Hajjaj (Morocco)

Ayana V. Jackson (South Africa, USA)

Cyrus Kabiru (Kenya)

Lebohang Khanye (South Africa)

Michael MacGarry (South Africa)

Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa)

Zanele Muholi (South Africa)

Ruby Okoro (Nigeria)

David Ozochukwu (Nigeria, Austria)

Thania Peterson (South Africa)

Micha Serraf (Zimbabwe)

Mary Sibande (South Africa)

Fotografiska Shanghai brings to "Marvellous Realism" a deep knowledge of photography and its history and evolution. The partnership builds upon Fotografiska’s proud legacy of showcasing world-class, genre-defying artists of all backgrounds, in immersive environments, creating powerful and unparalleled exhibitions, spanning various photographic genres. In addition to the exhibition, which will run until 1st December 2024, a specific focus will be on celebrating African culture through cultural a programme of diverse cultural programming.

“Inspiring new perspectives is a core mission of Fotografiska and we are thrilled to be able to showcase to our Chinese audience how smart, relevant and inspiring contemporary African artists are.” says Christian Devillers – Managing Director of Fotografiska Shanghai.

关于非凡现实主义项目团队

MARVELLOUS REALISM PROJECT TEAM

此次展览由跨文化对话领域的领军人物黄铃玳爵士夫人牵头，携手Fotografiska影像艺术中心、著名策展人艾科·埃舜和露西·麦克加里一同合作。艾科·埃舜是著名的英籍加纳作家、策展人和主持人，以其独特的策展视角而闻名于世，尤其在非洲艺术表现方面备受赞誉。麦克加里是南非艺术博览会和非洲最大的视觉艺术在线交易平台的联合创始人。

The exhibition is spearheaded by a leading figure in the world of cross-cultural dialogue, Lady Linda Wong Davies. Adding to her expertise are Fotografiska Shanghai alongside renowned curators Ekow Eshun and Lucy MacGarry. Eshun, the renowned British Ghanaian writer, curator and broadcaster, is celebrated for his distinctive curatorial vision, particularly in African art representation. MacGarry is co-founder of RMB Latitudes, an art fair in South Africa, and Latitudes Online - the largest online marketplace for visual art from Africa.

关于黄铃玳爵士夫人和拿督黄纪达基金会

LADY LINDA WONG DAVIES AND THE KT WONG FOUNDATION

黄铃玳爵士夫人通过拿督黄纪达基金会，积极投身于一系列文化活动中，展现出其开拓性的领导力和影响力。基金会不仅支持了南非馆在2017年威尼斯双年展上的活动，并委托创作了艺术家 Mohau Modisakeng 视频作品的配乐。2024年2月，黄铃玳爵士夫人更是将中国顶尖摄像师杨永梁的作品引介给了南非国家美术馆，进一步促进了中外文化的交流与互鉴。

作为电视纪录片的制作人，黄铃玳爵士夫人与BBC的《Imagine》系列有过深度合作，她制作的关于超级钢琴家郎朗的纪录片《全力以赴》以及关于著名指挥家丹尼尔·巴伦博伊姆的纪录片都广受好评，后者更是在东西方迪万交响乐团首次中国巡演期间拍摄完成。此外，黄铃玳爵士夫人还成功策划了中国首场本杰明·布里顿歌剧的演出，并将普罗旺斯艾克斯国际歌剧节和萨尔茨堡复活节的作品引入中国，为中外年轻音乐家提供了宝贵的文化交流机会。她还与比利时莫内皇家剧院合作制作了亨德尔的歌剧《塞魅丽》，进一步推动了歌剧艺术的国际化传播。

Through the KT Wong Foundation, Lady Linda Wong Davies’ life is dominated by her active and pioneering involvement in a series of cultural events. The KT Wong Foundation supported the South Africa pavilion and commissioned the music for artist Mohau Modisakeng’s video at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Lady Davies introduced the work of Yang Yong Liang, China’s leading videographer, to the National Gallery of South Africa in February 2024.

As a producer of television documentaries, Lady Davies has collaborated with the BBC’s Imagine series on the life of the superstar pianist Lang Lang “Do or Die” and also on the celebrated conductor Daniel Barenboim which was filmed during the East West Divan Orchestra’s first China tour. In addition to staging the first Benjamin Britten opera in China, Lady Davies has also brought productions from Aix en Provence International Opera Festival and the Salzburg Easter Festival to China, plus enabling young Chinese and Western musicians to engage in powerful cultural exchanges including co-producing, with La Theatre Royale de la Monnaie de Munt, Handel’s opera “Semele”. Lady Davies negotiated the challenges in staging the first ever production of Wagner’s “Parsifal'' in China and screened the National Theatre Live’s filmed production of Danny Boyle’s “Frankenstein” to an ecstatic public in both Shanghai and Beijing, 2012. In 2021, The KT Wong Foundation co-produced, with Sky Arts, Handel’s oratorio La Resurrezione aimed at providing a lifeline to the arts scene during the pandemic providing much needed artistic and financial sustenance to musicians in the United Kingdom.

Passage, 2017, 3 channel film installation??Mohau Modisakeng

非凡现实主义

MARVELLOUS REALISM

2024.8.30-2024.12.1

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来自瑞典斯德哥尔摩的 Fotografiska，是当代影像、艺术和文化生活的国际性地标，始终致力于向公众呈现全球顶尖的影像作品、重新定义当代影像艺术新体验，同时也关注来自中国本土和亚洲地区的影像艺术创作者，旨在塑造充满活力、创新与包容的国际性文化艺术社区。

Fotografiska影像艺术中心提供精心策划的展览、活动、音乐派对、沙龙主题讲座等一系列文化活动，以提升中国本土艺术家的国际知名度，在全球舞台上展现其才华。冰淇淋店、咖啡馆、露天酒吧和餐厅等生活消费场所也遍布展馆内的四层楼空间。Fotografiska影像艺术中心日常将开放至深夜11点，观众可以更灵活安排时间探索和体验。