Kapwani Kiwanga
Kapwani Kiwanga
Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals
Solo exhibition curated by Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre and Kristy Trinier
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Jun 23 – Sep 8, 2019

“The complex issues of current and historical colonization processes are at the core of Kapwani Kiwanga’s artistic practice. Kiwanga, who studied anthropology and comparative religion at McGill University, continues this querying of decolonial gestures with her exhibition Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals.

As part of Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals, Kiwanga chose to create opportunities for dialogue and sharing, inviting viewers to engage with her installation by handling the works in the gallery. By digging a hole on the grounds of the SAAG and moving the displaced soil into the gallery, Kiwanga asks visitors to repatriate the dirt, one bucket at a time.
The ultimate aim of Kiwanga’s work is to help people reflect on the colonial experience as a whole, to explore the gesture of giving and returning in contrast to the dominant learned gesture of taking and seizing. Through the use of materials such as soil, ceramics, cloth, and light and shade, the artist addresses economic and social issues in relation to colonial acts of extraction and the exploitation of natural resources.”
Annabel Daou, Elisa Giardina Papa, Šejla Kamerić, Kapwani Kiwanga & Grit Richter
Booth No. G08
Frieze London 2023
Oct 11 – 15, 2023
Kapwani Kiwanga
In Conversation with Carolin Köchling
Artist talk
Gropius Bau, Berlin
Sep 16, 2023, 3pm
Kapwani Kiwanga
The Length of the Horizon
Survey exhibition
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Sep 16, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024
Kapwani Kiwanga
Choreographies of the impossible
Group exhibition curated by Manuel Borja - Villel, Grada Kilomba, Diane Lima, Helio Menezes
35 Bienal de São Paulo
Sep 6 – Dec 10, 2023