©MITCHELL GILBERT MESSINA/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Today’s show: “SEX” is on view at Stevenson in Johannesburg through Friday, June 3. The group exhibition presents works from the gallery’s roster, in response to the curatorial question: “sex?”
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Mitchell Gilbert Messina, Popped, 2016, polyurethane foam, casting resin, and champagne bottles.
©MITCHELL GILBERT MESSINA/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Steven Cohen, Love Letter from the glory hole, 2nd floor toilets, Wits University, 1997, ink on toilet paper.
©STEVEN COHEN/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Nandipha Mntambo, Resolution II, 2016, lithograph.
©NANDIPHA MNTAMBO/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Mame-Diarra Niang, Proverbs 4:2 (I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.), 2016.
©MAME-DIARRA NIANG/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Artu Peatoo, Butch, 2015, tin cans, polymer clay, fiberglass, and water pump.
©MAME-DIARRA NIANG/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Lady Skollie, “The Woman made me DO IT” / A phallic ode to the Blame Game we were born into / Contractually bound by Genesis 3: 12-14, if you are into the Bible and stuff, 2016, collage with ink on Fabriano, embroidery, and crayon.
©LADY SKOLLIE/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Artu Peatoo, Problem Child, 2015, oil on canvas.
©MAME-DIARRA NIANG/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG
Themba Siwela, Temptations on Madala’s pension day, 2012, acrylic on canvas.
©THEMBA SIWELA/COURTESY STEVENSON CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG