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Towards a working concept of Socially Engaged Art in 2014

Towards a working concept of Socially Engaged Art in 2014

Date: 2014-03-07
Durban's KZNSA Gallery will convene a forum to discuss the role of South African Social Art and its significance after 20 years of democracy in a day-long seminar to be held at the Gallery on 15 March.

The objective is to engage in the context and content of contemporary Social Art in 2014 and, through case studies, explore the possibility of a working concept going forward. This concept will inform the KZNSA's NLDTF funded exhibition, art education and outreach projects for the 2014/15 season.

The KZNSA Gallery is grateful for support from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) for the 2014/15 year.

The seminar will bring together six relevant experts who will present case studies as their best examples of contemporary social art. The seminar will be open to the public and the afternoon plenary session will allow for audience engagement with the panel.

"We hope to bring together key stakeholders : art teaching institutions, curators, gallerists, city officials in arts and culture and the general public to timeously grapple the notion of contemporary Social Art practice 20 years into our democracy," explains Peter McKenzie: President of the KZNSA Gallery.

"The country's long history of socially-engaged art could and should provide working paradigms for the notion of social art. Yet it is clear that 20 years after apartheid the political, cultural and social contexts have a correlation to the trajectory of creative practice in the same period. At issue for this seminar is exploring examples of contemporary South African art that engages, translates, reflects and explores new creative vernaculars that could prescribe a working concept for social art in the future and how it interfaces with the social challenges that confront us," continues McKenzie.

Success of the socially engaged art projects depends on the relationships developed between artists, communities, project organisers and the organisations who deliver services within those communities.

For more info - contact KZNSA, KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban: 031 277 1705 / https://www.kznsagallery.co.za/