阿拉克收藏视角
非洲当代艺术展
Perspectives from the ARAK Collection
African Contemporary Art Exhibition
2025.3.29—6.29
（周二到周日 10:00-18:0017:00停止进场，逢周一闭馆 ）
雅昌（深圳）艺术中心 5楼美术馆
ARTRON ART CENTRE
《解构无止尽》
Split Infinity
curated by Jamil Osmar Parasol
《破茧》
Beyond the Chrysalis
curated by Nneoma Angela Okorie
《一成不变的地理版图》
The Geography of Fixed Things
curated by E.N. Mirembe
“阿拉克收藏视角 —— 非洲当代艺术展” 精心筹备了三大别具一格的策展单元。这些展览主题诞生于 2023 年 ARAK 策展奖学金计划，围绕非洲身份、社会变迁以及未来愿景展开深度探讨。
在《解构无止尽》中，Jamil Osmar Paraso设想了一个非洲未来的景观，邀请观众进入具有推测性的世界，其中非洲的韧性和身份塑造了未来的新可能性。
在《破茧》中，Nneoma Angela Okorie探索了转型，她以三位艺术家的作品为切入点，这些艺术家将个人经历和集体记忆融入创作，形成独特的视觉语言，打破常规发展路径。
在《一成不变的地理版图》中，E.N. Mirembe着眼于东非艺术持续不断的跨文化交流，探寻跨越殖民边界的文化影响。展览通过艺术、贸易、教育等层面，展现出丰富的文化交流传承。以Lucille Clifton的诗《For the lame》为核心，E.N. Mirembe挑战了固定地理的概念，展出的艺术作品，生动展现了东非与中东及其他地区紧密相连、充满活力的交流历史。
这些主题展览共同从多个角度，审视当代非洲艺术中的文化传承、变革发展以及丰富的创造力，为我们打开了一扇了解非洲艺术的独特窗口。
“Perspectives from the ARAK Collection——African Contemporary Art Exhibition”brings together three distinct curatorial projects—developed in 2023 as part of ARAK’s Curatorial Fellowship Programme—that examine, among other things, African identities, movements and imagined futures.
Jamil Osmar Parasol’s Split Infinityenvisions an Afro-futurist landscape, inviting viewers into speculative worlds where African resilience and identity shape new possibilities for the future.
In Beyond the Chrysalis, Nneoma Angela Okorie explores transformation, following the work of three artists who develop visual languages rooted in personal histories and collective memory, defying linear paths.
In The Geography of Fixed Things,E.N. Mirembe focuses on East African art’s continuous cross-cultural exchanges, tracing influences that transcend colonial borders. This exhibition emphasises a rich legacy of connection through art, trade, and education. Referencing Lucille Clifton’s poem, “for the lame”, Mirembe challenges the notion of a fixed geography, presenting artworks that reflect East Africa’s vibrant and interconnected histories with the Middle East and further afield.
Together, these three exhibitions offer a layered examination of heritage, transformation and creative imagination within contemporary African art.
《解构无止尽》SPLIT INFINITY
策展人Curator
Jamil Osmar Parasol
艺术家Artists
Hazim Al Hussain
Joe Bukenya
Williams Chechet
Mauro Chiarla
Aurélia Durand
Hellen Gaudence
Uòlòfe Griot
Thonton Kabeya
Ismael Kateregga
Banele Khoza
Themba Khumalo
Letso Leipego
Zemba Luzamba
Ramarutha Makoba
Donald Makola
Sidney Mang’ong’o
Lekau Matsena
Mandlenkosi Mavengere
Elias Mung’ora
Dennis Osadebe
Zolile Phetshane
Pule Ratsoma
Victor Raza
Sky Salanje
Rudolf Seibeb
Malibongwe Shangase
Bambo Sibiya
Shakes Tembani
Jan Maanda Tshikuthula
Francisco Vidal
Kimweli Zuto
Lindokuhle Zwane
《解构无止尽》 汇聚了来自非洲 13 个国家的 32 位当代艺术家，他们的作品植根于多元的个体经历，围绕社会、心理与环境主题展开，对非洲未来主义（Afrofuturism）这一概念进行深度解构，跳脱西方视角的叙事框架，并通过丰富的媒介与技法进行表达，带领观众穿梭于多个现实与未来的可能性之中。
本单元以这些作品为媒介，引导我们反思非洲的韧性，并构想一个和谐共生的未来。邀请观众思考：如果非洲能够拥抱自身大多数人的视角，并优先考虑其独特的叙事，而非受外部影响主导，这片大陆将如何实现变革？
Split Infinitybrings together thirty-two contemporary artists who hail from thirteen different countries across Africa. Rooted in a diversity of experiences, and expressed through an equally diverse range of mediums and techniques, the exhibition explores social, psychological, and environmental themes. It deconstructs Afrofuturism and diverges from Western narratives, offering a journey through multiple realities and future possibilities.
Collectively, these works challenge us to reflect on Africa’s resilience. Split Infinityenvisions a harmonious future, inviting audiences to consider how the continent might transform if it embraces the perspectives of its majority and prioritises its unique narratives over external influences.
《改头换面》ZEMBA LUZAMBA
刚果民主共和国 绘画 76x61cm 布面油画
New Beginning I
2018
Oil on canvas
76 x 61 cm(unframed)
《基里森泽3》THONTON KABEYA
刚果民主共和国绘画 40x51cm 胡桃木粉雕刻画布
Kirizenze 3
2016
Walnut powder on sculpted canvas
40 x 51 cm(unframed)
《恋人和朋友》MALIBONGWE SHANGASE
南非雕塑雕刻 20x20cm 木刻
Lovers and Friends
2015
Woodcut
20 x 20 cm (unframed)
《破茧》BEYOND THE CHRYSALIS
策展人Curator
Nneoma Angela Okorie
艺术家 Artists
Khalid Abdel Rahman
Maliza Kiasuwa
Gor Soudan
《破茧》 探索了艺术家 Gor Soudan、Maliza Kiasuwa 和 Khalid Abdel Rahman 在创作中的变革旅程，他们的艺术实践突破线性路径的限制，以多样的方式跨越传统界限，展现出艺术创作的流动性和多重形态。
体现了非洲大陆艺术在时间、地域与材质上的多重身份，邀请观众关注每位艺术家创作的流动性。在各自的创作实践中，Soudan、Kiasuwa 和 Rahman 充分展现了他们的自主性，回望自身的历史与现实，并在不断发展的作品中呈现新颖视角，拓展艺术的未来可能性。
Beyond the Chrysalis explores the transformative journeys of artists Gor Soudan, Maliza Kiasuwa, and Khalid Abdel Rahman, presenting practices that defy linear paths. They interrogate the world unrestrained by the boundaries of what is customary, employing varied transitory states of art making that is multiform.
Beyond The Chrysalishighlights the capacity of art from the continent to hold multiple identities across time, place, and materiality, inviting the audience to honour the fluidity in each artist’s practice. Soudan, Kiasuwa, and Rahman undoubtedly revel in their autonomy, heeding to their past and current realities, and with their developing works and practices, present fresh perspectives and a myriad of potential futures.
《蛇与梯子十一》GOR SOUDAN
肯尼亚 绘画 47x70cm 和纸上的木炭画
Snakes and Ladders XI
2017
Charcoal on washi paper
47 x 70 cm (unframed)
《无题》KHALID ABDEL RAHMAN
苏丹 绘画 25x18 纸上亚克力
Untitled
2017
Acrylic on paper
25 x 18 cm (unframed)
《最后的晚餐 2017》MALIZA KIASUWA
刚果民主共和国 绘画 102x192cm 布上混合媒材
The Last Supper
2017
Mixed-media on cloth
102 x 192 cm (unframed）
《一成不变的地理版图》THE GEOGRAPHY OF FIXED THINGS
策展人Curator
E.N. Mirembe
艺术家 Artists
Yasmeen Abdullah
Kerima Ahmed
Reem Aljeally
Nu Barreto
Girma Berta
Ablade Glover
Adugna Jirenga Eyerusalem
Maliza Kiasuwa
Tegene Kunbi
Prof. George Kyeyune
Miska Mohammed
Eria Nsubuga Sane
Collin Sekajugo
Helena Uambembe
Donald Wasswa
Agnes Waruguru Njoroge
在 《一成不变的地理版图》 中，E.N. Mirembe 呈现了一个多维度的东非艺术视角，着重呈现超越边界与殖民分类体系的文化联系。
展览灵感源自乌干达马凯雷雷大学（Makerere University）的艺术传统，汇聚 16 位艺术家的作品，他们在不断变化的文化景观中深入探讨身份认同与归属感等议题，创作媒介涵盖油画、丙烯、数码文档印刷、拼贴及刺绣等多种形式，从不同角度展现出东非艺术的独特魅力。
展览以美国诗人Lucille Clifton的诗作 《For the lame》 为核心，聚焦斯瓦希里海岸（Swahili Coast）数百年来的文化交流，这里汇聚并交融了非洲、阿拉伯、波斯及印度文化。通过多元艺术作品，让观众重新审视东非——不仅是一个地理区域，更是一个充满活力的文化交汇点，其艺术脉络犹如一幅不断演变的织锦，持续塑造自身的面貌。
In The Geography of Fixed Things, E.N. Mirembe presents a complex view of East African art that emphasises connections,transcending borders and colonial categorisations. Inspired by the legacy of Makerere University in Uganda, this exhibition highlights the work of sixteen artists who explore identity and place amidst shifting cultural landscapes, working across a variety of media, from oil and acrylic on canvas to digital archival prints, collage and embroidery.
Anchored in Lucille Clifton’s poem, “for the lame”, The Geography of Fixed Thingsunderscores centuries-old exchanges along the Swahili coast that fuse African, Arab, Persian, and Indian cultures. It brings diverse influences into focus, inviting viewers to see East Africa as a dynamic site of cultural exchange and to recognise its art as an interconnected tapestry that continuously reshapes itself.
《移动影子 IIXII 》 GIRMA BERTA
埃塞俄比亚 艺术摄影40x40cm艺术微喷
Moving Shadows II, XII
2017
Digital archival print40 x 40 cm (unframed)
《不加糖》COLLIN SEKAJUGO
乌干达 绘画 140x90cm 混合介质(聚丙烯、油漆、照片、画布)
SugarNo
2019
Mixed media (Polypropylene, paint, photo, canvas)
140 x 90 cm (unframed)
《无题十九(今天是昨天，第2部分)》MALIZA KIASUWA
刚果民主共和国 绘画 42x30cm 混合媒体拼贴
Untitled XVIII
(Today is Yesterday, Part 2)
2020
Mixed-media collage
42 x 30 cm (unframed)
组织机构
Organization
主办方Host
ARAK Collection（阿拉克收藏）
承办方Organizer
雅昌文化集团
雅昌（深圳）艺术中心
展览执行ExhibitionExecution
重庆泓艺九洲国际文化发展有限公司
顾问Consultant
Kwa Eng Kiat
展览设计Exhibition design
Jos Thorne、吴涛
特别鸣谢 Special Thanks
埃克苏（AKZU）美术馆专业照明