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Jo Ractliffe
On the road to Cuito Cuanavale III, 2010. Silver gelatin print .

'As Terras do Fim do Mundo'

Jo Ractliffe at Walther Collection - Project Space NY

The first U.S. solo exhibition of South African photographer Jo Ractliffe, 'As Terras do Fim do Mundo' (The Lands of the End of the World) showcases nearly 60 of the artist's evocative black and white landscapes, presenting haunting images that reflect past tragedies in the sweeping landscapes of present day Angola.

Featuring a portfolio of platinum prints produced exclusively for the Walther Collection (based in Neu-Ulm/Burlafingen, Germany), the exhibition in the New York Project Space brings together images from Ractliffe's journeys through the war-torn remains of Angola in 2009 and 2010. Guided by a group of former South African Defence Force soldiers, on their first trip back to the Angolan countryside since the 1988 ceasefire at Cuito Cuanavale, Ractliffe documents what she terms as the 'landscape of leftovers' from the country's devastating 27-year civil war. Noted for their forensic and symbolic significance, these images capture eerily quiet countryside vistas, which, upon further inspection, reveal themselves to be unidentified memorials, unmarked mass graves, and minefields.

15 April - 15 July

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James Webb and Ninar Esber
at Galerie Imane Fares

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'Someone Else's Country'
Jo Ractliffe
at Peabody Essex Museum

Photographer Jo Ractliffe (b. 1961) has spent the better part of the last decade photographing the effects of the prolonged civil war in Angola (1975-2002), both in the country itself and in her native South Africa. From the capital city of Luanda to
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'Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive'
Santu Mofokeng, Andrew Putter, Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Candice Breitz and Zwelethu Mthethwa
at The Walther Collection Project Space

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