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Kemang Wa Lehulere

Kemang Wa Lehulere wins Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year 2017

A story by Artthrob on the 11th of April 2016. This should take you < 1 minute to read.

Kemang Wa Lehulere has been awarded Deutsche Bank’s Artist of the Year for 2017. As part of the award, he will present his first institutional solo exhibition in Germany at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin in spring 2017.

“Kemang Wa Lehulere is a refined artist of the highest order. He explores the relevance of the artistic gesture in post-Apartheid South Africa. In his wall drawings, collages, and complex performances, he revisits his own history and the pain of his society by creating poignant images that are never literal or explanatory, but are instead a territory to be traversed, understood, and revealed”
-Victoria Noorthoorn (Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires)

The award is given on the recommendation of the Deutsche Bank Global Art Advisory Council which consists of the renowned curators Okwui Enwezor, Hou Hanru, Udo Kittelmann, and Victoria Noorthoorn.

Previous winners  include: Wangechi Mutu, Yto Barrada, Roman Ondák, Imran Qureshi, Victor Man, Koki Tanaka, and Basim Magdy. More information can be found here on Deutsche Bank’s website.

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