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Black Luminosity

“…opacity is not the lack of light, because there is opacity in the light. Opacity is the reason of every light”. Édouard Glissant

Independent curator, Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, presents Black Luminosity, a group exhibition delving into the visual representations of Black, its aesthetic language and its connotations.

What is it about Black that communicates the presence, dignity, and elegance, as well as the futurity, inherent in its being and appearance? In the context of this exhibition, ‘Black’ refers to the dark, opaque surface of the artworks, as well as the contingent …