You Are On Your Own, an exhibition by Mandisi Mncela, opens in the Schreiner Gallery at the Tatham Art Gallery on August 4 to run until September 22, 2024.
The body of work is about the introduction to African Spirituality, and restoration of Indigenous African Spirituality aiming to bring order in social issues that we face in our daily lives.
The Artist (Mandisi Mncela) is inspired by the African Indigenous spiritual teachings by Imboni Dr Uzwilezwe Rhadebe the founder of the Revelation spiritual home.
During previous years Mncela’s work has been evolving around the questions about Religion, Politics, Poverty and Spirituality using different mediums of art mingling poetic writings and music to symbolize with expressive marks on abstracted figures that portray the daily lives of the people.
The purpose of the show is to bring about order among people which has been used by our religious beliefs and our indigenous African Spiritual knowledge. This use of Art through visionary ideas has the objective of restoring moral values, uniting, decolonising and relearning what has been taught to the people by foreign laws during the colonisation and oppression of Africa.
The artist's theme “You are on your own” is based on the independence and unity of the people regardless of colour, race, tribe, religion, or political background by understanding that our differences do not segregate us.
The exhibition opens at 11h00 on August 4 and closes at 17h00 on September 22.
The Schreiner Gallery is situated in the Tatham Art Gallery opposite
City Hall, Chief Albert Luthuli Road in Pietermaritzburg.
For more information contact reena.bhodram@msunduzi.gov.za or call 033 392 2811 or visit www.tatham.org.za
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