The exhibition navigates the ways materiality mediates memory. Garments passed down, repurposed, and transformed become vessels for lineage, imbued with both personal and collective histories.
In Hlukanisa, uHlanganise which translates to take apart (deconstruct) in order to reconstruct/create anew we step into a field of knowledge transmission where language, lineage, and materiality intersect. This exhibition convenes an intergenerational dialogue between the iconic Dr. Esther Mahlangu and contemporary artists Charity Vilakazi, Tinyiko Makwakwa, Nikiwe Dlova, Puleng Mongale, and Nwabisa Ntlokwana. The show includes paintings, sculpture, textiles, photography, and digital media. Their works navigate the terrains of African epistemologies, where science, memory, and the body exist as sites of inscription, transference, and renewal.