Affinity and Allusion

Collective, City Observatory, 38 Calton Hill, Edinburgh, EH7 5AA

24 November 2018 – 10 February 2019

James N Hutchinson, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Klaus Weber, Tessa Lynch, Shona Macnaughton, Catherine Payton

For This is Tomorrow, published 12 December 2018

Extract:

“South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape’s work, curated by Osei Bonsu, is sited in the City Dome, underneath the canopy of the former observatory, is about the percussion of images, the resonances of spaces and materials, the fragilities of encounter, the inevitability of change. In this circumference she brings together fermentation, dirt, muck and gum, hidden matter, chaotic intention, coal and clay brick, silver foil, and a rhythmic slide projector drumming out images. Sculptures form from suspensions of feathers, moulds, gold gauze, blue powder, seeds, water and wax, and through rough excavations and intricate lace. It is a hallucinatory studio documenting a sampling, exploratory mind. Landscapes are made in vitrines of dirt and satin, civilizations are brought about and crumble in an instant. She’s a story teller inducing narratives from the spaces between magic and rationality. Through these passages one recalls artists like Lucia Nogueira, Jimmy Robert, Lauren Gault and Cathy Wilkes. ”

Image, detail from Dineo Seshee Bopape ～～ [when spirituality was a baby]