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27 August 2021 | Story Angela de Jesus and Rulanzen Martin | Photo Artwork courtesy of UNISA Art Collection

Folds and Faults: An Exhibition of African Women Artists Examining Identity, Culture, and Heritage. 

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   (Gwenneth Miller, Folds, Assumed abundance, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91,5 x 183 cm.)

The Johannes Stegmann gallery at the University of the Free State (UFS), in collaboration with Curate.A.Space, is proud to present Folds and Faults: An Exhibition of African Women Artists Examining Identity, Culture, and Heritage. The exhibition is a tribute to courageous women through the works of an all-female artist group. 

Carol Brown, Zinhle Khumalo from Curate.A.Space, and Angela de Jesus curated the exhibition, which will run virtually as well as at the Stegmann Gallery in the Sasol Library on the UFS Bloemfontein Campus.

Details:
18 August 2021-17 September 2021
Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Sasol Library,  University of the Free State. 

“The theme of folds has many layers – as a fold itself implies. Fabric is what immediately comes to mind, but the action of folding can take too many levels. This exhibition explores these complexities.” 

Background: 
The exhibition features artworks by women artists in particular – a second generation of female artists whose mothers were part of the era when the historic 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria chanted the song, Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokodo (You strike a woman, you strike a rock).

Looking back on those dark years of apartheid, we remember how women were disenfranchised and disempowered. There were only a few black female artists, and the protest art made at the time was mostly by men. The women were the caregivers who took care of domestic issues and were the nurturers of the future generations whose work is now featured in this exhibition. 

SELLOANE MOETI, Bayeza, 2019, Oil and clay on canvas, 140 x 90cm
SELLOANE MOETI, Bayeza, 2019, Oil and clay on canvas, 140 x 90cm
ALKA DASS, Buttery spring flowers wither with time, 2020, Digital print on Hahnemühle paper, 14 x 14cm
ALKA DASS, Buttery spring flowers wither with time, 2020, Digital print on Hahnemühle paper, 14 x 14cm
GWENNETH MILLER, Folds, Assumed abundance, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 183cm, Artwork courtesy of UNISA Art Collection
GWENNETH MILLER, Folds, Assumed abundance, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 183cm, Artwork courtesy of UNISA Art Collection
WILMA CRUISE, Monument to the Women of South Africa, Malibongwe Embokodweni, Amphitheatre at Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa, Architect: Marcus Holmes, Photographed by Adam Cruise
WILMA CRUISE, Monument to the Women of South Africa, Malibongwe Embokodweni, Amphitheatre at Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa, Architect: Marcus Holmes, Photographed by Adam Cruise
SANELISIWE NKONYANE, Kuhlonipha I AM Woman, 2019, Digital print on archival paper, 84.1 x 59.4cm, Artwork courtesy of Guns & Rain Art
SANELISIWE NKONYANE, Kuhlonipha I AM Woman, 2019, Digital print on archival paper, 84.1 x 59.4cm, Artwork courtesy of Guns & Rain Art
MARY SIBANDE, I have not, I have, 2010, Digital print, 110 x 80 cm, University of the Free State Art Collection
MARY SIBANDE, I have not, I have, 2010, Digital print, 110 x 80 cm, University of the Free State Art Collection

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New champions crowned at first-year athletics
2017-02-03

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It was a day filled with excitement on and off the
track when the residences at the University of
the Free State competed against each other
during the first-year athletics event.
Photo: Charl Devenish

The University of the Free State’s first-year athletics is an institution. It is a day marked by colour, spirit, and hoarse voices, but in 2017 produced something different than the last couple of years.

For the first time in four years, new athletics champions were crowned in both the men’s and women’s sections when Veritas and Sonnedou walked away with the trophies at Pellies Park on the Bloemfontein Campus on 25 January 2017.

Wag-’n-Bietjie, Vishuis relinquish titles

Sonnedou, who came second in 2016, broke Wag-’n-Bietjie’s stronghold of the past six years by winning the women’s athletics trophy. Furthermore, Sonnedou won this trophy more than a decade ago – in 2004. Veritas, who won the men’s athletics trophy for the first time since 2011, also put a stop to Vishuis’s dominance. House Abraham Fischer has worn the athletics crown for the past three years.

This year, Vishuis (70 points) took second place after Veritas (76), with Armentum (61) third. Sonnedou (99 points) easily triumphed in the women’s division, while Akasia (36) and Wag-?-Bietjie (34) respectively took second and third place.

Veritas captures overall Spirit trophy

However, the event is about much more than the action on and around the athletics track. First-years also get the opportunity to show pride in their residences by shouting at the top of their lungs.

Veritas, better-known in recent years for its excellent sêr groups, asserted itself even more by being named as the overall winner of the Spirit trophy. This residence was also the winner of the men’s section. Harmony won the Spirit trophy for women’s residences, while Conlaurês was the co-ed residence with the greatest spirit.

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