My practice as a visual activist looks at black resistance—existence as well as insistence. Most of the work I have done over the years focuses exclusively on black LGBTQIA and gender-nonconforming individuals making sure we exist in the visual archive… The key question that I take to bed with me is: what is my responsibility as a living being—as a South African citizen reading continually about racism, xenophobia, and hate crimes in the mainstream media? This is what keeps me awake at night. — Zanele Muholi
ZANELE MUHOLI—the first comprehensive survey of the work of the photographer and visual activist—is now on view in London.
See link below for exhibition details. Also, watch a conversation between Muholi and Lady Phyll.
Through June 6.
Tate Modern
Bankside, London.
Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern, November 5, 2020–June 6, 2021, from top: Qiniso, The Sails, Durban, 2019; Beloved V, 2005; Sistahs, 2003; Bona, Charlottesville, 2015; Tommy Boys, 2004; Thembeka I, New York, Upstate, 2015; ID Crisis, 2003; Miss D’vine II, 2007; Vile, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015. Images © Zanele Muholi, courtesy of the artist, Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg, and Yancey Richardson, New York.
