In Conversation
Meleko Mokgosi
Michael Armitage
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 1pm EST
Gagosian is pleased to partner with the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art at University College London (ucl) in presenting a dialogue between artists Meleko Mokgosi and Michael Armitage. The two African artists will discuss the politics of contemporary figurative painting and their concurrent exhibitions—Meleko Mokgosi: Democratic Intuition at Gagosian, London, and Michael Armitage: Paradise Edict at Haus der Kunst, Munich. The conversation will be introduced by Gagosian directors Louise Neri and Jona Lueddeckens, and moderated by Tamar Garb, professor of art history at UCL, whose research focuses on gender and sexuality, race and representation, and contemporary art in southern Africa. To join, register at zoom.us.
This is the second event in a season of weekly online dialogues with Mokgosi and selected partners running through December 17, in conjunction with the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom and Europe at Gagosian, Britannia Street, London.
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Meleko Mokgosi (left). Photo: courtesy the artist. Michael Armitage (right). Photo: Theo Christelis © White Cube
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