1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London

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Be Humble by Nelson Makamo

1:54, the international art fair dedicated to contemporary African art has returned to London in celebration to its fifth edition between 5-8 October 2017 at Sommerset House.With 42 leading galleries from 17 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and North America, the fair has presented diverse work from over 130 emerging and established artists. Here are some highlights of the art fair:

Piece by Nelson Makamo

Born in South Africa, Nelson Makamo is a storyteller of lives within the urban sprawl, he captures humanity’s routine with an acute sensitivity.

Here Forever by Nelson Makamo

Bonded. Life by Nelson Makamo

Kgoro (council sitting) by Nelson Makamo

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Bakamo1

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Makamo

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Bakamo

See no evil, hear no evil, speal no evil by Nelson Makamo

Poise by Nelson Makamo

You Will Remember Those Things That Come Naturally by Temitayo Ogunbiyi

Nyjur by Alexis Peskine

Piece by Mary Sibande

Mary Sibande’s work not only engages as an interrogator of the current intersections of race, gender, and labour in South Africa but continues to actively rewrite her own family’s legacy of forced work imposed by the then Apartheid State.

Admiration of the Purple Figure by Mary Sibande

Sibande employs the human form as a vehicle through painting and sculpture, to explore the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context, but also attempts to critique stereotypical depictions of women, particularly black women in our society.