Book Signing and Discussion with Zanele Muholi
Book Signing
Book Signing and Discussion with Zanele Muholi
Tuesday, May 21
11:00 a.m. PDT
Join Aperture and the Southern Guild gallery, Los Angeles, to celebrate the launch of artist Zanele Muholi’s highly anticipated release, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II (Aperture, 2024). The event will feature a panel discussion with Muholi regarding their work, followed by a book signing with the artist.
In Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II, Zanele Muholi explores and expands upon new personas and poetic interpretations of personhood, queerness, Blackness, and the possibilities of self. Since the publication of the first volume in 2018, Muholi has continued to photograph themself in a range of new international locations. Drawing on material props found in each environment, Muholi boldly explores their own image and innate possibilities as a Black individual in today’s global society, and—most important—speaks emphatically in response to contemporary and historical racisms.
This event is presented by Southern Guild. Advance registration is required. Please RSVP at rsvp.la@southernguild.com
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Image: Zanele Muholi, Sine IV, 2020; from Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II (Aperture, 2024). © 2024 Zanele Muholi
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