On June 1st, Jefferson gave a speech at the sixth annual Rapid Pulse festival. In 2013, he presented his three-ringed performance Magical Negro at the second iteration of Rapid Pulse. This year's theme, Retrospect, involved revisiting previous artists from Rapid Pulse's history, so the organizers invited Pinder to be a part of this year's event.
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Selling the Shadow
November 22, 2016 - January 17, 2017
Gallery Momo
Cape Town, SA
Selling the Shadow is an international, cross disciplinary presentation that examines the relationship between art and social practise through paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, video and site specific installation by more than a dozen artists from across Africa and the Diaspora.
Artists include: Tabita Rezaire, Simone Leigh, Jessica Wimbley, Jefferson Pinder, Amir George, Lauren Kelly, Derrick Adams and Michele Magema. Curated by Ingrid LaFleur.
Currently, I’m working on a project at the Figge Museum in Davenport, Iowa. The project is entitled Ghost Light, which references the tradition of always keeping a light burning in a theatre even when no one is around to see it. Essentially, never letting the space go dark.
The project will be a culmination of sculptural work and performances in which I will be working with members of the community to create a poignant suite of performances about ‘invisibility’ and the consequences of being a person-of-color in a majority white Midwest city.
I’m thrilled to announce that Capsule (2009) will be on display at the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
The public opening will be September 24, 2016. I’d like to thank Andrea Pollan, Henry Thaggart and especially Annie Gawlak at G-Fine Art for making this happen.
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