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Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy street scenes and other displays of togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
In the last 20 years, Nelson Makamo’s (B. 1982, Limpopo) signature style and subject matter have steadily placed him on the global stage.
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1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
439 West 127th St, New York 10027
18- 20 May 11am-7pm
21 May 11am-5pm
HIGH LINE NINE
Gallery 7, 507 W 27th St, New York 10001
17 - 21 May 11am-6pm
Opening reception 6-8pm 17 May
RSVP essential for opening: rsvp@riseart.com
Living and working in Johannesburg, he is known for his paintings and drawings that redress decades of images that have portrayed African children as destitute. This two-venue presentation of his work will re-introduce the New York audience to Makamo.
On show as part of the Special Projects section of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be a large-scale tapestry created by the artist in collaboration with a team of artisans, displayed here for the first time outside of South Africa. The work, which combines Makamo’s painterly style with the gridlike precision of weaving, features a child who towers above the viewer and looks out at them through round glasses with a mixture of melancholy and hope.
This monumental work will be contextualised by a selection of new paintings and works on paper, which will comprise a parallel presentation at High Line Nine. These pieces are a continuation of a new body of work where, alongside in solo portraits, Makamo portrays his subjects in situ, as members of a wider community. The emotional intensity of the artist’s work has not disappeared, but the added context brings a new level of detail to his world.
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness.
togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
FURTHER READING
EMERGENCE
GROUP EXHIBITION
Opening Reception 21 July 6-8pm
Oil on panel - 30 x 30cm
NELSON
SOLO EXHIBITION
MAKAMO
Group Exhibition
SATELLITES
Opening Reception
Thursday 18 November, 6-8pm
19 Nov – 17 Dec 2021
22 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2022
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
VENUE: 67 GREAT TITCHFIELD ST. LONDON W1W 7PT
OPENING RECEPTION
21 JULY 6-8PM
22 JULY - 25 AUG
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM
OPENING RECEPTION
21 JULY 6-8PM
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
NELSON
MAKAMO
NELSON MAKAMO
TWO VENUE PRESENTATION, NY
BBC Interview Nelson Makamo: Celebrating children from rural South Africa
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TWO VENUE PRESENTATION, NEW YORK
This exhibition is now closed.
Available artworks can be found on our website.
NELSON
MAKAMO
NELSON MAKAMO
VENUE: 67 Great Titchfield St. London W1W 7PT
GALLERY OPENING TIMES:
Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm
Thursday 11am -8pm
Sunday by appointment only
EMERGENCE
GROUP EXHIBITION
Opening Reception 21 July 6-8pm
Oil on panel - 30 x 30cm
NELSON
SOLO EXHIBITION
MAKAMO
Group Exhibition
SATELLITES
Opening Reception
Thursday 18 November, 6-8pm
19 Nov – 17 Dec 2021
22 JULY - 25 AUGUST 2022
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
VENUE: 67 GREAT TITCHFIELD ST. LONDON W1W 7PT
OPENING RECEPTION
21 JULY 6-8PM
22 JULY - 25 AUG
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM
OPENING RECEPTION
21 JULY 6-8PM
NELSON
MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
NELSON
MAKAMO
NELSON MAKAMO
SOLO EXHIBITION
OPENING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 21 JULY 6-8PM
GALLERY OPENING TIMES:
Monday - Saturday 11am-6pm
Thursday 11-8PM
Sunday by appointment only. Book here
SOLO EXHIBITION
VENUE: 67 Great Titchfield St. London W1W 7PT
GALLERY OPENING TIMES:
Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm
Thursday 11am -8pm
Sunday by appointment only
22 JULY - 25 AUG 2022
GALLERY OPENING TIMES:
Monday - Saturday 11am -6pm
Thursday 11am -8pm
Sunday by appointment only
This presentation follows:
MAKAMO'S 2022 LONDON SOLO EXHIBITION WITH RISE ART
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy street scenes and other displays of togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
The stereotype of the lonely artist does not apply to South African painter and draftsman Nelson Makamo.
This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness.
Meeting people, speaking with them and learning about them are as important to his practice as drawing and painting are. Togetherness, not loneliness, is at the core of the artist’s work. It might seem surprising, then, that the drawings he first became known for tend to feature solitary, disembodied subjects. In these solo portraits, Makamo’s talent for capturing the emotional intensity and overwhelming sense of hope in his sitters is a matter of expression and movement.
For the artist’s first UK solo exhibition in more than five years, his characters are beginning to congregate. For the first time we are seeing them in situ, as members of a wider community. Alongside solitary, meditative characters, there are groups of laughing schoolchildren, busy streets scenes and other displays of togetherness.
togetherness. This brings a new level of detail to Makamo’s world: the spaces that they occupy, the clothes that they wear, the company that they keep and the way that they look (or don’t look) at their companions all bring depth and complexity to his characters.
With these new contexts, the emotional intensity of Makamo’s work has not disappeared. Many of the faces in this exhibition - their owners engaged in social activities - contain all the emotional intensity of his early drawings. Momentarily these faces hover above their surroundings, their innermost essences exposed. They are both members of social groups and wider contexts and overwhelmingly individual. They are alone, together.
1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY
This exhibition is now closed. Please contact us for available works.
1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
HIGH LINE NINE GALLERY
This exhibition is now closed. Please contact us for available works.
In the last 20 years, Nelson Makamo’s (B. 1982, Limpopo) signature style and subject matter have steadily placed him on the global stage.
More Information:
1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
439 West 127th St, New York 10027
18 - 20 May 11am-7pm
21 May 11am-5pm
HIGH LINE NINE
Gallery 7, 507 W 27th St, New York 10001
17 - 21 May 11am-6pm
Opening reception 6-8pm 17 May
RSVP essential for opening: rsvp@riseart.com
Living and working in Johannesburg, he is known for his paintings and drawings that redress decades of images that have portrayed African children as destitute. This two-venue presentation of his work will re-introduce the New York audience to Makamo.
On show as part of the Special Projects section of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair will be a large-scale tapestry created by the artist in collaboration with a team of artisans, displayed here for the first time outside of South Africa. The work, which combines Makamo’s painterly style with the gridlike precision of weaving, features a child who towers above the viewer and looks out at them through round glasses with a mixture of melancholy and hope.
This monumental work will be contextualised by a selection of new paintings and works on paper, which will comprise a parallel presentation at High Line Nine. These pieces are a continuation of a new body of work where, alongside in solo portraits, Makamo portrays his subjects in situ, as members of a wider community. The emotional intensity of the artist’s work has not disappeared, but the added context brings a new level of detail to his world.
This presentation follows:
MAKAMO'S 2022 LONDON SOLO EXHIBITION WITH RISE ART