www.casafrica.es · www.facebook.com · twitter.com Casa África inauguró el 2 de diciembre de 2009 la exposición fotográfica 'Bienvenidos al Paraíso', una muestra que combina el singular trabajo en los últimos años de la sudafricana Nontsikelelo Veleko, un referente del género documental en el continente africano, con su reciente exploración por las calles de diversos municipios de Gran Canaria para captar la vida de los africanos que residen en las Islas.

Par: CasaAfrica
Dur�e: 4.63 min.
Consultations: 688
Votes: 4.5

Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko Africacalls South African photographer / artist Born in 1977, Nontsikelelo Veleko lives and works in Johannesburg. She is a highly original photographer and project manager/co-coordinator at the Market Photo Workshop, where she previously trained in the art of photography. In the last couple of years, Lolo has been gathering a great deal of attention with her striking work entitled Beauty is in the eyes of a beholder. She was a nominee and finalist of the MTN New Contemporary Artists in 2003 and has since been participating in important local and international exhibitions. Already this year, her photographs were exhibited in the landmark exhibition Snap Judgements : New Positions in Contemporary African Photography at the International Center of Photography in New York and in Personae Scenarios-the new African Photography, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea in Rome. Also recently she was participating in well publicized shows like Click at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, or Unsettled, 8 South African photographers in Denmark, Sweden and South Africa, as well as other exhibitions and projects in Switzerland, the United States and of course at home.

Par: ProjectDystopia
Dur�e: 11.88 min.
Consultations: 220
Votes: 0

Photographer Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko is this year's Standard Bank Yound Artist for Visual Art. In her work she explores the people and places that make the streets and emerging identities of South Africa her visual wonderland. Born in 1977, Nontsikelelo Veleko lives and works in Johannesburg. She is a highly original photographer and project manager/co-coordinator at the Market Photo Workshop, where she previously trained in the art of photography. In the last couple of years, Lolo has been gathering a great deal of attention with her striking work entitled Beauty is in the eyes of a beholder. She was a nominee and finalist of the MTN New Contemporary Artists in 2003 and has since been participating in important local and international exhibitions. Already this year, her photographs were exhibited in the landmark exhibition Snap Judgements : New Positions in Contemporary African Photography at the International Center of Photography in New York and in Personae Scenarios-the new African Photography, Brancolini Grimaldi Arte Contemporanea in Rome. Also recently she was participating in well publicized shows like Click at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, or Unsettled, 8 South African photographers in Denmark, Sweden and South Africa, as well as other exhibitions and projects in Switzerland, the United States and of course at home. (This short video was created by CueTV which is the video portion of a blog produced by Rhodes University journalism and media students.The ...

Par: ProjectDystopia
Dur�e: 1.68 min.
Consultations: 388
Votes: 5.0

An exhibition of Five African Women Photographers, which took place in The Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts from Tuesday 27th September to Saturday 15th October. A touring show from the Hayward Gallery, Reflections on the Self presented women's visual narratives, as told through self-portraits and portraits of other women. Five photographers, Hélène Amouzou, Majida Khattari, Zanele Muholi, Senayt Samuel and Nontsikelelo Veleko engage with issues such as identity, sexuality and displacement, and their work often overturns stereotypical expectations. Find out more at www.nuca.ac.uk

Par: NUCAview
Dur�e: 2.43 min.
Consultations: 304
Votes: 5.0

www.casafrica.es · www.facebook.com · twitter.com Casa África aportó el lado más africano del WOMAD Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2009, incrementando y consolidando la presencia de artistas del continente vecino en uno de los festivales más importantes del mundo. Casa África, que contó con un stand propio, incluyó la propuesta de músicos africanos en el cartel del festival, y programó actividades en paralelo como un ciclo de cine africano, talleres de percusión, gastronomía y danza de la mano de Diak Haso, un estudio africano de fotografía, la cabalgata de los títeres Les Grandes Personnes y una muestra de fotos de la artista sudafricana Nontsikelelo Veleko proyectada sobre la fachada del edificio Miller. África y España, cada vez más cerca.

Par: CasaAfrica
Dur�e: 6.67 min.
Consultations: 2630
Votes: 5.0

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Par: bosonloquito
Dur�e: 2.85 min.
Consultations: 177
Votes: 5.0