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The BMW Art Generation

Moments of Joy with Kinetics of Art & History Vol. II

The BMW Art Generation will return on 2 November 2024.

Centred around a conference of discourse and discursive essays within contemporary African art, this year the BMW Art Generation will take place at the Nirox Sculpture Park. Established in 2006, Nirox Sculpture Park is a generative space for artists, curators, writers and cultural practitioners to make and share in community. Sitting on 30ha, the park hosts several residencies, workshops, installations, open-air concerts, as well as a permanent sculpture park.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Purchase tickets here.

Towards Joy
Kinetics of Art & History Vol. II

A continuation of the theme Kinetics of Art & History, this edition expands what was established last year with a keen consideration on our current collective climate. Its premise supports The BMW Art Generation’s mandate to fortify the future of contemporary African art.

A moment of intentional consideration, the second iteration of The BMW Art Generation is an invitation to exhale as we bear witness to the current moment.

Examined through a generative jouissance and intergenerational exchange, this edition of The BMW Art Generation acknowledges the societal role of art during the current geopolitical epoch. When things cannot be put into words, this is where we turn to art. Aware of the function community, joy and imagination play in addressing the status quo, the artistic practices we look to, in this edition of The BMW Art Generation, have historical and contemporary gravitas in continued and determined practices looking towards joy.

— conceptualised by Kim Kandan

Download the full programme here.

The Talk — 14h00
On painting
with Helen Sebidi and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi
Moderated by Janine Gaëlle Dieudji

An opportunity to explore practice as a bridge toward joy, The BMW Art Generation talk will bring artists Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi together in a conversation on painting moderated by Janine Gaëlle Dieudji, curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. A multilocal exhibition maker, Dieudji is passionate about facilitating connection and community through art making.

The Amphitheatre — Music
— 11h30 & 15h30: Kopano Jazz Collective
— 13h00: Kujenga
— 16h30: headlined by Thandiswa Mazwai

The Art
11h30 & 15h30: Two guided walks through the Nirox Sculpture Garden
Sophia van Wyk exhibition opening
Anuja Dasgupta open studio
Assemblage & Collage by Willem Boshoff

The Fashion
VIVIERS
UNI FORM by Luke Radolf
Nao Serati
Boyde

The Food
The Food Goddess
Lucky Bread
Forest Gelato
il Contadino
Soul Souvlaki

The Bookstore
Jonathan Ball
with a book signing by Thandiswa Mazwai and Trevor Stuurman @ 12h00