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Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York NY USA - Rachel Monosov & Admire Kamudzengerere : 1972 - March 16 > April 22, 2018 @CatincaTabacaru

"1972"

Rachel Monosov, Admire Kamudzengerere


250 Broome Street New York, NY 10002 United States

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March 16 > April 22, 2018

Rachel Monosov & Admire Kamudzengerere
Rachel Monosov & Admire Kamudzengerere, Before The Ceremony, August 20, 1972 , 2017, archival print (framed), 8x12 in

1972 is a 16-piece performance-based photographic work. The images present R. and A. living in Harare in 1972. At the time, marriage between black and white was virtually impossible and there were political attempts to make it illegal. 1972 was also the beginning of a 7-year long guerilla war between nationalists and the Rhodesian security forces.
Rachel Monosov and Admire Kamudzengerere created real life events as happenings in Zimbabwe. They threw a wedding, inviting the local community to witness the event. They placed themselves into different spaces creating convincing settings: from leisurely afternoons by the lake, to constructing their first home. The work is documentary photography infused with fiction. It all happened, yet never was.
The undocumented acts, reactions and effects, which lie beyond these photographs, are as much a part of the work as the images themselves. The happenings were entire “real-life” events. The artists did not stage a pose holding a goat for the camera. Instead, the image captured is a documentation of Kamudzengerere presenting Monosov with a dowry. The work is a merger between the artists’ lives and their art practice – to research the cultural boundaries and structures imposed upon them.

Rachel
Monosov

Admire
Kamudzengerere
Opening reception: Friday, March 16, 2018 | 6-8PM
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Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11:00am – 6:00pm

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Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York NY USA - Rachel Monosov & Admire Kamudzengerere : 1972 - March 16 > April 22, 2018 @CatincaTabacaru