Art Wall: Karabo Poppy Moletsane

November 22, 2017–July 15, 2018

Moletsane’s vibrant, large-scale portraits for the Art Wall draw on both traditional African visual culture and Afrofuturism.

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Karabo Poppy Moletsane: Proposal for Art Wall, 2017.

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Wednesday, November 29, 6 PM
Karabo Poppy Moletsane and Ashara Ekundayo in Conversation

Moletsane talks about her new Art Wall project with cultural strategist and curator Ekundayo.

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Art Wall: Karabo Poppy Moletsane

November 22, 2017–July 15, 2018

BAMPFA’s new Art Wall presentation features a commissioned work by Karabo Poppy Moletsane, a street artist and designer from Johannesburg, South Africa. Moletsane is known for a strikingly vibrant figurative style that draws on diverse sources, from traditional African patterns and colors to science fiction. Her piece for the Art Wall features a group of monumentally scaled portraits based on people she met on the streets of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

“My creative process,” Moletsane writes, “always begins with taking my camera and walking around the city to photograph great representations of contemporary Africa/South Africa. That often involves taking portraits. What draws me to the people I photograph often has to do with their hairstyles, fashion choices, and occupations that are iconically South African.”

Moletsane attributes some aspects of her imagery—for example the ray-like beams emanating from one figure’s...

This is Moletsane’s first museum exhibition in the United States.

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Art Wall: Karabo Poppy Moletsane is organized by BAMPFA Director and Chief Curator Lawrence Rinder. The Art Wall is commissioned by BAMPFA and made possible by major funding from Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau. Additional support is provided by Hotel Shattuck Plaza.

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Art Wall: Karabo Poppy Moletsane

November 22, 2017–July 15, 2018

Past Events

Karabo Poppy Moletsane and Ashara Ekundayo in Conversation