Selections from Revelations
Kudzanai Chiurai
Until January 17, 2016
MoCADA, Brooklyn, New York
Revelations III, 2011.
About:
MoCADA is pleased to present Selections from Revelations, a photography series by Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai from 2011. Chiurai chronicles the rise of a fictitious African leader through a satirical lens, and constructs environments that feed the Western imagination about the state of the contemporary African continental politics.
Revelations IV, 2011.
Revelations VI, 2011.
The scenes are densely layered with signifiers of post-colonial upheaval: oil containers, emptied liquor bottles, corporate branding; conspirators to the candidate’s corrupt campaign and bloodied casualties crowd each frame. Chiurai’s chaotic compositions result in flattened picture planes which distort the viewer’s depth perception, a visual effect that mirrors the monolithic and reductive representations of the continent as perpetuated in global mainstream news media.
Revelations VII, 2011.
Selections from Revelations is supported in part by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with The City Council, and private funds from Lambent Foundation and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. (text Mocada/Courtesy Goodman Gallery SA)