Artist Tshiamo Naledi Letlhogonolo Pinky Mayeng has died
Born in 1993, Mayeng was the youngest member of iQhiya, a collective reuniting young black women in Cape Town and Johannesburg, working principally with performance, video, photography and sculpture. The artist had created two significant contributions to Documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel.
Started in 2015 in Cape Town, the iQhiya aims to be a counter force to the dominant presence of white men in the art market and the rest of society. The name iQhiya comes from the hairstyle worn by the women of the Xhosa tribe allowing them to carry water on their heads. Other members of the collective include Sethembile Msezane and Buhlebezwe Siwani. More information via Facebook.
Tshiamo Naledi Letlhogonolo Pinky Mayeng (1993–2017) — photo via documenta
Yusuf Sevinçli represented by GALERIST
The Turkish photographer, born in 1980, will have a solo exhibition with the Istanbul gallery next December.
His black and white photos are somewhere between artistic photography and documentary, described as “highly personal, subjective and dreamlike, in which place and time are uncertain, redolent instead of a deeply felt vision of the world.” The artist has previously participated in the Moscow Biennale and the Rencontres d’Arles. He is represented by the Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire in Paris. More via Galerist.
Yusuf Sevinçli — photo via GALERIST
47 Canal Gallery to return to its original space
The 47 Canal Gallery, who had left its original space on the Lower East Side in New York for 291 Grand Street, have announced that they are to return to their Lower East Side space. The gallery represents artists Michele Abeles, Gregory Edwards, Nolan Simon ou and Anicka Yi, and in renting their former space, will occupy two galleries.
The gallery on Canal Street, occupying 1,400 square feet, will be principally an experimental space, offering artists the opportunity to organise their own group shows. More via artnet.
« Quality of Life », Josh Kline — 47 Canal Gallery
David Roberts Art Foundation is leaving Camden for Somerset
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Uptight Upright Upside Down, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London. Photo: Julia Bower
