Welcome to a guest tour with photographer and artist Take the opportunity to join museum curator Brita Täljedal for a guided tour of the ongoing exhibition by South African photographer and LGBTQ activist Zanele Muholi. Täljedal is curator at Bildmuseet and one of the exhibition's curators.
Free admission but a limited number of seats. Language Swedish.
Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. The extensive exhibition presents their career as a photographer and visual activist from the early 2000s until today.
In beautiful and striking photographs, Muholi tells the stories of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa and beyond. Their work includes depictions of love and intimacy as well as intense portraits of people who risk their lives to live authentically despite oppression and discrimination. In the ongoing series Somnyama Ngonyama [Hail the Dark Lioness], Muholi turns the camera on themself. With references to family history and depiction of the black body through the ages, the artist stages themself, over and over again.
Zanele Muholi (b. 1972, Durban) is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and their work has experienced global exposure at leading art museums and biennials. Muholi has received a large number of awards for their photography.