Laurence Bonvin, Lerato Bereng & Mohau Modisakeng at Blank Projects in November

South Africa Wed 27-10-2010

Laurence Bonvin, Lerato Bereng & Mohau Modisakeng at Blank Projects in November
Press Release

Exhibitions opening at blank projects:

IN TRANSIT
A traveling exhibition of Photographic Works by Laurence Bonvin
&
A RE FANON
A process based project by Lerato Bereng/Mohau Modisakeng

Opening: Thursday 4 November 2010 at 18:00

Exhibition closes 25 November

The travelling exhibition, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council and FMAC (City of Geneva), will open at blank projects in Cape Town, from 4 to 25 November, before relocating to Johannesburg and other centres in 2011.

Laurence Bonvin, from the Blikkiesdorp-Series, 2009 | Inkjet Print | 40cm x 50cm.

Blikkiesdorp (2009) is the title of the first series, named for the newly built township close to Delft South on the edges of Cape Town International Airport. There Bonvin captured in striking detail through architecture, everyday life scenes and portraits, the living environment of these "transit homes". The result is a portrait of brutal social reality.

Laurence Bonvin, from the Blikkiesdorp-Series, 2009 | Inkjet Print | 40cm x 50cm.

With In & Out (2009), Bonvin explored the margins of Johannesburg and produced a series of landscapes that reveal the fragmentation and complexity of a multi-faceted peri-urban fabric. It finds on the margins of the city different spaces that are at the same time undergoing deep transformations, yet still marked by the strict divisions imposed by Apartheid.

Laurence Bonvin, from the In and Out-Series, 2009 | Inkjet Print | 72cm x 90cm.

Laurence Bonvin was born in Switzerland and studied photography in Arles, France. Her photographic work is mostly concerned with suburban environments and landscapes. Recent solo shows include On The Edges (CPIF, Paris, 2010), On Location (Museum Photographie, Braunschweig, 2009) and On The Edges Of Paradise (Centre for Photography, Geneva, 2008).

Laurence Bonvin, from the In and Out-Series, 2009 | Inkjet Print | 72cm x 90cm.

She is the author of four publications: Ghostown (Madrid Abierto, 2010), Freizeitâ (Atelier Schoenhauser Berlin, 2009), On The Edges Of Paradise (edition fink, Zurich, 2008), Cahier d artiste, Laurence Bonvin (Pro Helvetia & Edizione Perifiera, 2007). She currently lives and works between Geneva and Berlin.

www.laurencebonvin.com

Posted By: Diana Achieng

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