Kick off Armory Arts week at Aperture Foundation with South African artist Zwelethu Mthethwa in conversation with Okwui Enwezor on Tuesday, March 2nd and be sure to stop by our Brunch and Book Signing on Saturday morning on your way to visit The Armory 2010.

Aperture Presents: Zwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor in Conversation

Aperture is honored to present a conversation between photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa and pioneering critic and curator Okwui Enwezor. The dialogue will take place Tuesday, March 2nd at Aperture in conjunction with the March 2010 publication of Mthethwa’s long-awaited first comprehensive monograph to which Enwezor contributes an essay. Introduction by editor Joanna Lehan. Book signing to follow.

Mthethwa documents a range of issues pertaining to South Africa-from domestic life and the environment to landscape and labor issues. His images challenge the conventions of both Western documentary work and African commercial studio photography, marking a transition away from the visually exotic and diseased-or “Afro-pessimism,” as Enwezor has referred to it-by employing a fresh approach marked by color and collaboration.

Zwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor in Conversation
Tuesday, March 2, 6:30pm

Armory Brunch at Aperture Gallery

In celebration of this year’s Armory Show and the convening of artists, art patrons and art lovers from around the world, Aperture will be hosting an all day Armory brunch. The event will include appearances by Aperture artists-including Zwelethu Mthethwa, Eirik Johnson, Jacqueline Hassink, Joel Meyerwitz, Matthew Montieth, Gillian Laub among others, who will be available to sign their books. There will be special offers on Aperture books, limited-edition prints and more. Come mingle with friends and colleagues. Refreshments will be served.

Armory Brunch
Saturday, March 6, 10:00AM – 1:00PM

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, New York

Aperture at The Armory

And finally, be sure to visit Aperture’s Armory Show booth, where Aperture magazine will be featured in the publications area.

Aperture at the Armory Show
March 4th – 7th
Pier 92, Booth L16
55 street and Twelfth Avenue
New York, New York

Tags: Armory Brunch, Eirik Johnson, Okwui Enwezor, The Armory Show, Zwelethu Mthethwa

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