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The Museum of Modern Art announces Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in New York, on view in the Museum’s street-level gallery. The central work in this exhibition, the multichannel sound and video installation Lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive (2022), also incorporates soil, rock, and water. Known for bringing together video, sound, and organic materials in her often site-specific installations, Bopape considers how social, political, and spiritual histories of the African diaspora inhabit the physical land and waters. Originally commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, this site-responsive presentation will be expanded at MoMA to include additional artworks in clay and soil. Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape is organized by Martha Joseph, The Phyllis Ann and Walter Borten Assistant Curator of Media and Performance.
Organized by Martha Joseph, The Phyllis Ann and Walter Borten Assistant Curator of Media and Performance, Department of Media and Performance.
The Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series is made possible in part by the Elaine Dannheisser Foundation and The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art.
Additional support is provided by MoMA’s Wallis Annenberg Director’s Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art.
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Installation view of Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 1–October 8, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Dorado
Installation view of Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 1–October 8, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Dorado
Installation view of Projects: Dineo Seshee Bopape, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 1–October 8, 2023. Photo: Jonathan Dorado
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Still from lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive, 2022. Soil, limestone, carpets, bench, three-channel video installation (color, eight channel sound, 17 min, loop), dimensions variable. Commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Still from lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive, 2022. Soil, limestone, carpets, bench, three-channel video installation (color, eight channel sound, 17 min, loop), dimensions variable. Commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Still from lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive, 2022. Soil, limestone, carpets, bench, three-channel video installation (color, eight channel sound, 17 min, loop), dimensions variable. Commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Still from lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive, 2022. Soil, limestone, carpets, bench, three-channel video installation (color, eight channel sound, 17 min, loop), dimensions variable. Commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Still from lerato laka le a phela le a phela le a phela/My love is alive, is alive, is alive, 2022. Soil, limestone, carpets, bench, three-channel video installation (color, eight channel sound, 17 min, loop), dimensions variable. Commissioned by TBA21–Academy and co-produced with Pirelli HangarBicocca. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg