Senzeni Marasela and Louise McCagg "New Traditions in Beauty Queens"

A.I.R. Gallery

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A.I.R Gallery presents an exhibition of a collaboration between long time A.I.R. artist Louise McCagg and South African artist Senzeni Marasela. This partnership started in 2008 when mutual friends introduced McCagg and Marasela. Their common interest in issues of identity and politics sparked the idea for this exhibition, New Traditions in Beauty Queens. The artists are presenting an installation of dolls, a video projection and a series of interviews on Beauty Queens. Marasela's dolls are bought in stores around Johannesburg, her native city. McCagg's dolls are made from casts of Marasela's face, each with McCagg's signature form: shrunken head casts of varying sizes. Both sets of dolls will be part of Marasela's performance that will take place in the gallery.

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from May 25, 2011 to June 19, 2011

Opening Reception on 2011-05-26 from 18:00 to 20:00

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