WHAT'S ON
NIROX has a range of events, exhibitions, concerts, talks, and workshops available during the year.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Designing the past, Wearing the Future
Group Show - Curated by Thato Radebe & Khanya Mthethwa
Featuring works from Bongani Mashange, Khanya Mthethwa, Thato Radebe & the community-driven entity, Kioni, this contemporary jewellery exhibition explores the intersection of identity, heritage, and craftsmanship, offering a rich dialogue between tradition and modernity. Drawing inspiration from Southern African cultures, the works celebrate the intricate interplay of personal and collective narratives, particularly through the lens of African identity. From deeply symbolic practices such as beading to the reinterpretation of indigenous artefacts like the Mapungubwe Rhino and snuff spoons, these pieces breathe new life into cultural stories, bridging past and present.
The exhibition is supported by the University of Johannesburg
FOLIE À DEUX
Diana Vives & Douglas Gimberg
Villa-Legodi Centre for Sculpture
Folie à Deux presents works by two artists who have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue over the last decade, as partners in life and art. Directly translated, the title means ‘the madness of two’. In French, for instance, it’s used to describe a couple who are always engaged in love and conflict; anything that generates enough friction to create either a downward or upward spiral. It is also a term used in psychiatry for a complex disorder characterised by the contagion of a specific delusion shared by two or more people.
The exhibition groups six of the artists' works into three distinct pairs (one work by each), echoing the resonance of their engagements and the different associations that emerge when brought together. Central to both of their practices is the transformation of matter—whether living, non-living or human—in states of entanglement and flux. Existing in states of tension or balance, the works implicate the past as an active participant in the present, drawing on the self-referential, physical, and metaphorical properties of the materials to touch on themes of extraction, entropy and regeneration.