"DIROZOULOU"
2000-06-13 until 2000-06-18
BAT Centre
Durban, , ZA South Africa

DIROZOULOU, the French meets the Zulu. A wonderful aray of wire beautifully weaved baskets. Working with telephone wire weavers, Elliot Ndwandwe, Alice Gcaba, Zodwa Maphumulo, Vincent Sithole and Simon Mavundla from Siyanda informal settlement outside Durban, the collaboration has pushed all boundaries to produce the biggest telephone wire art works to date.

The project was coordinated by Marisa Fick-Jordaan and the Bat Shop in association with the French Institute of South Africa and Association Francaise d' Action Artistique / Ministry of French Foreign Affairs. The exhibition will travel from the BAT Centre to the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg, opening 11 July and then to Paris.

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