Johannesburg

Group exhibition: 'Looking Back, Seeing Now' at Gallery 1 (Keyes Art Mile)

Jun 5 - Aug 31 2025       21 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg
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Looking Back, Seeing Now is the first exhibition in the newly renovated Gallery 1 at Keyes Art Mile. With over 20 South African artists from the 20th century, the exhibition is a powerful survey of South Africa's modernist masters. With artists like Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern, and Alexis Preller alongside pioneers such as Walter Battiss, Cecily Sash, and Lucky Sibiya, the exhibition serves to highlight the cultural experimentation, resistance, and defiance in the face of repressive Apartheid practices.
 
Cecily Sash's Concept No. 3 was first exhibited at the 1963 Sao Paolo Biennale. Photo: Supplied.

The renovation of Gallery 1 also marks an important step in the development of Keyes Art Mile 2.0, and it is fitting to look back at the work of these past visionaries as Keyes Art Mile looks to expand their vision of making culture integral to everyday life in Johannesburg.

Featured artists in Looking Back, Seeing Now: Walter Battiss, Giuseppe Cattaneo, Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, Christo Coetzee, Ruth Everard-Haden, Robert Hodgins, Alfred Krenz, Erik Laubscher, Maggie Laubser, Ezrom Legae, Ephraim Ngatane, George Pemba, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, Alexis Preller, Cecily Sash, Gerard Sekoto, Lucky Sibiya, Cecil Skotnes, Irma Stern, Maud Sumner, Hannatjie van der Wat, Maurice Van Essche, and Edoardo Villa.

Looking Back, Seeing Now opens on Thu, Jun 5 at 16:00 in Gallery 1 at Keyes Art Mile as part of their Keyes Art Night offerings. The show runs until Sat, Aug 31. 

Date

Venue

Jun 5 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Gallery 1
21 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg

Price/Additional Info

Free entrance

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