​​​​​​Boundary-pushing conceptual artist Kendell Geers' new show at Goodman Gallery In Gozi We Trust is a play on the Nguni term for danger or accident, Ingozi, and on one of Joburg's names 'Jozi'.  It's also a play on the idea of In God we Trust, and according to the gallery, a subtle reference to an animated film by William Kentridge  'Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris '(1989).

Bound up with Joburg and ideas of safety – the exhibition examines the role that "threat and danger play in the construction of Johannesburg’s identity and the consoling habit of finding comfort through the beauty of art." 

Geers says the work is a blend of the emotional geography of suburban paranoia with the very real dangers that make Johannesburg one of the most psychologically complex cities in the world to feel safe. 

"The comfort zones of security fences and lavish décor are thrown up against the border that is at once freedom on the one side and a prison on the other". 

Note that the gallery is closed from Dec 23, 2019 until Jan 6, 2020.