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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Melissa Chemam

South African artist Gavin Jantjes on his major retrospective

This retrospective of the work of South African artist Gavin Jantjes opened in Sharjah earlier in 2024, and is currently on in London, at the Whitechapel gallery, until 1 September 2024. © RFI/Melissa Chemam

RFI's Spotlight on Africa met with artist Gavin Jantjes to chat about his To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970-2023. The exhibition traces his journey as "a creative agent of change" from South Africa to Europe, celebrating his multifaceted roles as painter, printmaker, writer, curator and activist.

In this episode we hear from the artist and from Hoor Al-Qasimi, director of the Sharjah Art Foundation and the president of the Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE, who helped organise the London retrospective.

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