Articles by Jareh Das

Latest articles by Jareh Das

Zizipho Poswa photography and ceramics at Southern Guild Gallery, exploring Black hair as a medium for sculpture

Zizipho Poswa’s new ceramics and photography explore hair as a medium for sculpture

At Southern Guild Gallery, Cape Town, Zizipho Poswa draws on the elaborate hairstyling practised by African women in a new series of ceramics, bronze sculptures and photographs

Deana Lawson’s intimate and resplendent visions of Black life

In her largest exhibtion to date, American artist Deana Lawson explores representations of Black identity through majestic and celebratory photographs

By Jareh Das Last updated 21 October 22
South South is a new platform for art from the Global South

The new online gallery and auction platform aims to counter challenges faced by artists of the Global South and its diaspora

By Jareh Das Last updated 9 October 22
Emerging designers explore identity and ‘the new world’ at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

A new series at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery (until 22 January 2022) presents the work of emerging designers from the US and Caribbean exploring themes of identity, heritage, and place

By Jareh Das Last updated 8 July 22
Nigerian-American artist Dozie Kanu on disrupting the norm

With an exhibition at Galeria Madragoa in Lisbon, Dozie Kanu talks discarded objects, disorderly design and architectural ambition in an interview

By Jareh Das Published 4 March 21