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To diagnose and perhaps even heal society, we might say, if that weren\u0026rsquo;t such a stereotypical statement about South Africa. Kukama\u0026rsquo;s own country is her main arena, although she also works elsewhere in the African continent and in Europe. She performs in \u0026lsquo;real\u0026rsquo; spaces \u0026ndash; streets and squares and shopping malls \u0026ndash; with \u0026lsquo;real\u0026rsquo; people in them, but she introduces a significant specification: \u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eHalf of the time it\u0026rsquo;s real spaces and real people, and the other half it\u0026rsquo;s kind of imagined somewhere in the past or future.\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eKukama\u0026rsquo;s art creates strong visual images that are open to socio-political interpretation. She is trying to combine the solidarity of the political activist with non-alignment of the artist. Her works become meaningful not only as commentary on people\u0026rsquo;s expectations of and frustrations with social reality, but also as a response to the framework she has chosen to work in: art history in its \u0026lsquo;universal\u0026rsquo; western-dominated form. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonna Kukama\u003c/strong\u003e (\u0026deg;1981) gebruikt performance om de bewegingen, spanningen en emoties van de hedendaagse samenleving uit te drukken. Om de samenleving te diagnosticeren en misschien zelfs te genezen zouden we kunnen zeggen, mocht dat niet opnieuw zo\u0026#39;n stereotypische verklaring over Zuid-Afrika zijn. Kukama\u0026rsquo;s eigen land is haar belangrijkste terrein, hoewel ze ook elders in het Afrikaanse continent en in Europa werkzaam is. Ze treedt op in \u0026lsquo;echte\u0026rsquo; ruimtes met \u0026lsquo;echte\u0026rsquo; mensen, maar ze introduceert een betekenisvolle precisering: \u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eDe helft van de tijd zijn het echte ruimtes en echte mensen, en de andere helft bevinden ze zich ergens denkbeeldig in het verleden of in de toekomst.\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn zijn meest doeltreffende vorm cre\u0026euml;ert Kukama\u0026#39;s kunst tekens met een krachtig iconisch karakter en een even krachtige openheid voor sociaal-politieke interpretatie. Ze probeert solidariteit en ongebondenheid te combineren. Haar werken zijn niet alleen zinvol als commentaar op de verwachtingen en frustraties van mensen ten opzichte van de maatschappelijke realiteit, maar ook als een reactie op het kader waarin ze heeft gekozen te werken: kunstgeschiedenis in zijn \u0026lsquo;universele\u0026rsquo; westers-gedomineerde vorm. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonna Kukama\u003c/strong\u003e utilise la performance pour rendre apparents les mouvements, tensions et \u0026eacute;motions de la soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; contemporaine. Pour poser un diagnostic, et peut-\u0026ecirc;tre m\u0026ecirc;me gu\u0026eacute;rir la soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute;, pourrait-on dire, si ce n\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tait un postulat aussi st\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;otyp\u0026eacute; sur l\u0026rsquo;Afrique du Sud. Le pays d\u0026rsquo;origine de Kukama est son ar\u0026egrave;ne principale, bien qu\u0026rsquo;elle travaille aussi ailleurs sur le continent africain, et en Europe. Si elle r\u0026eacute;alise des performances dans des espaces \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;r\u0026eacute;els\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u0026ndash; rues, places publiques et centres commerciaux \u0026ndash; o\u0026ugrave; se trouvent des personnes \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;r\u0026eacute;elles\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, elle y introduit toutefois une sp\u0026eacute;cification significative\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLa moiti\u0026eacute; du temps, il s\u0026rsquo;agit d\u0026rsquo;espaces r\u0026eacute;els et de personnes r\u0026eacute;elles, l\u0026rsquo;autre moiti\u0026eacute; du temps, le tout est imagin\u0026eacute;, dans le pass\u0026eacute; ou dans le futur.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eL\u0026rsquo;art de Kukama cr\u0026eacute;e des images visuelles fortes ouvertes \u0026agrave; une interpr\u0026eacute;tation socio-politique. Elle tente de combiner la solidarit\u0026eacute; de la militante politique au non-alignement de l\u0026rsquo;artiste. Son \u0026oelig;uvre prend tout son sens quand elle se fait commentaire sur les attentes des gens et leurs frustrations \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;gard des r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute;s sociales, mais aussi quand elle fait office de r\u0026eacute;ponse au cadre dans lequel l\u0026rsquo;artiste a choisi de travailler\u0026nbsp;: l\u0026rsquo;histoire de l\u0026rsquo;art dans sa forme \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;universelle\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, c\u0026rsquo;est-\u0026agrave;-dire domin\u0026eacute;e par l\u0026rsquo;Occident. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"ZA","place":"","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"ZA","place":"Johannesburg","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}