...ilulwane 2011-2012 @ What If The World / Gallery .

Ilulwane Series I - 

Athi-Patra Ruga 2012

Archival inkJet print on Cotton Rag 

142 × 117 cm

courtesy of the artist and whatiftheworld/gallery

...ILULWANE in ACNE PAPER # 14 . OUT NOW.

The three cover portraits of Mikhail Baryshnikow, Richard Serra and Fran Lebowitz
were all photographed in New York by Brigitte Lacombe for Acne Paper.

                  

Athi-Patra Ruga performing his piece Ilulwane . Photograph by KopeFiggins © theartist /whatiftheworld  
                                                        
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Ilulwane - Performa

WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY, in association with PERFORMA 11 and the Museum of African Art New York, is pleased to announce Ilulwane, Athi-Patra Ruga’s first performance in New York. Ilulwane is a synchronized-swimming performance inspired by Alvin Baltrop’s 1970s and 80s photographs. It reflects on the passage of time in both New York and in the artist’s own Xhosa culture, drawing on themes of Xhosa initiation ceremonies,and the AIDS crisis and challenging definitions of masculinity. Ilulwane is co-presented with the Museum for African Art, in Long Island City, New York. The musical score of Ilulwane is a collaborative composition between Athi-Patra Ruga and acclaimed musician Spoek Mathambo, recent winner of the Young Directors Award (in conjunction with Pieter Hugo, and Michael Cleary), at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

© Athi-Patra Ruga and studio [2011]