The Material Turn

‘The Material Turn’ is a survey exhibition on a conceptual turn in aesthetics authored by 27 artists exploring materiality. Material and its uses and techniques used in rendering an understanding of the art work that holds political consciousness not only in subject but in the processes of its conceptualisation and production is the thread that connects diverse practices in this exhibition. ‘The Material Turn’ is a turn in the ways of art production that artists from across Africa, Asia and South America have reclaimed from being disregarded as the ‘High-Arts’ and seen as craft to produce works that sit well in their immediate context.