Archaeology of Memory
March - April 2011
SMAC Gallery, Cape Town / Nirox Projects Space, Johannesburg
http://www.whitneymcveigh.co.uk/
SMAC Art Gallery presents Archaeology of Memory, an exhibition of new paintings by international artist Whitney McVeigh. It is McVeigh’s first solo exhibition in South Africa and is accompanied by a catalogue with text by Sean O’Toole.
The exhibition runs concurrently at SMAC Cape Town (24 March – 22 May 2011) and Nirox Projects Space, Arts on Main, Johannesburg (26 March – 17 April 2011).
Archaeology of Memory is the body of work produced during McVeigh’s recently completed residency at the Nirox Foundation, located in the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng.