Gallery MOMO
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|location= 52, 7th Avenue Parktown North, Johannesburg
|type = Art Gallery
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|website={{URL|www.gallerymomo.com}}
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Gallery MOMO is a South African contemporary art gallery, which represents South African and international artists at its exhibition spaces in Johannesburg and Cape Town.{{Cite book|title=Chic Jozi: The Savvy Style Companion|last=Temkin|first=Nikki|date=2012-09-27|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9780143528494|language=en}}
History
Gallery MOMO was founded in Johannesburg in 2002 by the South African art dealer and collector, Monna Mokoena.{{Cite book|title=10 Years, 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa|last=Perryer|first=Sophie|date=2005-07-01|publisher=Struik Publishers|isbn=9781868729876|location=Cape Town, South Africa|page=445|language=English}} In 2015, the organization opened a second branch in Cape Town.{{Cite web|url=http://www.okayafrica.com/news/blessing-ngobeni-as-if-you-care-cape-town-gallery-momo/#|title=Graffiti & Comic Collage Artist Blessing Ngobeni Confronts The Apathy Of South Africa's Elected Officials|website=Okayafrica.|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428072407/http://www.okayafrica.com/news/blessing-ngobeni-as-if-you-care-cape-town-gallery-momo/|archive-date=2016-04-28|url-status=dead}}
Writing in 'Art and the Global Economy', Kai Lossgott identified Gallery MOMO as still in 2017, 'South Africa's only black-owned gallery' and recounted that it had 'paved the way for South Africa's return to the Venice Biennial'.Zarobell, J., 2017. Art and the Global Economy, University of California Press In 2018, Ishani Chetty, writing for the lifestyle and listings magazine 'CapeTown Etc.' ranked Gallery MOMO as one of the city's top five 'must visit' art venues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.capetownetc.com/culture/5-must-visit-art-galleries-in-cape-town/|title=5 must-visit art galleries in Cape Town|website=CapeTownEtc.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-26|archive-date=2022-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303191058/https://www.capetownetc.com/culture/5-must-visit-art-galleries-in-cape-town/|url-status=dead}}
Exhibitions
Since its founding, Gallery MOMO has established an extensive programme of showcasing new work in solo and group exhibitions by South African and international artists. According to the Irish Times, by 2006 the Johannesburg venue had already 'earned a reputation for discovering new African and international talent'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/drawing-attention-to-africa-s-art-1.1039723|title=Drawing attention to Africa's art|last=Humphreys|first=Joe|date=2006|website=Irish Times|access-date=2019-06-26}} Amongst the gallery's earliest events were the 2003 exhibition 'The Age of Enlightenment' by the South African painter, Johannes Phokela.{{Cite book|title=Personal Affects: Power and Poetics in Contemporary South African Art, Volume 1|date=2004-06-15|publisher=Museum for African Art/Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine|isbn=9780945802426|location=New York, NY|language=English}} In the 2010s, the gallery continued to host exhibitions by artists such as the South African sculptor, Mary Sibande,{{Cite web|url=http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/Review_of_Long_live_the_dead_Queen__by_Lisa_Allan_at_Gallery_Momo.aspx|title=Review of Long live the dead Queen – Mary Sibande at Gallery Momo|last=Allan|first=Lisa|date=2009|website=Artthrob|access-date=2016-04-13}} the German-based painter, Ransome Stanley and U.S.-born photographer Ayana V. Jackson.{{Cite book|title=Insight Guides: South Africa|last=Guides|first=Insight|date=2015-06-01|publisher=Insight Guides|isbn=9781780052618|edition=6th|language=English}} The gallery also participates in international art fairs, including the Joburg Art Fair,{{cite web|url=http://www.fnbjoburgartfair.co.za/.../2014/...Joburg_Art_Fair_Catalogue.pdf |title=Catalogue for 2014 Joburg Art Fair }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} the Cape Town Art Fair and the Start Art Fair in London.
Represented artists
References
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External links
- [http://www.gallerymomo.com/ Official website for Gallery MOMO]
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Category:Art museums and galleries in South Africa
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2002
Category:2002 establishments in South Africa
Category:Contemporary art galleries in South Africa