Time(s) - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center
Ralph Ziman (South African, born 1963)
The embellished facade of SPOEK 1.
© Ralph Ziman
On November 14, 2024 at 10:00am ET, artist Ralph Ziman will lead a private tour of the exhibition The Casspir Project for APG members at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum and Conference Center.
The exhibit features large-scale photography and mixed media installations. LA-based South African artist Ziman’s cinematic photographs recreate scenes from apartheid-era newspapers, featuring locals, his team, and handcrafted regalia. These images, combined with a streaming documentary, offer deeper context to the Casspir Project and Ziman’s work. Ziman’s exhibition transforms symbols of apartheid into icons of peace. Working with artisans, he covered a 22-foot-long Casspir armored vehicle, used during apartheid, with 70 million glass beads. The intricate beadwork reclaims a symbol of brutality, turning it into a representation of beauty and shared humanity.
Ralph Ziman’s website: https://ralphziman.com
The Casspir Project: https://ralphziman.com/the-casspir-project/
Ralph Ziman
Artist
Ralph Ziman was born in 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at The Rendon Gallery in Los Angeles; Joseph Gross Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; and C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, California, as well as group exhibitions at the National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, NY; the FNB Art Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa; MUDAC in Lausanne, France; and Forum Schlossplatz in Aarau, Switzerland, among others.
