BE-PRESSION

18-28 June, 2022

Nil Gallery, Paris, France


Be-pression marks Banele Khoza’s first solo exhibition in Paris. The exhibition is the culmination of a two-week residency with Nil Gallery, during which Khoza questioned society’s almost phobic relationship to the present moment. Through his vaporous studies, Banele Khoza highlights and explores that paradox that inhabits the Y/Z generation, torn between nostalgia and the promise of better days.

— Nil Gallery, June 2022.

I didn’t begin self-portraits from vanity, 2022

Acrylic and ink on paper

210x150cm

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Be-pression, installation view, 2022. Image: Tatenda Chidora

Be-pression, installation view, 2022. Image: Tatenda Chidora

Be-pression, installation view, 2022. Image: Tatenda Chidora

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Be-pression, installation view, 2022. Image: Tatenda Chidora