ARTIST TALK

WOMEN, ART, DESIRE with Ashraf Jamal | Exploring the exhibition Love Unbound by Freya Willemoes-Wissing

Long Gallery: 09.11.2024

Thank you to those who joined us for the thought-provoking talk by Ashraf Jamal, exploring Freya Willemoes-Wissing's exhibition Love Unbound.

Love Unbound highlights the ever-evolving nature of love in the contemporary world. This exhibition seeks to foster safe and inclusive dialogue on equal marital rights, focusing on polyandry and feminism. The artist calls existing legal constraints into question, advocating for the recognition of a women’s right to choose multiple husbands in support of diverse family structures. By challenging the norms of monogamy, viewers are invited to reconsider traditional notions of love, partnership, and gender roles.

Ashraf Jamal is a Senior Research Associate in the Visual Identities in Art and Design Centre, University of Johannesburg. He is on the board of the ARAK Collection, based in Doha. Jamal is the coauthor of Art in South Africa: The Future Present and the author of Love themes for the wilderness, The Shades, Predicaments of culture in South Africa, In the World, Strange Cargo, and Looking into the mad eye of history without blinking. African Art, The ARAK Collection is forthcoming.