Group exhibitions featuring Paul Emmanuel’s artworks, including museum, gallery, biennial, public art and institutional exhibition contexts. Installation view of Untethered / Retethered by Paul Emmanuel in Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 2026. ‘If You Look Hard Enough, You Can See Our Future’, Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 10 March – 20 June 2025 ‘MICA Grad Show 3’, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 12 – 28 April, 2024 ‘In Uncertainty We Trust’, Sheila and Richard Riggs and Leidy galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 27 September – 13 October 2023 ‘Cartographies of Becoming’, The Sylt Foundation, Sylt Island, Germany. 24 December 2021 – 30 December 2022 ‘Holding Tension’, Sheila and Richard Riggs and Leidy galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2 – 10 December 2022 ‘Reviewing the Past’, Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 18 January – 19 March 2022 ‘Cure’, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa 14 September 2020 – ‘Bag Factory 30 Years: So Far, The Future’, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 June – 4 July 2020 ‘Ampersand Foundation 21 Years Celebration Exhibition’, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa 11 September – 9 October 2019 ‘Regards: Photographie Camerounaise / Digital Africa’ – Casablanca Biennale Internationale de Casablanca Project Space, Morocco. 18 April – 15 June 2019 ‘Sway: A Photographic Exhibition’, Now Gallery, The Open Window, Irene, South Africa, 27 March – 30 June 2019 ‘Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts Opening Exhibition’, Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 March – 30 June 2019 ‘Wounds and Relics’, Gallery 2, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1 – 22 September 2018 ‘Turbine Art Fair 2018’, Art Source South Africa Booth GH4, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 – 15 July 2018 ‘Recent Acquisitions: UNISA – University of South Africa Permanent Art Collection’, UNISA Art Gallery, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 5 – 31 August 2017 ‘Material Gains: Contemporary Art from the Spier Collection’, Stellenbosch University Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25 July – 15 November 2018 ‘The Art of Reading from William Kentridge to Wikipedia’, Meermanno Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands, 18 November 2017 – 5 March 2018 ‘I Am Because You Are: A Search for Ubuntu with Permission to Dream’, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 February – 31 March 2018 ‘International Printmaking Alliance Exhibition’, Taimiao Art Gallery, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China 25 September – 10 October 2017 ‘Rethinking Kakotopia’, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa, 6 September – 4 October 2017 ‘Booknesses: Artists’ Books from the Ginsberg Collection’, University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 March – 5 May 2017 ‘In Plain Sight: Social Life in South Africa and Romania Before and After 1989’, ApARTe Gallery of George Enescu University of Arts & Borderline Art Space, Iasi, Romania 25 November – 8 December 2016 ‘Foundations and Futures: Celebrating 25 Years of the Bag Factory’, Fordsburg Artists’ Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28 October – 10 December 2016 ‘Rites of Passage: Between Light and Shadow’, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, 11 – 18 June 2016

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec 7th Sedicicorto International Film Festival , Forlí, Italy, 4 – 10 October 2010 This short film festival is held every year at the beginning of October in Italy, in the beautiful town of Forlì. It aims at offering visibility to the short film genre, offering its audience a careful selection of a number of short films submitted from all over the world. The festival is divided into four competitive sections: MOVIE: International Fiction Films ANIMA and LAB: International Animation and Experimental Films DOC: International Documentary Films CORTITALIA: National (Italy) Films of any genre 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected to be screened at this festival 2010 in the LAB category. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec VIDEOGUD , 10th Video Konst Festival, Uppsala Konsert and Kongress, Sweden, 27 – 28 May 2010 The VIDEOGUD programme screens selected videos in two periods in sixteen venues spread out in three counties in the middle of Sweden – in public libraries, museums, cultural centers, hospitals and schools. These programmes reach out to art and media students alike as well as new audiences. The focus of these programmes is to educate and inform. In addition, every spring in May, a two-day Video Art Festival takes place with national competitions where artists and critics give lectures to compliment the many screeenings. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was selected to be screened on this programme and at this festival in 2010. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Platform number 5 , 2011. Manière noire stone lithograph, hand printed, hand coloured, signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Black lithographic ink and watercolour pigment on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper, 80 x 156 cm. Edition 35 International Printmaking Alliance Exhibition , Taimiao Art Gallery, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China 25 September – 10 October 2017 This international exhibition showcases printmaking works with perspective and constructive features recommended by Alliance members as well as the latest creations based on national culture, history, literature or other materials. Participating artists from South Africa: Dominic Thorburn, Bevan de Wet, Sara-Aimee Verity, Christine Dixie, Vuli Nyoni, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Paul Emmanuel, Vusi Kumalo, Sam Nhlengethwa, Nhlanhla Xaba, Diane Victor, Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Thama Kase, Michael Taylor, Ina van Zyl, Katherine Bull, Zola Toyi. The South African contingent was curated by Professor Dominic Thorburn of Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Platform number 5 (2011) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. The Lost Men Grahamstown 2 , 2004. Photograph, archival pigments print on 300 gsm photo-rag paper. 100 x 203,5 cm. Edition 5. Photographed by Andrew Meintjes. Courtesy of Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Art Source South Africa Bag Factory Artists , UNISA Art Gallery, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 6 July – 26 August 2005 A group show of permanent artists from Fordsburg Artist’s Studios, also known as The Bag Factory. Two editioned photographs and a documentary from The Lost Men Grahamstown (2004) were shown. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1 – 10 July 2004 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Mozambique’, 24 April – 12 May 2007 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Amnos , (detail), 1993. Copperplate mezzotint etching. Image 9 x 7 cm. Edition 10 Open Bite: A New Look at Intaglio Printmaking , Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 1994 A group exhibition installed in the Civic Gallery (later known as The Gallery Premises) at The Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. “Touch me” , 2013, Digital program, high Definition, single-channel digital video, touch-sensitive screen, stereo soundtrack “Touch me” (South Africa – France Seasons 2012-2013). Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France, 1 – 30 October 2013 Exploring the concepts of memory & memorial, “Touch me” (2013) is a digital, touch-sensitive, video and sound artwork created by Paul Emmanuel. It is a non-partisan complement to his The Lost Men France planned for the 2014-18 Centenary of World War One. “Touch me” portrays a progression of closely-cropped, video vignettes of Emmanuel's body either fully exposed or clothed in historic and contemporary military regalia or in formal corporate attire. A soundtrack of the artist's voice invites the viewer to touch the ‘sensitive screen’ or ‘skin’, provoking the enrobing and disrobing of different areas of his body, revealing and concealing his skin temporarily branded with the names of casualties of armed-conflict. These fleeting impressions fade or re-appear as the viewer continues touching – evoking a repeated ‘healing’ or ‘re-wounding’ of the skin. “Touch me” depicts the names of both black and white South African First World War servicemen, pressed into the artist’s body alongside those of the Allies and Germans. Further unveilings also reveal South Africa's involvement in The Second World War, Korean War, Angolan Bush War, the 2012 Marikana Miner's Massacre and the 2013 Central African Republic Conflict. The exhibition of “Touch me” (2013) at Le Cube is organised as part of the South Africa-France Seasons 2012 – 13. Related content Video artwork ‘Remember-dismember’, 2015 Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 25 June – 31 July 2015 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Rough collar (detail), 2018, hand incised, perforated carbon paper, carbon residue, perspex display case, wooden plinth, 45 x 40 x 40 cm Turbine Art Fair 2018 , Art Source South Africa Booth GH4, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 – 15 July 2018 Turbine Art Fair is a platform for galleries, artists, curators and other art organisations to promote emerging and established talents in an accessible and enjoyable way. In doing this the fair aims to promote new work and talent and to create a new art audience and collector base. Rough Collar (2018), The Lost Men France IV (2014) and The Lost Men I (2003) were exhibited by Art Source South Africa. Related content Exhibition ‘Substance of Shadows’, 11 September – 2 October 2021 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 Exhibition ‘After-image’, 5 – 29 April 2005 Publication ‘After-image’, 2004 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 Rethinking Kakotopia , University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa, 6 September – 4 October 2017 The exhibition is based on the premise that transgressive visual interpretation of kakotopia should, but only sometimes does, play an important role in creating awareness of the crisis of exclusion and violence in the world today. Kakotopia , from the Greek 'kakos' (bad, vile, ugly, and unhappy) and 'topos' (place), was the term used by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham to describe a negative state of society, an anti-utopia characterised by chaos and disintegration. The literature describes a kakotopian society as one where the citizens often live in a dehumanised state, with fear of the outside world, having lost respect for the natural world. Rethinking Kakotopia encompasses visual explorations and commentary around the ongoing issues that surround our notions of identity and belonging in the contemporary world; how these notions often negate our 'sense of place'. The exhibition explores stories of (amongst other things), corruption, emotive nationalism, xenophobia, belonging, nostalgia, sentiment, patriotism, freedom, and rage against the decimation of our fauna. The invited artists are asked to formulate reflections on the ability and psyche of people to survive and respond to the challenges of change; to move from kakotopia to utopia. Curator Derek Zietsman selected Remember-dismember (2015) for this exhibition. Related content Intervention ‘Rising-falling’, 15 June 2021 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Twenty: Art in the Time of Democracy , Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa, 9 – 21 May 2015 This exhibition is in celebration of 20 years of South Africa's democracy and is intended to be a showcase of historical and contemporary work that looks at six different aspects of South African life and experience. Appropriate artists and particular works have been selected to narrate these experiences. A broad range of artists and demographics have been selected to showcase the depth of talent and commentary that comes out of contemporary South African art. Curated by Senior Lecturer Gordon Froud and Professor Karen Von Veh from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) and number 05000674PV (2009) were selected by the curators for this exhibition. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Number 05000674PV , 2009. Manière noire stone lithograph, hand printed, hand coloured, signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Black lithographic ink and watercolour pigment on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper. 80 x 156 cm. Edition 35. Courtesy of Art Source South Africa My Joburg , La Maison Rouge: Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France, 20 June – 23 September 2013 La Maison Rouge continues the series of exhibitions focusing on the arts scene in major provincial cities. After My Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada), an exhibition presented during the summer 2011, the second of the cities will be Johannesburg (South Africa). An event on the occasion of the Seasons South Africa 2012/2013 in France in partnership with Institut Français. My Joburg , toured to the Staatliche Kunstammlungen, Dresden, Germany, 26 October 2013 – 5 January 2014. My Joburg was organised by La Maison Rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, with the support of the National Art Council (NAC) of the Republic of South Africa and the Institut Français, under the curatorial direction of Paula Aisemberg and Antoine de Galbert. number 05000674PV (2009) was selected by the museum's curators for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Related content– Group exhibition featuring artworks by Paul Emmanuel. Vault of Breath (detail) 2000. Manière noire stone lithograph on 250 gsm Arches paper, 34,5 x 280 cm. Edition 10 The Big Bag Show , Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 27 January – 17 February 2001 A group exhibition and auction of donated works by permanent artists from Fordsburg Artist's Studios (a.k.a. The Bag Factory) was held to raise funds for this artists’ collective. An impression from the Phone-sense (1998) edition was auctioned and Vault of Breath (2000) was included in the exhibition, courtesy of the SABC Art Collection. Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 Exhibition ‘After-image’, 16 April – 15 May 2005 ←Previous Next→