Reality Check is a photographic exhibition that runs at Iziko South African National Gallery until 25 May 2008.

The inspiration for the exhibition arose out of an invitation to the South African National Gallery in 2006 from the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, in Germany, to curate an exhibition called Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, which ran in various German cities. Reality Check is a selection from the larger exhibition.

The work of the twelve contemporary photographers and artists provide an indication of the diverse practices through which the realities of our radically changing world are explored.

The exhibition demonstrates an engagement with a wide range of concerns and forms: the personal is given new weight; and issues around identity, self-representation and gender are explored alongside landscape and post-apartheid memory.

The following are represented in Reality Check: Bridget Baker, Lien Botha, Jean Brundrit, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Jo Ratcliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Andrew Tshabangu and Nontsikelelo ‘Lolo’ Veleko.

The Gallery is open daily from 10:00-17:00 except Mondays.

Enquiries: Pam Warne, Tel. 021 467 4660, or e-mail pwarne@iziko.org.za.

Image captions

Jean Brundrit: If my house went through airport security 2005/6 (detail). Selenium toned shadowgram.

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