‘ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD’ EXHIBITION

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‘All that glitters is not gold’ opens at Yebo Art Gallery. A thought provoking and beautiful photography exhibition opens at Yebo Contemporary Art Gallery this Saturday. The curator and Director, Aleta Armstrong expressed her excitement and shared that they were looking forward to the forthcoming exhibition by the talented photographer, Sinenkosi Msomi, who is represented by Yebo Gallery.

“All of us are affected by mental health challenges in different ways during our life, and many of us are having a hard time during this pandemic, art is a great way of bringing these feelings out in the open for us to feel and discuss,” she said,

In an interview with Sinenkosi Msomi he explained his concept was based on mental health.

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 “I chose to explore the topic of mental health because I had noted that the youth are suffering too silently, and it is time we talk openly. It upsets me that this generation masks mental health issues by smiling and pretending everything is okay. I wanted to encourage people to open up and seek help, so that they defeat mental health illnesses. I wanted to use hope as a foundation or root that would keep people strong and more optimistic about the future,” he said. 

Psychologist Dr Pernille Hansen viewed the work with Sinenkosi and added her thoughts.

 “In his exhibition, ‘Not all that glitters is gold’, Sinenkosi Msomi invites us to share the impact of some of his childhood memories and join him in a journey of reflection and healing, as he works through difficult life experiences using photography. Sinenkosi uses photography to help express pain and joy and suffering and healing,” she explained.

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She also shared her views on each art piece. 

“The two photographs dubbed ‘I remember home (parts 1 and 2)’ are a celebration of the beauty, warmth and safety he remembers growing up in the family homestead, while ‘I no longer smile more’ and ‘submerging inner conflicts’ are powerful expressions of the challenges and pain Sinenkosi felt when he entered the ‘dark space’ following the loss of his father. I cry better when I am alone, a breathtaking photograph of a man crying, shows the struggle Sinenkosi and so many other men face in Eswatini, of trying to mask and hide sadness because of societal and cultural pressure for men to be ‘strong’,” she explained.

The exhibition will run from December 5 to 17th. Entry is free and the gallery is open daily from 9 to 5 pm and on Saturdays from 9 to  1pm. Masks are required, and entry is limited to four visitors at a time. It can also be viewed online at  www.artsy.net/yebo-art-gallery. 

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