Johannes Phokela’s Zeitz MOCAA survey examined painting and power

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Zeitz MOCAA’s 2021 announcement introduced Only Sun in the Sky Knows How I Feel, a survey of Johannes Phokela’s painting spanning three decades. Alongside earlier work, the exhibition included new large canvases and archival material illuminating his process. The museum framed his engagement with European pictorial traditions as a means of questioning power and inherited value systems. Koyo Kouoh and Storm Janse van Rensburg co-curated the presentation.

Summarised from Zeitz MOCAA. This is the institution’s own announcement. It is not independent reporting.