Zanele Muholi: Origin of Queer Code

Duration: 2017 April 1 – 28
Venue: 3F CREATER SPACE, No.888 Huashan Road, Shanghai

About the Exhibition

We Live in Fear (2013)is a documentation that reveals how Zanele Muholi works as a visual activist and LGBT rights activists. In South Africa, the queer community is still living in fears. Discrimination, hate, “curative rape”, and murder are always happening. By taking portraits for the queer community, Zanele is sending her message and faith through visual art as a fearless weapon.

Ayanda & Nhlanhla Moremi’s Wedding (2015)documents the wedding of a lesbian couple Ayanda and Nhlanhla. Different from the straight people’s weddings, this type of wedding contains more meaning on gender/queer politics.

Difficult Love (2010) documenting violent struggles within her community, portraying a couple, two women living under a bridge after being kicked out of their homeless shelter for their relationship. The contrast between the activists’ attitude and common people’s is huge.