Exhibition Details

Southern Guild Cape Town is pleased to present Ejire (Double Rhyme), a solo exhibition of sculptures by Dominique Zinkpè. The Beninese artist’s first exhibition with the gallery will feature a number of large-scale, architectural sculptures and wall reliefs. Their expansive forms are assembled from hundreds of carved Ibeji figurines, materialising the dualism and inter-connection between the self and society. Describing his artistic practice as a form of priesthood, Zinkpè seeks to preserve and animate the Vodun spiritual beliefs at the heart of traditional Yoruba culture.
 
Ejire (Double Rhyme) is Zinkpè’s first exhibition with Southern Guild and his fifth solo to date. His works have been showcased at the Havana Biennial and Dak’art (where he was awarded the West African Economic and Monetary Union Prize in 2002), and included in group exhibitions at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna and Museum fur Moderne Kunst (MMK) in Frankfurt. He was a finalist in the 2023 LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize, for which his artwork The Watchers received a special mention.