Thank You | Laurent Valera and Dalila Dalléas Bouzar

It was a pleasure to have had all who came last night to the Opening of Laurent Valera and Dalila Dalléas Bouzar exhibition at  Alliance Française, Johannesburg. The Southern African Foundation of Contemporary Art was born out of the passion of the arts so to have had shared it with you is a gift in an of itself.

The exhibition as whole explores the cross-pollination of which SAFFCA is invested in with regards to our residency program. A residency program of which could not have been possible if it were not for the community aspect which contributes largely to our network. So we thank the communities of people who allowed and make the residencies possible for the artists and more especially the parties highlighted below whom without all of this would not have been possible.

We thank The Project Space in Johannesburg for hosting Valera and Bouzar in association with SAFFCA

We thank AXON Properties  and Entabeni Farm in Knysna for hosting the second leg of Valera and Bouzar residency in association with SAFFCAWe thank AFSACSA for their constant support and assistance

Finally, we thank IFAS and Alliance Française and ville de Bordeaux for their truly appreciated support


Some images from last night:

Installation view of Laurent Valera’s work
Laurent Valera explaining his work to a group of people
Installation view of Dalila Dalléas Bouzar
Installation view of Laurent Valera’s work

Installation view of Laurent Valera’s work
From the left: Gerald Candelle,
Dalila Dalléas Bouzar and Laurent Valera

Installation view of Dalila Dalléas Bouzar work

From the left: Benon Lutaaya, Lynn Lombart and Ayash Waja
From the left: Marion Claudel and Dalila Dalléas Bouzar

A huge Thank You again to all who came