In this episode, listen to DS Admissions Counselor and John Cabot University alumnus Giovanni Raguso (Class of 2019) interview JCU degree-seeking student and artist Giggs Kgole (Class of 2022).
JCU Art History student and artist Giggs Kgole has been selected as one of 13 African artists to be featured in the Say My Name exhibition, which will be held from October 27 to November 28, 2020, at the Signature African Art gallery in London. Organized to commemorate Black History Month in the United Kingdom, the exhibition will be presented by American filmmaker Ava DuVernay and curated by gallery director Khalil Akar.
Inspired by DuVernay’s Netflix documentary 13th (2016), the exhibition will showcase works that portray the Black experience in the United States, United Kingdom, and Africa, highlighting the social and racial issues in each continent. Say My Name is dedicated to connecting African artists with the history of the diaspora in Europe and America. For the exhibition, each artist created works inspired by Black history and racial struggles, while paying tribute to prominent Black figures. Among the works that will be showcased are portraits of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, victims of police brutality in the United States.
The Signature African Art Gallery has committed to donating its share of proceeds from the sales of the portraits to their respective families. The gallery will also donate 40 percent of the proceeds to DuVernay’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), a fund focused on empowering activists to tell stories of police abuse and violence through various narrative art forms.
Learn more about studying at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy by contacting admissions@johncabot.edu.
