Rosselli's work reflects her preoccupation with social injustices of migration and the impacts of colonialism. Her recent performance series discusses identity constructions, wearing queer labels, family constellations and the need to imagine freedom. Rosselli has exhibited locally and internationally including the ground breaking exhibition, ‘Five Bhobh - Painting At the End of an Era’ first major exhibition of contemporary Zimbabwe practice, exhibited at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town in 2018.
Martina Gruber
Austria, b. 1968
In the tradition of American writer Joan Didion, Gruber photographs solely to find out what she is thinking, what she is looking at, what she is seeing and what that means. Gruber is a photographer, social anthropologist, a wanderer, a gatherer of inspiration from journeys. As an artist Martina explores the medium of still and moving images, printmaking and is drawn to the seemingly unremarkable, peoples' stories, reflections and the wide view. Her works are observations of her changing surroundings in the social landscapes and tell narratives around the beauty and challenges of everyday life.
Together they co-founded the collaborative platform M I L K in early 2022—joining forces with Neena Borrill and Tosca Marthinus—to create Current Affairs: Conversations about the Body, a pop-up studio-based project and exhibition at Nel Gallery, Cape Town. This work used performance, photography, film, and body-based expression to address queer visibility, gender identity, and embodiment in conservative settings. Notably, Rosselli’s photographic series Love Is Love, shot by Gruber, visualizes their personal queer union through the metaphor of water, resilience, and joy amid illegality in Zimbabwe.
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Gillian Rosselli
Zimbabwean, b. 1962
Rosselli's work reflects her preoccupation with social injustices of migration and the impacts of colonialism. Her recent performance series discusses identity constructions, wearing queer labels, family constellations and the need to imagine freedom. Rosselli has exhibited locally and internationally including the ground breaking exhibition, ‘Five Bhobh - Painting At the End of an Era’ first major exhibition of contemporary Zimbabwe practice, exhibited at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town in 2018.
Martina Gruber
Austria, b. 1968
In the tradition of American writer Joan Didion, Gruber photographs solely to find out what she is thinking, what she is looking at, what she is seeing and what that means. Gruber is a photographer, social anthropologist, a wanderer, a gatherer of inspiration from journeys. As an artist Martina explores the medium of still and moving images, printmaking and is drawn to the seemingly unremarkable, peoples' stories, reflections and the wide view. Her works are observations of her changing surroundings in the social landscapes and tell narratives around the beauty and challenges of everyday life.
Together they co-founded the collaborative platform M I L K in early 2022—joining forces with Neena Borrill and Tosca Marthinus—to create Current Affairs: Conversations about the Body, a pop-up studio-based project and exhibition at Nel Gallery, Cape Town. This work used performance, photography, film, and body-based expression to address queer visibility, gender identity, and embodiment in conservative settings. Notably, Rosselli’s photographic series Love Is Love, shot by Gruber, visualizes their personal queer union through the metaphor of water, resilience, and joy amid illegality in Zimbabwe.
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