New galleries often arrive carrying the burden of performance. They open rehearsed, speaking in the polished language of prestige before anyone has properly entered the room. The walls are immaculate but cold. You spend more time trying to understand whether you belong there than engaging with the work itself.
Kumalo Turpin does not feel interested in that performance.
Located inside the increasingly magnetic Nine Yards Precinct, the new Johannesburg gallery, founded by Zanele Kumalo and MJ Turpin, opens with a sense of warmth that softens the intimidation often attached to contemporary art spaces.
