'Kapwani Kiwanga: The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow', the artist’s first solo exhibition in Houston, consists of two new site-specific installations and a video artwork. Focusing on aspects of two nations’ economies—the instrumental role the cultivation of sisal played in Tanzania’s independence and the impact of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Texas—the installations, Maya-Bantu and Dune, reflect on processes of extraction and the exploitation of natural resources. Alongside these monumental commissions, _Vumbi_ a single-channel digital video artwork, underscores the importance of human care for the environment, while concurrently grappling with nature’s inexorable forces.
Kapwani Kiwanga: The Sand Recalls the Moon’s Shadow is curated by Ylinka Barotto, Associate Curator, Moody Center for the Arts.
