USURPA Gallery: Now At RMB Latitides Art Fair & Decorex Cape Town

USURPA Gallery was thrilled to participate in the inaugural RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg which took place from 26 to 28 May 2023. But if you missed this exciting Johannesburg showcase, you can still catch USURPA’s cutting-edge digital gallery which is heading to the Mother City for Decorex Cape Town!

The recently opened gallery exhibited alongside artists and exhibitors from across the continent at the ‘indoor-outdoor’ Art Fair at the magnificent Shepstone Gardens in Johannesburg this weekend. Dubbed a ‘new art experience’, RMB Latitudes was seen as a fitting event for visitors to immerse themselves in USURPA’s novel art offering, which adds a new dimension of desire to the concept of fine art — the power of digital art informed by African future thought.

At the Fair, USURPA presented The New Medium group exhibition, a unique intersection of technology and fine art by twelve South African artists: Seth Pimentel, Baba Tjeko, Naledi Modupi, Sinalo Ngcaba, Mncedi Madolo, Nene Mahlangu, Mark Draws, vonMash, Oliver Pohorille, Terence Maluleke, Samurai Farai and Navel Seakamela. The artists’ works have been adapted from either physical or static digital forms into vibrant and dynamic pieces that breathe life into each line, hue and expression on the Samsung Frame TV’S .

In an exciting addition, the Samsung-powered exhibition also featured a new series of artworks from USURPA’s various commissioned artists for each day of the fair.

With the sole mission of empowering established and up-and-coming African artists, USURPA has created a platform that introduces digital art as a modern form of fine-art investment in the form of NFTs. The team behind this revolutionary concept is looking forward to inspiring visitors of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair with the rapidly evolving world of African digital art.

USURPA’s cutting-edge digital gallery is heading to the Mother City

Hot on the heels of its exciting Johannesburg launch, the very first Digital Fine Art gallery in South Africa USURPA is bringing its pioneering technology to the Mother City at Decorex Cape Town 2023. USURPA joins a 200-strong lineup of leading brands showcasing the latest trends in design, decor and art at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in the heart of Cape Town between 22 and 25 June 2023. This gives Capetonians the chance to interact with digital art presented by this progressive gallery which sits at the forefront of culture in South Africa and on the continent.

USURPA will mount a stand-alone display on the Decorex Cape Town show floor featuring an array of dynamic works by the gallery’s South African artists. Just as you could own a one-of-a-kind physical artwork such as the ‘Mona Lisa’, buyers of USURPA’s NFTs become the sole owners of new kinds of fine art that are captured on the blockchain and secured through individual smart codes.

Visitors to Decorex Cape Town 2023 will get the chance to experience artworks that have been adapted from either physical or static digital forms into dynamic artworks displayed on crisp Samsung Frame TV’S. Guests can view this pioneering Samsung technology and display of African innovation up close — seeing how each line, hue and expression comes to life in a way that is defining a new future of fine art.

USURPA co-founders photographer Steve Tanchel and culture-shaper Kay Kay Ribane will also be presenting a free talk as part of The Future of Design Studio at Decorex Cape Town. The Future of Design Studio will present talks across all four days of the show, and the USURPA duo is part of an impressive lineup of South Africa’s top design authorities who will address some of the most pressing issues currently facing the design industry. Speakers include Georgia Black from Littlegig Festival & Retreats, Hannerie Visser from Studio H, Bathandwa Ngwendu, Tracy Lee Lynch, Greg Truen from SAOTA, Robert Silke, Hardy McQueen, and others.

For more information on USURPA visit https://usurpa.africa/.