Remember, you must…

Remember, you must… references the Latin phrase for Memento Mori, a reminder of the cycle of life and our shared place in the dance of death. 

Drawing largely from collections in the care of Javett-UP, the exhibition responds to research themes conceived by Dr. Halina Suwalowska who is the 2026 Javett-UP BRIDGE Fellow from Ethox Centre, University of Oxford, along with a transdisciplinary workshop titled Mind Body Spirit: Death and Dying Through the Lens of Polychronic Time co-faciliated with visual artist Anna Suwalowska. 

The featured artists explore death in ways that are both direct and oblique - drawing on familiar genres of still-lifes, the physical body, collective history, and the passage of time. Through dreamscapes and connections to spiritual realms, the exhibition further explores the intersections of life and death, where boundaries between past, present and future are blurred. In approaching the ambiguity of mortality through different lenses, the selected works reflect on the many ways in which we encounter and make sense of death, broadening our understanding of memory, loss, violence, justice, equality and our relationship to the natural world. 

Jane Alexander

Jean Brundrit

John Muafangejo

Frieda Lock 

Frans Oerder

Kathryn Smith

Gavin Jantjes

Harold Rubin 

Dumile Feni

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe 

Dan Rakgoathe

Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi,

Nkoena Moyaga

Ledelle Moe

William Kentridge

Moshekwa Langa

Khanya Manzi

Nokuthula Chauke

Reabetswe Malete

Mandisa Venus Plessie

Vanessa Zungu

Thato Mothobi

Thandi Baloyi

Lethabo Maphosa

Christiane Bahindwa

Linda Sekatane