Anti-Fragile – Art After Crisis
Exploring resilience through African perspectives
Three artists. Three mediums. One conversation on transformation.
FEBRUARY 17 - MARCH 11, 2023
ALUN [BE] - Senegal | CLIVE MAKUCHA — Zimbabwe | OUSMANE MBAYE - Senegal
About the Exhibition
“The world is Yin intertwined with Yang, and the interaction between the two creates harmony.” — Tao Te Ching
From February 17 to March 11, 2023, Arts South presented Anti-Fragile at Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong. This exhibition brought together three African artists working across three different mediums — photography, sculpture, and design — to explore how resilience and transformation emerge through artistic practice.
Each artist approached anti-fragility from a distinct perspective:
Society: ALUN [BE] explores the impact of technology on human relationships, weaving a visual narrative about trust, faith, and identity in an increasingly digital future.
Materiality: Ousmane Mbaye transforms industrial metal into fluid, almost delicate forms — challenging our assumptions about strength, resistance, and softness.
Sustainability: Clive Makucha repurposes discarded materials, revealing the power of reinvention and the creativity embedded in everyday objects.
Together, their works offer a multidimensional reflection on how vulnerability, disruption, and adversity can spark new forms of meaning — a spirit often referred to in the African context as informed optimism.
This exhibition was made possible through a meaningful collaboration with Sin Sin Fine Art, a pioneering independent gallery in Hong Kong known for championing cross-cultural artistic dialogue.
About the Venue
Sin Sin Fine Art is one of Hong Kong’s first independent art spaces. Founded by artist and designer Sin Sin Man, the gallery has long served as a hub for experimental, cross-cultural exhibitions that bring together artists from Asia, Africa, and beyond. Known for its human-scale approach and personal engagement with artists, Sin Sin Fine Art was the perfect setting for a show like Anti-Fragile, which embraced intimacy, vulnerability, and transformation.
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