ABOUT
“Ralph Ziman’s practice is driven by a deep sense of social responsibility toward global politics. Using imagery that is at once vivid and dark, he comments on serious issues such as apartheid, the international arms trade and trophy hunting. His multidisciplinary approach spans film, photography, public intervention, sculpture, and installation.
His latest undertaking, The Weapons of Mass Production Trilogy, is the culmination of a 12-year project rooted in his experiences growing up in Apartheid South Africa. The trilogy examines the impact of the arms trade on global conflicts and the continued militarization of police forces worldwide, by transforming symbols of violence and oppression into works of art that inspire a reflection on history, resistance, and current conflicts.”
Ralph Ziman was born in 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at The Rendon Gallery in Los Angeles; Joseph Gross Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; and C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, California, as well as group exhibitions at the National Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa; Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, NY; the FNB Art Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa; MUDAC in Lausanne, France; and Forum Schlossplatz in Aarau, Switzerland, among others.
