Haroon Gunn-Salie
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Haroon Gunn-Salie (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1989) is currently based between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Having completed his studies in Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2012, Gunn-Salie is an active participant in Cape Town’s local contemporary art community. Gunn-Salie‘s collaborative art practice is focused on translating the oral histories of his community into artistic interventions and installations. Employing a multidisciplinary practice and working with residents of District Six — an area in central Cape Town where widespread forced removals occurred — Gunn-Salie provokes collaborative dialogues and exchanges surrounding the still unresolved issues of forced removals under apartheid.
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Haroon Gunn-Salie (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1989) is currently based between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Having completed his studies in Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2012, Gunn-Salie is an active participant in Cape Town’s local contemporary art community. Gunn-Salie‘s collaborative art practice is focused on translating the oral histories of his community into artistic interventions and installations. Employing a multidisciplinary practice and working with residents of District Six — an area in central Cape Town where widespread forced removals occurred — Gunn-Salie provokes collaborative dialogues and exchanges surrounding the still unresolved issues of forced removals under apartheid.