Following presentations in both Berlin and Basel, Tuli Mekondjo’s travelling solo exhibition Ousie Martha stops at Guns & Rain in Joburg. The self-taught Namibian artist's best known works use a variety of media including natural silks, embroidery, photo-transfer, soil, paint, resin and mahangu (millet) grain, a staple food in Namibia, to reframe historical photographs. In Ousie Martha, Mekondjo uses 1950s images from Namibia found in the Basler Africa Bibliographien archive in Switzerland, channeling the spirits of Namibian women who laboured as domestic workers during the colonial and apartheid eras.

The opening of Ousie Martha from 18:00 on Thu, Nov 2 is a rare opportunity to see Mekondjo perform in Johannesburg. There's also an artist-led walkabout from 10:00 on Sat, Nov 4. The exhibition runs at Guns & Rain until Fri, Nov 17.