Ruby City in San Antonio is opening a major solo exhibition of South African artist Tracey Rose this Saturday. The show revisits her formative Artpace residency and centers on TKO (2000), a video performance created after two years of boxing training in Johannesburg, alongside 62 drawings from the same period, many exhibited for the first time. The exhibition runs through May 9 of next year and includes a gallery walkthrough and public reception with music and catering.
This exhibition matters because it highlights the early work of a globally recognized multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines identity, power, race, and the body, and it brings renewed attention to San Antonio's role in nurturing contemporary art through residencies like Artpace. The show also underscores the enduring relevance of Rose's meditation on violence and resistance in today's political climate.