It is with sadness that we mark the passing of David Koloane, one of South … [Read more...] about In Memory of David Koloane (1938-2019)
Banal and Celestial: Usha Seejarim’s ‘Transgressing Power’
Usha Seejarim
By Nkgopoleng Moloi
‘It may now be said that an object becomes, or fails to become, a work of art in … [Read more...] about Banal and Celestial: Usha Seejarim’s ‘Transgressing Power’
Limits and Scales: Jo Ractliffe’s ‘Signs of Life’
Jo Ractliffe
By Chad Rossouw
Stevenson 16.05 - 29-06-2019 Jo Ractliffe’s ‘Signs of Life’ is a fragmented … [Read more...] about Limits and Scales: Jo Ractliffe’s ‘Signs of Life’
Limits and Reveals: Ashley Walters’ ‘White City’
Ashley Walters
By Keely Shinners
The gallery rumbles with the guttural drone of industrial machinery. A … [Read more...] about Limits and Reveals: Ashley Walters’ ‘White City’
Sacred shapes, transcendent paint: Portia Zvavahera’s ‘Talitha Cumi’
Portia Zvavahera
By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Stevenson, Joburg 18.05-12.06-2019 He took her by the hand and said to her … [Read more...] about Sacred shapes, transcendent paint: Portia Zvavahera’s ‘Talitha Cumi’
Romance and Plasticine: Mia Darling’s ‘Things to Hide Behind’
Mia Darling
By Lloyd Pollak
Mia Darling is unregenerately romantic and has invested her being in a fantasy … [Read more...] about Romance and Plasticine: Mia Darling’s ‘Things to Hide Behind’
The Tension of Passing Time: Jabulani Dhlamini’s ‘Isisekelo’
Jabulani Dhlamini
By Dave Mann
Goodman Gallery 17.04-11.05.2019 Memory and space have always shared a kind … [Read more...] about The Tension of Passing Time: Jabulani Dhlamini’s ‘Isisekelo’
The Inverted Funnel: James Webb’s ‘Three Dreams of the Sinking World’
James Webb
By Nolan Stevens
POOL 13.04-22.06.2019 James Webb’s latest body of work ‘Three Dreams of the … [Read more...] about The Inverted Funnel: James Webb’s ‘Three Dreams of the Sinking World’
May Contain Trace Elements: Herman Mbamba and Cameron Platter’s ‘FR1000ID’
Cameron Platter & Herman Mbamba
By Isabella Kuijers
blank projects 28.03-04.05.2019 John Berger wrote that Cubism, a catalyst to … [Read more...] about May Contain Trace Elements: Herman Mbamba and Cameron Platter’s ‘FR1000ID’
Sculptural listening: ‘The Listening Room’
By Keely Shinners
Twenty-one sets of headphones are strewn about: laid on benches, spotlit on … [Read more...] about Sculptural listening: ‘The Listening Room’
Shifting Cartography: ‘A Black Aesthetic’
By Nkgopoleng Moloi
Standard Bank Gallery 22.02-18-04.2019 The history of black artists in … [Read more...] about Shifting Cartography: ‘A Black Aesthetic’
Curatorial Care: A profile of Khumo Sebambo
Khumo Sebambo
By Christa Dee
The word 'curate' come from the Medieval Latin's curatus meaning 'care' or 'to … [Read more...] about Curatorial Care: A profile of Khumo Sebambo
