We thought a lot about the politics of knowledge production after visiting When … [Read more...] about Testimony & activism: ‘When Rain Clouds Gather: Black South African Women Artists 1940 – 2000’ at Norval Foundation
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Moments before meaning: A conversation with Lerato Shadi
An audience’s varied interpretation of an artwork is a testament to the … [Read more...] about Moments before meaning: A conversation with Lerato Shadi
Raw materials make magic: Bella Knemeyer and Unathi Mkonto
The bare facts are this: Bella Knemeyer and Unathi Mkonto, two Cape Town artists … [Read more...] about Raw materials make magic: Bella Knemeyer and Unathi Mkonto
For the haunt: Chanelle Adams’ Ghost Tour of Camphor Avenue
Chanelle Adams has a voice that soothes me. In speaking, she asserts a … [Read more...] about For the haunt: Chanelle Adams’ Ghost Tour of Camphor Avenue
Cortège, Collision, Composure, Ceremony: Shine Shivan and Jane Alexander in ‘Juxtapositions’
Somehow when things collide, [when] two opposites collide in this dialectical … [Read more...] about Cortège, Collision, Composure, Ceremony: Shine Shivan and Jane Alexander in ‘Juxtapositions’
Sleepovers and Other Performances: ICA Live Art Festival 2022
The ICA Live Art Festival recently returned to Cape Town for the first time … [Read more...] about Sleepovers and Other Performances: ICA Live Art Festival 2022
Sonic guides: Tracey Rose’s ‘Shooting Down Babylon’
When moving through an exhibition we all expect to absorb, engage and digest … [Read more...] about Sonic guides: Tracey Rose’s ‘Shooting Down Babylon’
Frame & Reframe: Johannes Phokela’s ‘Only Sun in The Sky Knows How I Feel (A Lucid Dream)’
The first thing that I noticed when I walked into Johannes Phokela’s exhibition … [Read more...] about Frame & Reframe: Johannes Phokela’s ‘Only Sun in The Sky Knows How I Feel (A Lucid Dream)’
Evasive ambiguity: Claudette Schreuders’ ‘Doubles’
Doubles is a new exhibition by South African artist Claudette Schreuders showing … [Read more...] about Evasive ambiguity: Claudette Schreuders’ ‘Doubles’
Of opaque tongues and a poetics of abstraction: A conversation with Kamyar Bineshtarigh
With painting, you know, every mark that’s there is made in time. On a quantum … [Read more...] about Of opaque tongues and a poetics of abstraction: A conversation with Kamyar Bineshtarigh
