In this interception, entirely done via email correspondence, on the eve of his Solo Exhibition at Kalashnikovv Gallery, I attempted to locate Navel Seakamela’s art practice. … Read More Intraparadox, A Correspondence with Navel Seakamela
In 2018, in an attempt to understand what was happening in the 1960s and 1970s in the history of our country’s art history, I was privilege to have the opportunity to sit down with one of the surviving artists from that era who based in Tshwane, Isaac ‘Sir Ike’ Nkoana. The publication of this interview… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Isaac ‘Sir Ike’ Nkoana
WhatsON! OUT THERE, Archive April-May 2021… Read More WhatsON! OUT THERE – Archive: April – May 2021
Through 11 artworks that presents her in different cultural attires indigenous to South Africa, Ilandi Barkhuizen reasserts her identity as a South African and challenges the stereo typical notion of cultural artefacts being the exclusive of the cultural groupings within which they are conceived.… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Ilandi Barkhuizen
When an entourage of artists consisting of Charles Sokhaya Nkosi, Ezekiel Budeli, Tumelo Mokopakgosi, Justice Mokoena and his prodigy Muziwakhe Ndhlovu arrived at the Pretoria Art Museum on 09 April 2021, it faced a monumental task of translating the Setswana proverbs of one of our great artists Lefifi Tladi.… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Lerato Themba Kuzwayo
ASIA: Go Tsamaya ke go Bona reflected on the perpetual growth of regret, nostalgia, grief and joy that African foreign are confronted with in our country. Its portrait of how South Africans are detached from the rest of our continent and the experiences of foreign nationals South Africa.… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Themba Msiza
In this interception, Lerato Lodi’s work ‘The Gathering’ guides a conversation that touches on the artist’s origins, art training and the ‘liminal space’ that exists between the physical and spiritual realm from whence the body of work comprising of her solo exhibition were realized. … Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Lerato Lodi
This feature of Intraparadox was recorded three years ago, at that time due to my intellectual gymnastics research pursuits I was challenged to look at objects and the meaning they acquire through our relationships with them through usage. I considered footwear especially diteki – tekkies or sneakers.… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Taiwo Olugbemega Ohu
This feature of Intraparadox was recorded three years ago, at that time due to my intellectual gymnastics research pursuits I was challenged to look at objects and the meaning they acquire through our relationships with them through usage. I considered footwear especially diteki – tekkies or sneakers.… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Prince Menzi Mthethwa
In this edition of Intraparadox series, Part 1 of a planned two part series, I talk to Nkhensani Rihlampfu against the backdrop of his solo exhibition Mintsu Island. Our conversation traces his coming of age in his home town Modimolle, his growing interest in studying art and the ensuing challenges that cropped up in his life journey to become a practicing fine artists. This is a story of a triumphant spirit against the odds. … Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Nkhensani Rihlampfu
