[I]n May this year, a few days before the closure of Monna Ke Nku Group Exhibition, which had been on show at The Viewing Room Gallery, Brooklyn Circle, I had the opportunity to sit down with its curator, Thomas Masingi. The exhibition was significant for two reasons. While on the one hand it brought together artists whose practice spanned different art media and career spans, on the other hand, it sought to provide a lens to converse about masculinity, particularly in the light of the expectations that men should not display their emotions. They should have control over them. Oddly enough, the 17 participating artists who participated in that group exhibition were not limited to men and were drawn from different cultural backgrounds in order to showcase a broader perspective on the theme.

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Spring

13 September

© Mmutle Arthur Kgokong, 2025

Reference credits

*Photo credit, Thomas Masingi and the Viewing Room Gallery

**The audio version of this interview, encountered in version .AmbientMix remains the property of Mmutle Arthur Kgokong except where his name appears alongside that of a featured artist/s or guest in the reference citation.

++As always a special thanks to our hosts Thomas Masingi and The Viewing Room Gallery for accommodating me to conduct the interview during the last few days of the exhibition Monna Ke Nku.

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To reference this audio documentation, please cite:

Intraparadox, interview with Thomas Masingi, Monna ke Nku. The Viewing Room at St. Lorient Gallery. 02 May 2025. Mmutleak.com-Intraparadox.

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