Intraparadox

Category: Art in South Africa

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Ilandi Barkhuizen

    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. →

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Lerato Themba Kuzwayo

    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. →

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Themba Msiza

    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. →

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Lerato Lodi. The Gathering. 05 May 2021

    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. →

  • 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. →

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Prince Menzi Mthethwa

    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. →

  • Intraparadox, An Interview with Nkhensani Rihlampfu

    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… →

  • Intraparadox, Exclusive: Gather Ye Rose Buds While Ye May Group Exhibition

    According to BKhz the concept of this exhibition was stimulated by the late Bob Mabena’s last words shared via Instagram on the 9 August 2020 before his passing. In that post Mabena, a legend in the radio waves and at that time Power FM radio host and station manager, remarked “Gather ye Rose-buds while ye… →