Interview with Mxolisi Vusimuzi Beauchamp (Part II)
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Category: Art in South Africa
Interview with Mxolisi Vusimuzi Beauchamp (Part I)
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Interview with Senzo Njabulo Shabangu (Part One): Today, Tomorrow, Everyday
Mmutle. What was your experience of the, of the first solo exhibition that you had …and when was it?
Senzo. My first solo exhibition I called it I ‘Naked Pressure’ it was in 2010 if I am not mistaken, because I met David Krut, no 2011, I met David Krut uhm, uhm after I won the David Koloane Award in 2010. Trhough the award I acquired a working space here at the Bag Factory for three months. I was working with three international artists, one from Holland and one from Germany. For the first time uBaba koloane, I call him Doctor Koloane, Pat Mautloa, these people were here, they were around me and they were mentoring me, being there molding me. In the morning before we worked they will have coffee with me and they will talk to me. They gave me the opportunity to explore what I wanted to explore.… Read More Interview with Senzo Njabulo Shabangu (Part One): Today, Tomorrow, Everyday
Andrew Tshidiso Motjuoadi (Ico-Graph)
1935, May 13: Andrew 1Tshidiso Motjuoadi is Born in Limpopo (formerly Known as Northern Transvaal) 1935 – 1960: 2there is a scarcity of documentation around the artist life during this period. 1961 – 1962: Studies in Durban and University of the North 1963: First one man show in Johannesburg 1964: Motjuoadi is commissioned to paint… Read More Andrew Tshidiso Motjuoadi (Ico-Graph)
Diary entry: Interview with Senzo Njabulo Shabangu#28/11/Twenty14.
Although I cannot speak with authority at the moment, but what emerged was an interrogation of the dwelling space, the flat, as a contested space between those who rent and those who lease… Read More Diary entry: Interview with Senzo Njabulo Shabangu#28/11/Twenty14.
Colonial Discourse – art production
Poorvi Bana’s search for Serenity
Viewing this art exhibition with the awareness of the artist’s earlier work the viewer will realise a remarkable move towards suspended installation. Punctuating this recent development is the fact that the five works comprising this exhibition are traditionally viewed on pedestals with a top down view. Whereas the ‘108’ installation is at eye level.… Read More Poorvi Bana’s search for Serenity
For Sale Project Exhibition 2012
However if I may be allowed the privilege to give a general commentary on creativity itself I would like to offer that the artist, the creative person whatever the vocation of creativity that they are grappling with, for them concentration is everything. For in their pursuit to reach the original artwork the artist must work hard ceaselessly. Then I believe that they will reach a state wherein there is a ceaseless stream of consciousness towards creative art production. It is in that state that the artist will produce remarkable work that can claim a place in visual art history. In the future students of the arts will come across their names and work. And this is the highest ideal that art energy should try and attain through the life of the artist. The artist can channel it only without compromising hard work.… Read More For Sale Project Exhibition 2012
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