Jan van der Merwe and Janine Allen have a new project exhibition opening at Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, in Tshwane, and Olwethu de Vos will unveil her latest project on 28 August in Johannesburg.… Read More Intraparadox Side Bar…
At the crossroads, though we may be there physically, when multiple options opens-up before us on how to progress further through existence. We are there psychologically, spiritually and socially. We are an amalgamation of a plethora of constructs.… Read More CROSSROADS // TSELA TSE PEDI Art Exhibition Opening Speech.
If you had a chance to stand on the terrace of Atteridgeville Community library of yester yore; lulled by a pungent of a freshly manicured lawn whose pathway was lined with flowers, you looked across a busy roundabout, to face Mazakhele. That neighbourhood, in an inclination, continuously sprawled westward.
On your near right hand side would be an array of matorokisi coaches shops which consisted of a Hardware, Café, Diary Shop, Butchery and a shop that sold odds and bits you could find in the first three shops. What a snapshot tinged with sepia tones of nostalgia. But no bookshop.
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In a long overdrawn statement this blogger apologises for his most recent erring. Begs for a second chance while he dangles a few candy carrots along the way.… Read More The Blogg Err…
In the sudden tempest you will feeble brittle like the whistling wind through an autumned jacaranda.… Read More Translucency
Art and its fountainhead, the artist, must evolve. It should try not to take sides but narrate what it observes in a constantly evolving style that is not rigid in technique and possibilities. An artists must remember that as much as they love what they do the results are two fold, self actualisation through their art production by way of sharing their vision with art lovers, students of the arts and collectors while at the same time making a living from their craft.… Read More COACO: Morena David Mthubu Koloane
The first draft of Intraparadox: Interview with Nelmarie du Preez which I conducted on 26 September 2016 is complete. It has been long overdue but I have completed it finally ! Over the next couple of weeks I will be readying it for blogging. It has been a difficult period writerly to emerge from the… Read More Diary log 5 November
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