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Intraparadox-profundity, Montle
‘When one takes a look at all the South African cultures there’s a deep sense of ownership of colour, design and pattern. So I think being surrounded by all these various cultures and all these colours has subconsciously affected me.’ – Zanele Montle, 20.02.2021 →
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Intraparadox, Interview with Wonder Buhle Mbambo
A revolution has occurred which has seen the emergence of art that has no affinity to socio-political stances in our country or globally history or happenings. This is art at the service of the artists themselves. A personal encounter, a man on the mirror affair at its core. Wonder Buhle Mbambo’s work snugly first within… →
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Comfort (2020), the centerpiece
Inanda Dam, The Ocean, The Rondavels, Hair, Impepho, Grandmother’s Lucky Flowers, Stars and Gold are the symbols that are part of the artist’s oeuvre at the moment. I think these symbols are summed up well in the work Comfort (2020). It is in this work that a union of what has informed the artist’s output… →
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Intraparadox: Interview with Lebohang Kganye
On the 30 August 2018 at the Pretoria Art Museum I had the privilege of interviewing Lebohang Khanye on her solo exhibition Mohlokomedi wa Torai. The body of work that she has produced for this project gives two matriarchical perspective of her family narratives from where Ke Sa Le Teng her SASOL New Signatures winning… →
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Intraparadox: Zyman Amien’s “Real” lives and “Ordinary” objects
» Zyma Amien’s solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum, ‘Real’ lives and “Ordinary” objects: Partisan art-making strategies with garment workers of the Western Cape – Continuation is part of the SASOL New Signatures Art Competition’s previous winner for 2016 continues the journey from where the winning work Paying Homage left off. The exhibition is… →
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INTRAPARADOX: Interview with Nelmarie Du Preez
Nelmarie du Preez won SASOL New Signatures Art Competition 2015 with the video installation To Shout. On 26 September 2016 I had the privilege of talking to her about her new work that was featured in her solo exhibition accompanying this year’s edition of the art competition. Our interview centered on the human-machine interrogation that… →