I want to cut this thing of tribalism in the arts. This is found in Afrikaner shows only, black shows only, still in 2021. In that sense you realise that you are stumbling across something that has been forged in steel, fire and blood for a long time. It is something that I always find interesting.
– Mxolisi Vusimuzi Beauchamp,
speaking in the context of Coffee + Medium Exhibition. 24 March 2021
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‘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… Read More Intraparadox-profundity, Montle
I strongly desire to think beyond colonialism. I seek to continuously engage with what defines a ‘black identity’ or ‘blackness’.… Read More Intraparadox, A Correspondence with Zanele Montle
‘I personally believe that if you see us in our work it means you as a viewer you also see yourself…’… Read More Intraparadox-profundity, Shabangu
With the work ‘In Dedication’, Senzo Njabulo Shabangu has woven a homage piece to the most important people in his immediate orbit. … Read More Intraparadox, A Correspondence with Senzo Njabulo Shabangu
»During a mellow debate which took global center stage on the minds of fans of double O’ seven which toyed with the question as to who should portray Mr. James Bond when Daniel Craig steps away from the role of the British spy a lot of commentators both abroad and home exclaimed that it was… Read More Hindsight: Language is our present frontier
An emotional tour de force, Lucky (2012) shines a torch within our darkened hearts to deliver a hard wake up snot klap. … Read More dEF’Rating: Lucky
In the recent Bomb Shelter production Motheo (Mduduzi Mabaso) is a man whose occupation of debt collecting is forged out of the very anger that results from a broken family structure wrought on by migrant labor system solicited by with South African industrial machine – mining.… Read More Film Review: For Love And Broken Bones
