Category: South African Art

Intraparadox, Interview with Lerato Motaung. Whispers of What Was.JHB. 31 May 2025


Unlike the previous project, ‘Traces in the Still Air’ (2024) by Lerato Motaung, wherein the he utilised tires and broken glasses as a homage to his childhoold memories and to his grandmother in particular, in ‘Whispers of What Was’ (2025) he opted to deploy granite stones and wooden sleighd to drive a meditation once more on memory albeit at this juncture to reconnect with his family’s affinity to the mining industry.
This is the latest experience. … Read More Intraparadox, Interview with Lerato Motaung. Whispers of What Was.JHB. 31 May 2025

Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/Intraparadox

Intraparadox, interview with Lelani Nicolaisen. Ode to UP. 04 Aug 23.


Despite the change in the ensembled artists in the present exhibition, in both Textured surfaces and Pieces and the world they inhabit exhibitions, both exhibitions give us the same insight into the nature of practices that these artists are engaged in. The difference is that the curator has elected to focus on close colleagues that she has worked with at the University of Pretoria. This intimacy is punctuated by the setting at the Pretoria Arts association.… Read More Intraparadox, interview with Lelani Nicolaisen. Ode to UP. 04 Aug 23.

Mmutle Arthur Kgokong/Intraparadox