Intraparadox, Interview with Thomas Masingi. Monna Ke Nku. The Viewing Room, Brooklyn Circle. 02 May 2025


[I]n May this year, a few days before the closure of Monna Ke Nku Group Exhibition, which had been on show at The Viewing Room Gallery, Brooklyn Circle, I had the opportunity to sit down with its curator, Thomas Masingi. The exhibition was significant for two reasons. While on the one hand it brought together artists whose practice spanned different art media and career spans, on the other hand, it sought to provide a lens to converse about masculinity, particularly in the light of the expectations that men should not display their emotions.… Read More Intraparadox, Interview with Thomas Masingi. Monna Ke Nku. The Viewing Room, Brooklyn Circle. 02 May 2025

Intraparadox, Interview with Janine Allen and Jan Van Der Merwe, Visual Languages. SAAWK, 21 August 2025


In this podcast, I speak to the curators Janine Allen and Jan van Der Merwe ahead of the opening of their recently curated group exhibition titled Visual Languages at the Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art), Tshwane.… Read More Intraparadox, Interview with Janine Allen and Jan Van Der Merwe, Visual Languages. SAAWK, 21 August 2025

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

Murmurs in impasto and ink


Selekane’s Murmurs of Migration may refer to migration by its title but to a large extent, what the work is about, is a celebration of women and their role in our multifaceted society. Some of the works featured in this exhibition betray this observation, however, these works, whether paintings or prints carry other concerns that preoccupy the artist such as youth and unity in the community whether social or religious. In its collective communication, Murmurs of Migration seems to implore us to consider another form of migration. Another form of journeying. That is the journey of self-discovery through our interaction with others. This is quite befitting in a world caught up in a whirlpool of abandonment and alienation despite our shared space and time.  … Read More Murmurs in impasto and ink