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: A Correspondence with Nancy Ndaba on behalf of Abigail Mabeba and Linah Mokoena


In this edition of Intraparadox I speak to Nancy Ndaba against the backdrop of the group exhibition that her group, ‘Free Breed’, hosted at the South African State Theatre from 15 to 19 June 2021 as part of the State Theatre’s Youth Expression Festival 2021. … Read More Intraparadox: A Correspondence with Nancy Ndaba on behalf of Abigail Mabeba and Linah Mokoena

Intraparadox, An Interview with Isaac ‘Sir Ike’ Nkoana


In 2018, in an attempt to understand what was happening in the 1960s and 1970s in the history of our country’s art history, I was privilege to have the opportunity to sit down with one of the surviving artists from that era who based in Tshwane, Isaac ‘Sir Ike’ Nkoana. The publication of this interview… Read More Intraparadox, An Interview with Isaac ‘Sir Ike’ Nkoana