Contemporary Art in South Africa
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[A] common thread that connects Thabo Treasure Mofokeng’s works, this year’s Runner-up winner for the SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition, as far as this art competition is concerned as a contemporary showcase of the visual arts, is that his work is the recognition of our inner selves as something akin to profoundness beyond limitations.
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![Intraparadox, Interview with Miné Kleynhans, Advent of Autogo[gy]-logy. PAM 3 September 2025.](https://mmutleak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/podcast.jpg?w=1024)
[The] genesis of Augury after Autogogues, Miné Kleynhans’s solo exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum started right after the end SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition 2024 opening ceremony when she was on flight to Bloemfontein. In this podcast, recorded on the morning of 03 September a few hours before this year’s overall winner, runner-up…
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This afternoon, five merit award winners, a runner-up up as well as the overall winner for this year’s edition of SASOL New Signatures Visual Art Competition have been announced through an opening ceremony presided over by Ms. Nozipho Mbatha, Group Brand Sponsorship Senior Manager for SASOL. Tammy Lee Baikie (Johannesburg), Rebecca Louise (Beck) Glass (Tshwane),…
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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…
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