Dr Salimah Valiani: On the role of art in activism
Dr Salimah Valiani speaks on the role of art in protest, how it can help create a foundation for critical thinking, where people gain perspective, before they act. Read more
A look at: Selling the Shadow
We speak to artist Ayana V Jackson about the exhibition titled Selling the Shadow, showing at Gallery MOMO in Cape Town, she co-curated with Ingrid LeFleur. We break down the meaning behind the title and what the narrative behind the exhibition is. Read more
Sam Nhlengethwa on The Past The Present… Now is The Time
Sam Nhlengethwa reflects on where South Africa is, and speaks on the collective responsibility we have a citizens to make things work. Read more
Blessing Ngobeni and The Song of The Chicotte
We speak to Blessing Ngobeni about his work, how his started creating art and why. We also touch on his sobering journey that has brought him to where he is in South African Art Read more
Sithembile Msezane
Sithembile Msezane is a visual and performance artist based in Cape Town. She works primarily with her body, and uses cultural attire and references to contrast historical events with current issues, with the goal of highlighting how history can repeat itself.
Her uniqueness lies in her use of Western history, represented by iconic images such as that of Lady Liberty, to raise questions about the past and present of South Africa, as well as... Read more
Khanyisile Mbongwa: My body as art
Khanyisile Mbongwa is a Cape Town-based performance artist, installation artist and curator. She uses movement, poetry, sculpture and collaborative photography to unpack issues around the identity of a place, gender and racial politics. Read more
Lehlogonolo Mashaba, his process and passions
Lehlogonolo Mashaba is a designer and printer who specialises in intaglio, relief, monotype and silkscreen. His work is centred on text, which he sometimes retrieves from cell phone text messages. Read more
Maschac Gaba
Meschac Gaba is a conceptual artist from Cotonou, Benin who explores themes of globalisation, consumerism and Western museum through acts of artistic appropriation. Born in Benin in 1961, a year after the country gained independence from France, Meschac is part of a generation of contemporary artists making work that considers the challenges of creating a post-colonial identity.
His major work, Museum of Contemporary Art, inaugurate in 1997... Read more
Buhlebezwe Siwani
Buhlebezwe Siwani is a sangoma and performance artist from the Eastern Cape. Influenced by her experience as a sangoma, Buhlebezwe explores the paradox between the hidden side of sangoma rituals and the intrinsically revealing nature of performance art.
Buhlebezwe’s work is highly self-reflexive, with her use of film, photography and performance drawing us into her world.
In future series, Buhlebezwe intends to dig deeper into the issu... Read more
Nolan O Dennis
Nolan Dennis is a Johannesburg-based multimedia visual artist who uses painting, drawing and installations to break down the constructs of society, dubbed by the artist as ‘social fiction’. His work reflects themes of collective memory, time, space and future, particularly in the South African context.
He is part of the collective duo Mafuta Inc. and has an ongoing collaboration with The Brother Moves On, having designed album covers fo... Read more