Get up-close-and-personal with working artists with a new open studio initiative.
? An initiative with a funky name, Off-kindly, invites you and your family to an open studio ramble in Braamfontein, providing an occasion to interact personally with established artists. At the Metro Hotel on Jorissen Street see the work of Happy Dhlame; the Outlet @ Kitcheners on De Beer Street (corner Juta) features Thuso Moruthane and Abdulrazaq Awofeso; 73 Juta Street (corner De Beer) will host Wayne Baker, Alexandra Ross, Neil Nieuwoudt and Craig Smith, and at 6 De Beer Street Johannes Phokela’s work will be on show.
Off-kindly, Braamfontein, June 18 from 12pm to 3pm. Meet at the Metro Hotel, corner De Beer and Jorissen streets. Live music performances by The Onion Eaters and various deejays start at 4pm.
? For more than a decade, Zimbabwe-born artist Michele Mathison has been living and working in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. In his new body of work, titled Exit.Exile, he catalogues how practical objects have become symbols of the countries during tumultuous times. The exhibition focuses on mass-produced items that represent the lives of the people who use them.
Nirox Projects, Arts on Main, 264 Fox Street, from June 18 to July 11. More at www.artsonmain.co.za.