Same Mdluli

Creator

Same Mdluli

Same Mdluli (35), who joined the Standard Bank Gallery as a manager in January 2018, believes people have to become the change they want to see. This is why she applied for the job. From as far back as she can remember, she has been inclined towards artistic expression but only took it seriously when her parents took her to the National School of the Arts (NSA) in Johannesburg.

Accessible: Artworks such as Soweto at Dawn by Charles Nkosi form part of the Black Aesthetic exhibition.

ART CRITICISM FOR WHOM

Black Art: Its place in the sun

Visual arts in South Africa has had a reputation for elitism — until now

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The Visual Arts Symposium is an addition to events related to the visual arts and literary space such as the FNB Joburg Fair. However it aims to interrogate ideas that speak to the work of black scholars and artists.

Symposium for black artists steps out of the colonial prism

A biennial event has sprung up to provide a forum for black artists and intellectuals to meet

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Khwezi Gule
Nontobeko Ntombela

Painting through struggle: Fatima Meer’s work represents the harsh realities of prison and how she

ART EXHIBITIONS

Stolen moments of prison life

The art anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer produced in jail not only documented prison life but became a form of resistance in itself

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Despite promises to diversify the economy and fight corruption, President João Lourenço’s actions so far appear contradictory to his publicly voiced intentions.

VENICE BIENNALE

SA artists to poke holes in African stereotypes in Venice

South Africa’s participation in the Venice Biennale is marred by political exclusion during apartheid. Same Mdluli speaks to Lucy MacGarry

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All the works on display are crafted from different types of wood sourced by the artists from their respective immediate environments.

Exhibition toasts SA sculpture world’s ‘stars of the north’

Instead of overanalysing the context from which these Limpopo artworks sprung, we should enjoy them for their individual merits.

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Photographer Zanele Muholi’s new book of portraits gives visual voice to the plight of ‘queer’ black women.

Zanele Muholi frames a brave new ‘normal’

Photographer Zanele Muholi’s new book of portraits gives visual voice to the plight of ‘queer’ black women.

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The material for the conservation project comprises a fascinating collection of notes

Walter Battiss: Back to the past for the future

Restoring Walter Battiss’s work will give us clues to our intriguing history and how we all connect.

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Johannes Segogela’s work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals worldwide

Art and the grey area of ‘betweenness’

Institutions need to engage more rigorously with "rural" artists such as Johannes Segogela and Jackson Hlungwani, writes Same Mdluli.

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