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Yolanda Mazwana’s artistic journey offers the body as site of eroticism and self-discovery
Her artwork examines the physicality of a woman’s body
Zandile Tshabalala exhibits for the first time in SA with BKhz Gallery
Pandering to the art world is no longer a prerequisite for success. Zandile Tshabalala has proved this in the last two years by exhibiting abroad before coming home
Wycliffe Mundopa: ‘I think the idea of beauty as a kind of grace and finesse is a Eurocentric notion’
Award-winning Zimbabwean painter Wycliffe Mundopa has a reputation as a recluse who prefers to let his art speak for itself. However, he recently agreed to do this Q&A with Percy…
The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots
However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture
The Portfolio: ‘neuf-3’ — a public art project in Saint-Denis, Paris
The ‘neuf-3’ art project, curated by Riason Naidoo, aims to pay tribute to the African communities of Saint-Denis — and of Paris
Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy
In theorising his oeuvre, it seems that the ‘people’s painter’ is most likely working in a new mode
The Portfolio: Robyn Field’s recurring archetypes
For the artist, creating work helps her make sense of her feelings around complex and heated subjects
The Portfolio: Levy Pooe
Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’
The Portfolio: Neo Matloga
The artist shares how his practice has evolved: initially he was an oil painter, but now he works in mixed media, marrying painting with collage
Trump hangs painting of himself at bar with Republican presidents
Trump’s likeness has been ruthlessly disfigured by ‘high’ and ‘low’ artists alike, who have made no secret of their dislike of the president
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
Trace Zuma’s trajectory by muted reaction to ‘shock art’
Four years ago, a painting of Zuma got half the country up in arms. This year, another one is hardly commented on.
Overlooked late artist Albert Adams remembered
The artist did not seek popularity, but new exhibition ‘Bonds of Memory’ may be the collection that finally puts him on the art map.
Keeping up with the Joneses
SA artist Beezy Bailey looks back on his 20-year friendship with David Bowie.