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Joburg, the city as method | 20th Serpentine Pavilion

“We need to ask ourselves if the world around us is being made in our image and if it isn’t, whose image is it made of? And how do we start to make our own?” Sumayya Vally Led by founder Sumayya Vally, the architectural studio Counterspace, was commissioned to design the acclaimed Serpentine Pavilion (2021)….

The world of BemoDoll

For decades, artists have been welcoming us into alternate worlds that they have created. Worlds that allow them to have a moment of reflection upon their life experiences, how they view themselves and the kind of worlds they are trying to forge through the beauty of self-portraits. I’m talking about worlds created by the likes…

CAUTION: Gustavo Barroso shapes and challenges the intimate

When I first came across the works of New York-based maker of things Gustavo Barroso on Instagram, I was mesmerised by these pieces of furniture which seemed so abstracted from the typical silhouette of a household chair. In their mould, there seemed to be something surreal about the idea of these melting/bubbling pink coffee tables. Through the…

Re-curators Curatorial Collective present ’12 Hours of Breathing’, an exhibition of figurative and abstract mixed media

Founded in 2018 in an Honours in Curatorship course, Re-curators Curatorial Collective comprised of Amogelang Maledu, Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose and Thembakazi Matroshe, “is interested in developing and cultivating research and artistic methodologies around Black cultural production in Africa and its diaspora.” On July 31, the collective which is moved by an inter-disciplinarily methodology oscillating within…