Justice Mukheli is a South African filmmaker, photographer, and creative entrepreneur whose career includes directing Ballantine’s 2021 Stay True campaign and showing his work at the 2019 Also Known As Africa art fair in Paris. Born in Soweto, Mukheli’s Venda heritage informs his storytelling, which took off in 2010 with personal photo projects. A gifted…
Seth Pimentel, known by his moniker African Ginger, is a Johannesburg-based artist born in 1995. Primarily using digital platforms, Pimentel’s style incorporates painterly forms and textures, merging fine art sensibilities with cool, contemporary illustration. His hip eye has meant that Pimentel has collaborated with major brands like Netflix, Converse, Redbull, Hennessey and Adobe. After some…
As the 17th edition of FNB Art Joburg loomed upon us, the notion of obsession densely lingered in my mind. I’ve been influenced to know obsession as being negatively manic but time and observation has pointed to how it can serve as a powerful and positive force in the realm of artistic expression. When channelled…
One could argue that painting is the most visceral form of art making because it comes directly from the artist’s hand and onto the canvas. There is no filter there. Once the mark is made, it becomes true. Buoyed by a preoccupation with this part of painting, I took it upon myself to pose personalised…
The annual #ThatsWhatSheSaid Celebratory Dinner, organised by Sematsatsa Library in partnership with iTOO ArtInsure, took place at Villa Arcadia, on August 15, 2024, to honour the artist Mary Sibande. The dinner featured contributions from women-owned businesses like Zamindlela and KGOPelo, which align with the initiative’s mission to amplify women’s voices in the South African art…
On the 27th of July, The Keleketla Media Arts Project launched their latest publication, Wondering Hand(s) and Spirited Ink: Snapshots into the Black Public Humanities (2024) at their Troyeville location. For years Keleketla! has been an indelible symbol of resilience and communal spirit and it was a great delight to be invited to their commercial…
Studio Fumo is not just any art collective; it’s a nexus of art and activism, dedicated to exploring and challenging social codes through innovative and provocative means. Operating at the intersection of public art and what they term ‘public glitch’ entails, Studio Fumo pioneers new formats in art with a focus on social change. I…
Last Saturday, Monotypebabe also known as Lebogang ‘Mogul’ Mabusela gave a walkabout at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios of her solo exhibition iVum Vum. The exhibition presented Mabusela’s monotype prints and drawings which explore SA’s car culture and Black masculinity. It opened on May 4, 2023, with a monoprint workshop held on May 26 during the…
In case you missed it, It wearies me; you say it wearies you an exhibition by Tatenda Magaisa opened on the 18th of May 2024. It wearies me; you say it wearies you, is the second sentence of the Shakespearean play The Merchant of Venice. This statement reflects the sombre realisation of one’s acceptance of…
Songezo Zantsi is a Cape Town-born visual artist whose second solo exhibition, Iyabulela Ilali, hosted by Vela Projects, runs from the 12th of July to the 10th of August. Through his paintings, Zantsi captures powerful moments of human interaction with the focused intention to “create a visual archive of life in South Africa.” The exhibition…
The exhibition “A House is not a Home…” at the KZNSA Gallery which closes on 14 July, delves into the multifaceted concept of home through the works of over 30 exhibiting artists. This Q&A feature engages with six of the artists—Sphephelo Mnguni, Londiwe Mtshali, Siviwe Jali, Jess Bothma, Rachel Baasch and Lusanda Ndita—to explore their…
On June 18th, the team from Quiet Ground held an intimate event at Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai’s The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember, founded in 2017 as an ‘audio-visual archive of Black resistance’. The generous servings of soup went well with the themes of home, land, water, and communal repair explored in the multidisciplinary…
