In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 movie of the same name pulp fiction is defined as: a magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper. Tarantino quite literally provides the audience with the definition in the beginning of his film. This locates its genre and reflects the intertextuality of the [...]
OK, so what do you do once you have graduated from a university? You would think that having completed 3 to 4 years of studying at a tertiary institution, and suitably armed with a degree (in my case a honours level degree), you would head out into society and land that career you have always dreamed [...]
The Belgian surrealist painter, René Magritte, he of the infamous “pipe” painting: "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", "This is not a pipe", in equally obtuse fashion, apparently said to someone asking him to explain what he meant by one of his works, “if could do that I wouldn’t need to paint them”. Now Magritte [...]
I have two exhibitions opening this week (my 4th and fifth of the year!!!): 1) Prick! Subverting the Stitch at the artSPACE durban Gallery from 29 June - 18 July 2015. This is a small solo consisting of 8 works. Below: A Bunny's Tale (2015) swany The press release [...]
I just have to come face to face with the fact that I am not talented, you know. I can appreciate and I love music but … It’s sad, really. I feel like I have a lot to express and I’m not gifted. This is something Scarlett Johansson’s character, Vicky or Cristina, I forget which, [...]
As my Anima-Animus exhibition draws to a close I am preparing frantically for my next one (I told you this year was a hectic one!). It will be a small solo (8 works) called: Prick! Subverting the Stitch. It will be a mixture of old and new works all involving embroidery and stitching. And as [...]
