artSPACE durban's Annual Affordable Art Show, now in its 12th year. is the final exhibition of the year here in Durban. The gallery collects and selects a wide range of fine art, exhibiting them over the festive season. They keep the prices down for buyers and collectors, encouraging them to splurge out one final time. [...]
Wow, so my academic year has finally wound down...and it has been one helluva year! 1) I completed my degree and registered for my masters. 2) I was appointed as mentor lecturer at my university. By the way, and this is so weird: I have also taught at both the primary and secondary schools I [...]
I run a lot and I have done for virtually my entire life. Truthfully I’ve never been quite sure whether it is toward something or away from something. Perhaps it’s both, but regardless, I run a lot. When I was at school it was for sport; athletics and rugby. In the Army I ran because [...]
I recently conducted an artist walkabout for my Souty works which were part of the G1K1 exhibition. While in the artSPACE durban Gallery I took the opportunity to meet with, and to speak to some of my students regarding their exam work which will be installed in the same space. Whilst sitting speaking to them [...]
INVITE WALKABOUT
My new exhibition opened last night. It is a group exhibition which myself and another artist, Karen Pretorius, conceptualized and curated. My installation is titled: Souty (pronounced “so-tee”) swany: “Soutpiel” or ‘souty” was a derogatory term given to English-speaking conscripts. It is derived from the metaphorical image of English speakers having one foot in Africa [...]