Exploring the real and the imagined
The value of art lies in its reminding us that perception can be reconstructed, revised and perhaps understood or simply appreciated as esoteric.
Jaco van Schalkwyk: Artist's symbols both hyper-real and illusory
His landscapes also play as still-lifes. His mixture of ?things? are staged and almost theatrically put together.
Fischerdick: Igniting imagination, exploring the infinite
His method relies on combination of geometric structure, limited colour range and an investigation of the surface materiality through interventions.
Framery Gallery: Playful, non-linear show for open minds
What is perhaps most appealing is that there is no overriding agenda - no one artist on display, nor a thematic and hierarchical top-down structure.
The New Parthenon exhibition: Inclusivity at heart of matter
One cannot but be moved by the creative and curatorial effect and I found myself sensing something both ephemeral and yet definite at the same time.
Hugh Byrne's art: A harmonious reverie of form, shape and colour
The artist intelligently makes decisions about when that play ends and the object - the painting or sculpture - now emerges.
Broke-Whole exhibition: Art meets science, taxidermy and magic
Playing her alter-ego, Dr Kali, her work appears to straddle the line between painting and photography, the sculptural and the installation or found-object.
Calling out for a more human, close setting
The imagery and titles certainly speak to a range of subjects: ?The devil made do it?; ?Judging idols?; ?Earthly judges and prophets of doom?; and the list goes on.
Coka: Seeking a more human, intimate setting that does not dwarf citizen
As the exhibition title suggests, ?Layziehound? wishes to deduce that no individual or institution should be an arbiter of ethical rightness;
YouTuber Mpanza gets 7 minutes to count in unique way
His work consists of lifestyle content, current affairs, race, gender and class-related issues, as well as anecdotes and stories about himself.
Lai Sang's photographs capture a sense of foreboding
Johnny Lai Sang?s photographs capture a sense of foreboding as shadows lurk, as faces become mask-like, even dolls.
A new slant on art, incorporating video
Cape Town-based artist Carla Inez Espost's installation is overwhelming, incorporating as it does a number and great variety of things.
Art of challenging the norm
The three exhibitions on offer have the effect of deconstructing and destabilising assumed paradigms.
Artist’s Profile: Chad Saaiman – Music that opens ears and hearts
The singer, songwriter and recording artist is living his dream; regardless of the hurdles along the way.
Seeing the lighter side of universal absurdity
Comic duo Stuart Cairns and Westley Cockrell are presenting the Book Detectives at the Alexander Bar, with the last show tonight.
Tamboerskloof farm: Looking at art with a social conscience
This show forms an important step in trying to prevent the appropriation or repossession of the farm.
Master collection at Die Kunskamer
A collection of paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures are on display at the home of Charlette Schachat, better known as Die Kunskamer.
Artist's work shows her vigour and spirit
It's been been a long journey for artist Sorrel Hofmann.
Msebenzi, Nqaba, Stodel review: Artists pushing boundaries
The three artists are all recent Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT, graduates and contribute an interesting and dynamic photographic expression.
Siopis profile: Academic exploration of formless art
Penny Siopis speaks about the significance of process. While concept is important, she welcomes the unpredictability of what she calls ?materiality?.
Symbiosis art review: Mystical energy between objects
Such aesthetic charm exists amid the chaos and turmoil beyond the ?white cube? ? the gallery space.
O'Flynn warns of the loss of real creativity
O? Flynn?s signature pop-inspired style appears to carry a double-edged meaning.
Blank Projects art review: Finding meaning in every aspect
An odd work greets one as one enters Blank Projects. One is presented with different coloured plastic plates by Ntlonti.
Paradise Regained is 'a state of mind'
The quest for a lost Eden pertinent to SA is covertly addressed in these works, each artist having dealt with such issues within their own system.
Prints have deep, textured impact
The exhibition theme is to register movement first within the artist’s personal experience, then within a South African context and yet still as a microcosm of the massive movements of people the world over in the 21st century.