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An image of a colour pastel drawing reproduced as a print that was hawked by Aisatic merchants in black townships.
ACTIVISM

The current infatuation with portraiture has colonial roots

However, contemporary artists such as Cinga Samson, Zanele Muholi and Mohau Modisakeng found a liberating ally in self-portraiture

  • Percy Mabandu
13 min read
MOHAU MODISAKENG

Venice Biennale: African pavilions and the politics of space

African artists’ work was much better represented at the national pavilions than at the biennale, a revealing actuality when it comes to black artists

  • Staff Reporter
14 min read
MOHAU MODISAKENG

SA Young Artist Award winners expand on their new work

With the euphoria of winning, the South African Young Artist Award winners ponder over their new works.

  • Arts Desk
2 min read
AFRICAN ART

Feathers unfurl, steel surrounds

Mohau Modisakeng’s work reflects on violence and race, not in an autobiographical sense, but in terms of black existentiality.

  • Athi Mongezeleli Joja
5 min read