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Mariaan Kotze
The title of the painting is “Breakthrough” its a symbolic painting of breaking through barriers, new horizons, out of the dark, taking the whimsical and magic with you, cutting off the past, ready to write your own new chapter. I was born on a farm cradled by mountains in the Aliwal North district of the Eastern Cape. My father Kobus Kotze is a well-known landscape artist. The hours I spent…
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Marlon Shane Albertyn
My grandma always told me, “You are the defining factor of your own destiny.” Bearing the same initials – M.S.A., I always found myself close to her. She has made a profound impact on my life and I have always valued and internalised her words of wisdom. She was the perpetual drive to my burning ambitions and aspirations as I knew that nothing was out of reach and that I could achieve anything…
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Tumba Makonga
“Vive la femme africaine” Meaning “Long live the African woman”, is an illustration inspired by the saying “behind every great man is a woman”. Alot of revolutions and rebellions have happened in Africa due to political instability. Alot of great leaders and dictators alike, have governed Africa. The African woman is a symbol for power and love. She is willing to protect and fight for those who…
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Tshepo Mohlala
Founded Feb 2015, Tshepo The Jean Maker was established by 24 year old fashion design undergrad, self taught denim specialist, stylist and former co-founder and Marketing director for Afrikanswiss and Co-founder of Denim Friday, Tshepo Mohlala. TSHEPO is a lifestyle denim brand based in South Africa, Johannesburg. The core of the brand is firmly rooted in ready to wear denim segment for men. The…
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Cartoonist. Creative. Commentator.
Dr Nanda Soobben. “As an anti-apartheid cartoonist, I knew my place and I knew my audience. Come to think of it, in those days I was basically preaching to the converted. As a cartoonist, you don’t just want to draw well and make a funny remark or punchline, which is the hallmark of a good cartoon, you want to do a cartoon to help bring about change.” – The Unbearable Lightness of a Coolie…
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RE-Invented with Khuli Chana
RE-Invented with Khuli Chana
Khuli Chana is one of South Africa’s foremost artists. Having been in the music industry for 20 years, he has built up a repertoire to be reckoned with. 2016 is no exception. Conté caught up with Mr Chana Power in an exclusive interview to find out more about his take on (re)innovation, (re)invention and Revolution. ‘Intelligent collaborations’ is the mantra being chanted in his creative space.…
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Project Hoopoe
We are Project Hoopoe. We are an anonymous artistic collective birthed in August 2015, the anniversary month of massacres such as Hiroshima, Marikana and the 2014 Gaza War. Named after the guiding bird of the Persian poem Mantiq-ut-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds), our aim is to likewise provide guidance to our audience of citizens in our black consciousness philosophy and Afrocentric art. We…
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Lindani Phenyani
The feet Strength comes in many ways but to me ‘The feet’ represent strength at the highest level,just as much as claws to predators.The potrait also represents how much our feet can tell a story of a thousand words,strength and endurance are represented by our feet.And as much as we dont pay much attention to them,they represent our revolution. From the excitement of our first kick in our…
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