War Drags You Out | Saint Hoax Artist
Saint Hoax is a pseudonymous Middle Eastern artist making waves in the art world right now. After attending a drag show for the first time, Saint Hoax claims to have realised that the faux queens on stage actually have a lot in common with world leaders, including a flamboyant name, a fierce persona and defining...
Aliens on Planet Earth
It took photographer Iwan Susanto from Tangerang, Indonesia, ten minutes each to take pictures of what look like extraterrestrial visitors posing for a portrait. They are — you might have guessed — in fact extreme close-ups of insects who are just five centimetres away from the lens. The colourful images are spectacular examples of macro...
Selected Creatives | March 01
What exactly is a Selected Creative? It’s a one small seed initiative that takes talented, local artists and provides them with a platform to show their work. A Selected Creative needs to offer something fresh and intriguing in terms of technique, concept and execution. This week we are excited to present our two newest Selected...
Public Intimacy | South African Art in San Francisco
When Madiba passed away in December last year, people resonated with gratitude for the positive change that the legend brought to South Africa and the world. As our country is about to enter into the fifth democratic election that will take place on 7 May 2014, the new Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts...
Philippe Halsman | Astonish Me! at Musée de l’Elysée
From 29 January to 11 May, Musée de l’Elysée will exhibit photographer Philippe Halsman‘s collection of extraordinary work, starting with first beginnings in 1930s Paris to his breakthrough phase in New York between 1940 and 1970. Within nine years Halsman became one of the most famous portrait photographers in Paris and once he got to...
MERCEDES-BENZ | Shaping Air: The CLA as a Sculpture
The 2013 CLA by Mercedes-Benz — with a record Cd value of 0.23 and a drag area Cd x A of 0.51 m² — is the aerodynamics champion within the Mercedes-Benz model range and among all production vehicles. What is more, the sleekly designed car goes into the record books as the most streamlined production...
Ying Gao’s Moving Couture
Designer Ying Gao brings together science and fashion to create a spectacularly original design, like nothing you’ve ever seen before.
Between Music and Painting | Brian Eno | 77 Million Paintings
Praised as one of the pioneers of ambient music, Brian Eno is an unshakeable legacy within the music industry. With musician, composer, record producer, and singer tacked to his name, Eno is showing his true skills as a multitalented elite with a kaleidoscopic audiovisual installation. First released as a software and DVD set in 2006...
Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part II
Capetonian artist Brett Williams has a knack for exploring rawness and vulnerability in the human form through his daring art pieces. In part one of our discussion, he talked to one small seed about his craft and his process of creation. In part two Williams tells us about his discovery of his colour-blindness, his art...
Brett Willliams | Chalking the Colour in Vulnerability | Part I
Colour-blindness and art may seem like an unlikely combination, but Brett Williams is chalking the colour in emotional rawness and vulnerability through art. The Cape Town-based artist is diversely talented with a penchant for acting and an ability to re-create and re-interpret the human form in his striking artworks. His subjects are people of all...
Caleb Charland’s art in science
Maine-born photographer Caleb Charland explores the world of physics and mathematics in his extraordinary photography. Growing up in a rural household, where he spent a lot of time helping his father, he learned to appreciate the power and tools that materials hold.
JR: ACTIONS
Taking place from the 11th October – 14th November 2013 at London’s Lazarides Gallery is a two-part exhibition by French artist JR, entitled ACTIONS. JR will partner with Lazarides for a large-scale exhibition filling two floors of their flagship gallery as well as an outdoor public installation on multiple sites across the nation’s capital.
| Interview | Bevan de Wet: Creating His Own Mythology
After a short bout pack backing in South East Asia, several collaborative ventures and a residency in New York, Newtown-based printmaker Bevan de Wet has become one of Johannesburg’s most prolific creatives. His immense dedication to precision coupled with his organic pursuit of deconstructing both history and identity has induced the inception of several unprecedented...
