Banele Khoza’s striking silhouettes of male bodies and abstract figures bleed translucent, sweet-coloured hues, like watercolour on canvas. His charcoal scribbled words read like a diary — a stream-of-consciousness glimpse into the mind of an artist interrogating love, identity, and gender, with distinct vivid portraits.
Alix-Rose Cowie interviews Banele Khoza about his solo exhibition 'LOVE?'for Indie Channel. Read it here: http://indiechannel.co.za/banele-khoza-on-modern-love/
House and Leisure gets to know SMITH's curator Jana Terblanche ahead of Investec Cape Town Art Fair. Read about it here: https://www.houseandleisure.co.za/art-3/bringing-new-qa-smith-gallerys-j...
Between10and5 have summed up a few popular Cape Town Art galleries (including SMITH) with the help of illustrator, Jonny Smith. Read all about it here: http://10and5.com/2017/07/06/art-binge-the-cape-town-art-galleries-and-a...
In a future history of South African art, Cape Town–based artist Daniella Mooney should receive due credit for her exploratory, left-field sculpture practice, which, since her Terry Riley–quoting BFA show in 2009, has eschewed the dominant rubrics of postcolonial identity and spectacular monumentality. Her contribution to this showcase of sixteen artists, organized by designer and artist Lyall Sprong, includes Three New Wands I, II, and III (all works cited, 2017), eccentric fabrications in wood of a wand she made as an adolescent.
