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With a light touch and tongue-in-cheek approach, which are key to his art practice, Coljin Strydom lifts motifs and fragments from the Odyssey to situate and make sense of his own position as wanderer/wonderer. In his reflection on themes of belonging, desire, and intimacy, fantasy and reality are playfully interwoven, with Cape Town reimagined as a local Ogygia — as a contemporary paradise (or prison, depending on your perspective or access to its abundance).

Ulriche Jantjes • In the midst

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2024

In the midst is a body of work portraying moments of pause in an ever-changing world.

To be “in the midst” is to be in the middle of an activity or space. It is a moment or place of flux. The paintings and monotypes explore this in-betweenness through interior scenes that are juxtaposed with expansive exteriors. A figure peering out of the window. A landscape with a deep blue pool. By pairing inside scenes with the outside world, In the midst brings forth an element of reflection.

Selwyn Steyn • Studies from the In-between

FNB Art Joburg 2023

This body of work is about Gauteng, and perception and atmosphere and the built environment and a bunch of other things as well.

The light in Gauteng is of a particular quality. Something between gold (like that which is extracted) and yellow (like the extraction’s detritus). Something between aurum and uranium. Treasure and toxicity. This is particularly so of the winter light, which is a potpourri of dust and carbon and altitude and veld and gold.

Marsi van de Heuvel • skoonveld

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2023

Through this work Marsi explores the idea of belonging to a place, a family and a culture by investigating and reinterpreting the photographs taken by her maternal grandmother and other family members during apartheid.

Colijn Strydom • The Bacchae of Buitenkant

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022

"Themes of fragmentation and fluidity are reflected in a combination of image, text, tactility and performance, and a mix of media that includes drawing, painting and photography."

Marsi van de Heuvel

We can never know exactly what artmaking feels like from the artist’s perspective, but this comes pretty close.

Untitled drops by at Jeff Liss and Jo Springthorpe

If you could have your pick of art from Untitled, which would you choose? Where would you put them? And why?

Jo and Jeff chose a number of pieces including ceramic works by Lyndi Sales.

Visiting Amber Moir

“I wanted to pull the paper prints off the wall, I wanted them to move and take up floor space"

Strauss Louw • Photography as a medium guides his art and reflects his relationships

Strauss Louw was 8 years old when he realised that art would be his career of choice.

Katlego Tlabela • Talks about Ikoyi, Lagos (Study)

“My approach for this body of work is not critical per se, but rather celebratory. I am creating a world which not only represents the present but also where the viewer and myself can prophesize the future.”

Katlego Tlabela • Talks about Upper East Side, New York (Study)

“My approach for this body of work is not critical per se, but rather celebratory. I am creating a world which not only represents the present but also where the viewer and myself can prophesize the future.”

Katlego Tlabela • Talks about Midrand, Gauteng (Study)

“My approach for this body of work is not critical per se, but rather celebratory. I am creating a world which not only represents the present but also where the viewer and myself can prophesize the future.”

Stroll the streets of Salt River with Katharien de Villiers, soaking up inspiration.

“I often imagine myself to be a ball of velcro rolling through time.”

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