Esther Mahlangu’s new mural is dedicated to the spirit of uBuntu! Planted at a London garden gallery, its larger-than-life stature stands tall amid the greenery, giving Londoners something bright, beautiful, and proudly South African!

London, England (20 October 2024) — After her work enjoyed its fair share of the limelight and celebrity appreciation in the USA, Esther Mahlangu’s new mural is taking up space in London!

At nearly 90-years-young, the acclaimed Ndebele artist continues to share her bold and bright geometric masterpieces with the world. Her new mural, titled ‘Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu’ is an ode to the South African philosophy of uBuntu. In fact, its translation from Ndebele to English reads ‘I am because you are’.

 

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The new mural has been ‘planted’ at Serpentine Gallery’s North Garden based on West Carriage Drive, where it boasts the artist’s immediately recognisable patterning and confident style. Painted across 16 wooden panels, the energy of the new mural is larger than life, much like the uBuntu ethos.

Simultaneously, Esther Mahlangu is also the talk of London’s art scene in a different part of the city. At a solo exhibition at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Esher’s work brought an immediate rush of vibrance and life to the walls of Melrose Gallery in the West Wing!

 

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Meanwhile, in another creative news piece that made us feel proudly South African, artist Jake Michael Singer has been given the opportunity to represent our country through sculpture at a prestigious event overlooking the magnificent Pyramids of Giza! Jake’s sculpture, We Will Meet Again in the Sky’ is a must-see, and you can learn more about it here.

Sources: Email Submission

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Joburg’s gem of an art space—Scapegoat Gallery— recently got an A-list visit from supermodel and actress Cara Delevigne and famed photographer David Yarrow!

Johannesburg, South Africa (30 September 2024) — South African premiere international pop art gallery, Scapegoat Gallery, recently got an A-list visit from supermodel and actress Cara Delevigne and famed photographer David Yarrow in what was a fabulous occasion celebrating visual drama, pop culture and the culmination of the two in Johannesburg.

The art space, based in Hyde Park Corner, got to enjoy the honour of hosting David in an event dubbed ‘One Night Only’ (an indicator of how quick his visit was).

The gallery was delighted that David then hosted the equally famous Cara in the gallery that’s given pop culture a decorated home in the City of Gold. The two big names visited to stage and photograph astounding visual dramas in a desert setting, with David’s latest and previous works featuring Cara as a character in historical settings presented.

“For one night only they took time out of their busy schedule to meet our gallery friends and collectors, to talk about David’s love of nature, and the way that he is able to picture human experience in the context of the rugged and dramatic world around us,” Scapegoat’s Lizelle Neofytou tells Good Things Guy. 

“[Cara] has appeared in his large-scale photographs playing amazing personalities like Bonnie Parker from the movie Bonnie and Clyde, to Oliver Twist, to Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders. David Yarrow’s renowned photographs imagine extraordinary women in equally-extraordinary popular culture situations.

“We have works by Yarrow that imagine Cindy Crawford in situations from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie North by Northwest of 1959. This dovetails perfectly with our mission as an unparalleled pop art gallery,” Lizelle adds.

The gallery has thanked David and Cara for their time, adding that it gives them great pleasure to bring together artists and art lovers to celebrate what they believe to be the pinnacle of artistic achievement!

You can see David’s extraordinary photographs here, or pop into the gallery for yourself!

Sources: GTG Interview 

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Cape Town-based artist Gavin Larkin has reimagined the beyond-famous Mona Lisa in a fascinating way: through upcycled materials!

Cape Town, South Africa (29 September 2024) — Cape Town-based artist and photographer Gavin Larkin has reimagined one of the most famous paintings of all time in a series of captivating wonders. Here, the old saying ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ couldn’t be more fitting. In fact, ‘One man’s trash might just be another’s Mona Lisa’.

Originally from Port Elizabeth, Gavin has long been drawn to the visual curiosities of the world. Inspired by the French Impressionists, nature and the art of painting ‘en plein air’, Gavin has quite a knack for snatching big and expressive moments, and remastering them on a much smaller canvas.

But, his series of Mona Lisas’ reimagined strikes a different chord of creativity.

Here, we see the painting that’s had the world’s eyes upon it for ages. Yet, it is not an exhibition of paint. One Mona Lisa is a mosaic of plastic bottle tops. Another boasts metal bottle caps cured in resin, collected mostly from Muizenberg. There’s also the ‘It’s in the Can’ rendition of the Mona Lisa; made from beverage cans. Not to mention the ‘Keeping Tabs’ Mona Lisa, who, you guessed it, has been constructed through pull tabs.

 

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Upcycling crafted in this delicate way offers the viewer quite the juxtaposition. Here is the waste we so often turn our noses up in its ugly imposition, so beautifully mended together to create a masterpiece.

“Much emphasis is placed on experimentation with used (waste) and new materials and mediums, whilst always striving to be unique and original,” reads the artist’s statement.

“Being on the cutting edge of modern art is where my interest is,” it furthers. And really, what could be more cutting edge than turning the eyesores of our world into quite the opposite?

You can visit the artworks at Youngblood Africa in Cape Town this September.

Sources: GTG; Gavin Larkin; Youngblood 

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Recognised for her talent and the importance of preserving traditional African craft, Gogo Tholani will be featured in a film and train other crafters on beaded miniature animal sculptures.

Hillcrest, South Africa (22 September 2024) – In the middle of the serene beauty of the Valley of 1000 Hills in KZN, Gogo Tholani, a master of beadwork, creates stunning miniature animal sculptures in her rural Inchanga home.

Gogo Tholani’s meticulous work has earned her a feature in a short documentary by Woza Moya, which will showcase the making of these unique animals by the humble and beautiful lady.

While visually appealing, it takes two days to make just one small guinea foul sculpture and the beaded animals are becoming increasingly difficult to find as many local crafters are reluctant to make them as they are so time-consuming.

The animal starts with a thin wire frame (Gogo’s husband lends a hand in this) which is stuffed with a type of felt and then a stocking-like material is sewn over the body to create a surface to bead on.

To help preserve this beautiful art, Gogo Tholani has been invited to the Woza Moya Centre to share her beading and craft skills. She will train a select group of beaders and hopes to find women with the skill and desire to keep this craft alive.

Woza Moya is the economic empowerment project of the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust, a registered non-profit organisation in South Africa dedicated to saving and transforming lives through our various programmes and initiatives.

Sources: Woza Moya & Friends

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A new giant octopus mural beams proudly not just as an epic mural on campus, but as a unique teacher teeming with lessons!

Durban, South Africa (23 July 2024) — A giant octopus has made its way to the STADIO Musgrave campus thanks to the talented work of graffiti artist Giffy Duminy. But, this Octopus isn’t just here to bring a splash of the sea to the Durban campus—it’s also here to teach students a thing or eight.

As it so often is with murals and bold public artworks, Giffy’s “most massive mollusc yet” is packed with meaning and call to actions from the students present and future who will come to know the giant octopus as the teacher who never uttered a word.

For those who are new to Giffy’s work, the artist frequently celebrates nature’s treasures in all their shapes, forms and colours;   spotlighting creatures from often overlooked anemones to mighty lionesses in a bigger pursuit to leave nature’s mark all over our urban lives and ultimately, remind us of the natural world beyond our manmade one.

The giant octopus is for Giffy a product of deep fascination. Its lessons are richly inherent: use your intelligence and adapt to survive and flourish.

Octopuses adapt their visual appearance often to survive, and use their incredible intelligence to make a plan when the going gets tough (like using objects like shells to “fortify their den” as Giffy points out).

And while most of us might not be able to escape an enemy by means of a cloud of black ink, we can draw on the Octopus’s ways to escape other big challenges like environmental havoc.

Adapting to new ways of living, consuming and consciousness will change the trajectory of issues that directly impact our friends in the sea. Similarly, using our intelligence to think about ways we can be most effective in the betterment of our Earth is key to building a future that matters.

It’s a big lesson for everyone who thinks that you need to be a hero to change the world. Instead, considering thinking like an octopus—be smart, change what you can and be unbothered if anyone else thinks you’re alien-like for doing so!

Says Giffy:

“I thought this animal would make a beautiful mural, and hopefully spark some curiosity and conversation on the ocean and it’s part in our lives and how we depend on it for clean air and a multitude of other ways we need it.

“An intelligent objective we should aim for is to consume less seafood, since most deep water line and net fishing is not good for the oceans and results in a lot of [discarded] fishing material. Line fishing is non-selective and a lot of bycatch is putting our shared Ocean at great risk of being completely overfished. If you would like to eat seafood there are ways to source it from spear fisherman, which is a far cleaner source of this resource.

“Each of our actions makes a difference and the collective change is what makes a large impact.”

Sources: Giffy Duminy 

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Young lipstick artist Ricollin Moodley has a knack for creating incredible portraits by using only lipstick to bring them to life. But for Tyla, he made an exception with the addition of sand in what is a fabulously creative nod to the South African icon:

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (19 May 2024) — 23-year-old artist Ricollin Moodley from KwaZulu-Natal province has once again blown the internet’s socks off thanks to his artwork made entirely with lipstick (and in this case, the addition of golden sand).

His latest portrait was made in honour of South African icon, Tyla, who recently made her debut at the Met Gala with a look that earned her a spot on many people’s best-dressed lists.

“The Cut” hailed her as the ultimate victor of the Met Gala, while “Bazaar” applauded her for making a major beauty statement. “E! News” couldn’t help but gush over her dress, describing her as a vision of goddess-like beauty, as GTG previously reported. 

Tyla adorned Balmain in a dress moulded to her body’s fit and made from sand; taking a spin on the event’s theme ‘Garden of Time’ to embody a sands of time symbolism in relation to the environment.

Sand and lipstick might have traditionally been two foreign materials used in fashion and art respectively, but Ricollin was determined to bring the best of both unconventional worlds together for his piece.

 

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This is not Tyla’s first lipstick portrait, and she joins other famous South African faces (from Siya Kolisi to Cheslin Kolbe) who have also been reimagined by Ricollin and his medium of choice.

If it’s not lipstick, Ricollin knows his way around eyeshadow and other makeup staples. Needless to say, this young creative is reinventing the concept of makeup artist and putting South Africa on the map as he does.

You can keep up with his artwork here!

Sources: Ricollin Moodley; GTG 

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A local bar has taken coffee art to the next level thanks to their creative coffee portraits!

Langebaan, South Africa (13 May 2024) — Across social media, South Africans are sharing ‘coffee portraits’ that have made their own friends and family thirsty for art and creativity.

But, this is not the work of Artificial Intelligence (which has made many fantastical imaginings come true). Instead, it is the work of a local bar in Langebaan that decided to do something special for their customers at no extra cost.

Wunderbar has taken coffee art to the next level thanks to their innovative creativity. An idea that stemmed from wanting to bring more fun into the bar has become its own kind of movement, making any coffee lover’s experience that more memorable and surprising in the best way.

Explains Wunderbar’s Esti Teale. It began as something the manageress did herself by hand. But with time, it became apparent that there were downsides to such specially made coffee, like the cups arriving lukewarm by the time they reached patrons’ tables.

That’s when a special coffee printer was introduced.

“So the printer was delivered and we were able to do our magic and surprise our guests with portraits of themselves, their group of friends, their loved dogs, or just a greeting and good wish for the day,” says Etsi. 

“We believe that life must be fun and full of surprises, by being innovative and looking for new fun things to do all the time, we not only keep our clients happy but also our staff,” Esti adds of the happy consequences from the coffee portraits,” she adds. 

Another day, another way South Africans are making our country a happier place, one little surprise at a time.

Sources: GTG Interview

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Little pieces of colourful beach plastic that are harmful to marine wildlife are being collected off the beach and turned into exquisite art.

Noordhoek, South Africa (02 May 2024) — Karoline Hanks and her consistently phenomenal team at Project Noordhoeked have contributed to the creation of beautiful artworks made from beach plastic. Artist Janet Ormand transforms pieces of plastic into the most beautiful sculptures and artworks.

The Project Noordhoeked team collected a bag full of colourful plastic from the beach, washed and sorted it, before delivering it to Janet.

“I washed and separated out the plastic and today, I took my team to her little studio to deliver it all.
They got to see her mesmerising work, and were all pretty speechless.” – Karoline Hanks

Project Noordhoeked is a non-profit community project, founded by Karoline Hanks. The project creates jobs for a few people in the community while working to protect the environment. This small team keeps Noordhoek tidy, cleaning the streets and beaches of litter, clearing the local wetland of snares, clearing the environment of invasives and working on any projects that benefit the community as a whole.

The team manages Kakapo the wire whale, which facilitates regular and ongoing beach cleanups by the beach-going public. Project Noordhoeked hopes to create awareness about the effects of single-use plastic and lower its own personal waste footprint.

Edgar Phiri, William Chirwa, David Mohale, and Jacob Mohale work tirelessly to protect the wetlands, beaches, and any space that is common for litter in Noordhoek. You can keep up to date with the work these beach heroes do via the Project Noordhoeked page here.

Janet was so grateful for their contribution to her work. She turns the colourful beach plastic into pieces that leave everyone in awe. Her creations centre around birdlife, colourful gardens, and floral masterpieces. Each piece of plastic is meticulously sorted into colour options so that Janet can find the perfect palette of colours for her creations.

Take a look at some of the stunning artworks below. To see more of Janet’s work, you can follow her on Facebook here.

Sources: Karoline Hanks – Supplied

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Wondering through a gallery in Hermanus, Dominique discovered ‘My Mona Lisa’—a threaded portrait that looked oddly, and beautifully familiar. Well, that’s because it was an artwork of her! A real-life story where love surpasses the test of time and long-term marriage shines with hopeless romanticism:

Hermanus, South Africa (24 March 2024)— Hopeless romantics, the story of ‘My Mona Lisa’ is your sign to jump back on the bandwagon of fairytale expectations and the belief that even after decades of marriage together, love can be as pure and surprising as ever.

Recently, Dominique Malherbe shared the movie scene-worthy moment she experienced at Rossouw Modern Art Gallery this week.

In a world where divorce rates are sky-high and long-term marriage is hardly the main character of romantic fiction we swoon over, Dominique shares her story where a mysterious portrait played its part in love unfolding.

After a glorious swim, as she strolled along Hermanus’s quaint streets and admired talented art in the town’s galleries, Dominique found herself (and her flip-flops) in Rossouw Modern.

Whilst appreciating the art of Paul du Toit amongst others, the gallery owner approached her and beckoned her to view the work of an artist in residence that day—Leandro Solomons.

Intrigued, Dominique headed over to view the ‘thread artist’s’ work.

“[I] move towards the art piece, coming right up close to the glass and [am] absolutely mesmerised by the hundreds of cotton threads crossed over the square (3 to 4kms of it I later hear),” she shared. 

“I move away to get a different perspective and glance at the other two close by but something about the eyes [of the first piece] draws me back,” she explains.

“The eyes feel a little like me. I turn in a circle and there are people watching me and I think…’but that looks like me’.” 

To her incredible and emotional surprise, Dominique realised she was, in fact, looking at a version of herself.

“And I put my hand to my mouth and say, no…what the hell, I can’t believe this…” she continues.

Her eyes became a well of emotions then, and soon inspired the gallery owner to tear up too. After grabbing some champagne for her, the mystery unthreaded itself, and she realised this was a dedication to her and to love—orchestrated by her husband.

Dominique adds that her husband had the artist Leandro Solomons, title it ‘My Mona Lisa’, because “it’s all in the eyes.”

“The gallery owner looked me in those eyes and said, ‘I don’t know any husband who would do this,” Dominique shares. 

Profoundly, she identified just how impactful the gift of those eyes, her eyes, was, expressing, “I don’t think I’ve ever felt so completely…loved in this way.”

Dominique and her husband are celebrating 30 years of marriage this year. And needless to say, Dominique is far from the only one tearing up about this!

Sources: Website Submission; Dominique Malherbe

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South African glass artist Malebogo Molokane’s is layered with emotion in a very literal way. But, her creations are also fused with a beautiful message of resilience:

Johannesburg, South Africa (21 February 2024) — South Africa’s glass artist Malebogo Molokane is embarking on her first official tour across her home country where her unique artistic edge will blow the minds of anyone who knows how to look beyond the surface.

The glass artist and Tshwane University of Technology alumni and part-time lecturer who was crowned the distinguished recipient of the 2022 Absa L’Atelier Gerard Sekoto Award got the chance to share her creations with the art capital, Paris, after her big win. There at the Cité Internationale des Arts, she challenged herself as the only glass artist among her peers. Unwavering and determined, the doubts she faced in her delicate craft culminated in something much bigger—her first solo exhibition.

Malebogo is now presenting her exhibition thanks to the French Institute of South Africa and the South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA), where her body of work has inspired visitors through both the message of the art and the craft behind it.

‘A Re Tshamekeng’ (“Let’s Play” in Setswane) explores the intricacies of emotional gestures and facial expressions through layered glass artworks. For the glass artist, the fragility of her medium is a reflection of the delicate balance of her journey and the subtle power of human expressions.

Moments of tension, misery, excitement and confusion—life is a game that ‘A Re Tshamekeng’ brings to the forefront in a most unique way.

But life is also nothing if not full of fun at the best of times, which is why her work also focuses on fun board and indigenous games using a variety of glass techniques, from blowing to beading and sand casting. The results are mind-blowing layered glass creations that blend journeys, fun, expressions and the human experience.

Says the artist:

“Glass art is a process and a bundle of emotions from studio to display. It is also a fragile process, mirroring the delicate nature of human emotions. Each time I engage with glass, it becomes a different form of self-expression. I can experiment with it in various ways, even when it cuts through me—yes there’s pain but also fulfilment. The comparison between the fragility of glass and life is essentially the same, with moments of added frustration both in daily challenges and the delicate process of working with glass.” 

The message, then, is that of resilience—just like her journey in creating the pieces. There will be pain, laughter, triumphs and challenges, but when you keep going and take a moment to reflect on all you’ve actually created, you’ll realise life is a game well worth giving your best shot.

Sources: Supplied 

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