Wayne Barker’s beaded ‘paintings’ dazzled at the recent Art Paris Art Fair, inspiring us to look through recent and past works. Check them out here.
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Your weekly dose of creative cool: SA musicians in Japan, new kicks, and a creative workshop
This week on creative cool we bring you new sneakers, new jewellery and three music videos for your viewing pleasure.
Video: William Kentridge launches space for multidisciplinary artists to come together
A multidisciplinary and collaborative project, The Centre for The Less Good Idea seeks to champion the secondary ideas of the art world. Check out our video to see what went down.
Tinder, texting and emojis: Experience the Bae Magick of digital artist Carly Whitaker
In this Q&A, digital artist, Carly Whitaker shares her new work and chats to us about ‘Bae Magick’, created during her X-temporary residency.
Exhibit.gif: SA’s giphy enthusiasts share their favourite works
Feast your eyes on these wild and playful moving graphics curated by none other than Exhibit .gif
Cinga Samson paints ‘a young man that is desirable in his own sense’
We speak to Cape Town-based artist Cinga Samson about the young man in ‘Diced Pineapples’ and what it’s like to be working on a new solo in Umtata.
Your weekly dose of creative cool: explore the cosmic database, hear new music, and see fun fashion shoots
This week’s awesome internet finds include your weekend soundtrack, our guide to gallery exhibitions and a gender bending fashion editorial.
Kirsten Beets paints our illusionary relationship with nature
Kirsten Beets paints ant-like people surrounded by vast empty spaces which prompts us to think about our relationship with nature.
Fulla and faith: Laylaa Jacobs’ new series reimagines her Barbie-filled childhood
Fulla, a Barbie-like fashion doll marketed to children of Islamic and Middle-Eastern countries, is fine artist Laylaa Jacobs’ muse.
#FemmeInPublic: A powerful project rupturing the heteronormative and colonial gaze
We catch up with creative director of #FemmeinPublic, a powerful project furthering the representation of gender non-conforming people of colour
Your weekly dose of creative cool: a vegan friendly restaurant, a genderless party, and a dream-pop duo
A genderless party, a vegan-friendly restaurant and new beats by a Durban-based dream-pop duo.
Blurred lines: Artist Ilana Seati’s latest work takes on the (un)real
The work of Ilana Seati explores the familiar and unfamiliar nature of portraiture and anatomical representation. See a few pieces from her latest exhibition here.
Noero exhibition: Deconstructing art and architecture’s impact on society
Jo Noero posits that building architecture models is a labour of love and brings architectures to a closer understanding of their work.
Meet Fanie Buys, the Cape Town-based artist memorialising pop culture icons through paint
Cape Town-based artist Fanie Buys talks to us about his latest works – including a variety of slogan T-shirts and painterly images of pop culture icons.
Your weekly dose of creative cool: a disco party, a song produced in a car, and a doccie about bail agents
A disco party, Original Swimming Party’s new EP and MOMO’s sculpture exhibition are on our creative cool radar this week.