Sjoe.
Between these, Dumile Feni at JAG, and the current show at Siebrits (titled and pictured), Joburgers and South Africans at large are being inundated with amazing, contemporary work by South Africans of color, as of late. It’s great. Perhaps it’s a way to (finally) speak back to some critics (cough cough) who label any thing a black artist makes as “craft.”
Although there is beautiful craftsmanship involved, there’s no questioning the experimental nature of all the works at Siebrits – paintings and drawings influenced by impressionism, realism, even cubism, make for an extraordinary showing of work created well before the current incarnation of the craft/art dichotomy. (Most work seems to be mid-1900s.)
Stick it to the man, baby. And check out both JAG and Siebrits shows. Word.
