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And not too far into the shadow of the deserving winners<\/a> @ the Brett Kebble Art Awards, but indeed after the some of the heartwarming stories<\/a>, there is a fantastic exhibition of contemporary South African art. Honestly, the BK exhibition has to be the most comprehensive, well curated, and interesting show of work I’ve ever seen in this country.<\/p>\n Above is one of said provocative pieces from the exhibition, which just might get lost – or misunderstood as a simple photograph – in the huge show, which requires a full day of time and energy to truly appreciate. More of a performance piece then anything else, Bridget Baker’s tryptich The Blue Collar Girl<\/i> documents her “chroma-key character” series, which displaces the blue collar workers of Cape Town into a “cinematic narrative of a fantastical environment of \u2019\u00c4\u00f2no constraints\u2019\u00c4\u00f4”. Her visual\/textual pun of replacement is clever, and a bit eerie, on the imagination. More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Very well known for his performances (some of which are still going on in Cape Town, so I recommend checking them out if you can!), Johan Thom’s piece also consists of a beautiful double projection on dirty, butter-filled glass (complete with a sonorous envelope<\/a> for a soundtrack), which stands on its own as a provocative image of entrapment – even without his physical performative presence. More here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I could easily go on. Go to this show if you can….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And not too far into the shadow of the deserving winners @ the Brett Kebble Art Awards, but indeed after the some of the heartwarming stories, there is a fantastic exhibition of contemporary South African art. 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