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Panel Discussion: intimate presences/affective absences (or, the snake within)
You are cordially invited to an online conversation between Leora Farber (Director, VIAD), Ashraf Jamal (VIAD Research Associate) and Lize van Robbroeck (Professor: Visual Art, Stellenbosch University) around Farber’s installation, titled intimate presences/affective absences (or, the snake within). The conversation will be facilitated by Pieter Jacobs (Head, UJ Arts & Culture). Zoom Details URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87415226103?pwd=Q2gyZmpic0R6Mk5OTURFQ2RFeXhvdz09 […]
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Viva La Vida Kahlo
UJ Arts Culture audiences can look forward to Viva La Vida Kahlo, a production from Mexico staring Ana Karina Guevara, is set to bring Frida Kahlo’s history and philosophies to life.
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UJ Arts Academy 2020 Wrap Party
UJ Arts & Culture invites you to the 2020 UJ Arts Academy Virtual Wrap Party in honour of all our young artists who remained artistic in a difficult time. Come help us celebrate the art that went virtual in 2020 2020 UJ Arts Academy Virtual Wrap Party is proudly hosted by Nicholas Goliath featuring the […]
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The Prodigal Man Returns
The Prodigal Man Returns features songs from some of Broadway’s greatest composers such as Jason Robert Brown, Henry Krieger and, the godfather of Musical Theatre, Stephen Sondheim. The talented cast will also be performing a selection of Lungile Michael Themba’s original compositions set to please the most discerning musical theatre lover.
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CURE :: Songezile Madikida
Today’s featured artist for the UJ Art Gallery’s CURE project is visual artist, Songezile Madikida. The video,” Blood on my hands”, was part of an exhibition titled Liminal States in 2004. Liminality, “being on a threshold,” is the condition that occurs during the inner phase of rites of passage, in relation to the rituals performed […]
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CURE :: Paolo Naldini
CURE :: Paul Emmanuel
Today’s featured artist for the UJ Art Gallery’s ‘CURE’, is visual artist Paul Emmanuel. His artwork, entitled Carbon Dad 2017, takes a look at how Emmanuel grapples with the intricacies of traditional masculine roles and how his own father played a part in his outlook on gender. Emmanuel’s father, a traditionally masculine force, struggled with […]
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CURE :: Eric Duplan
The Third Paradise Opening
The Third Paradise is realised as a balanced connection between artifice and nature. This group exhibition is presented in collaboration with Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, Johannesburg Business School. The symbol designed by the eminent Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, a reconfiguration of the mathematical infinity symbol, is widely used as a performative instrument […]
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