Can I put you on a pedestal? In praise of the humble plinth, I now see a number of modern magazines and websites running stories with plush photos about how the plinth is enjoying a resurgence. It feels strange for an artist who has been putting the...
What happens to a brand when it’s debranded? Trying to fathom the life of a shopping mall is like trying to understand the meaning of a fish bowl. Granted my gallery has opened at the most exclusive mall in town, but that doesn’t mean easy times...
When it comes to sex in art, size doesn't really matter. Viagra pills are so small that it's amazing they can make anything grow. Clearly it's down to chemistry. Which is what they say about love in the first place. I don't think that, as a...
The Titanic sank after hitting an ice berg. That could be the understatement of the last century. The ramifications for popular culture have been wide, but not beyond what one would expect. Ask Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet what the Titanic was and they'll...
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is one (two actually) of those zombie movies that teaches us how not to trust anybody. Mainly because zombies infect their pray by not harming the general appearance of their victims, when they first bite them. So, there is...
The art of kissing is multifaceted. The sentence sets me off with its reference to corny mainstream magazine culture where you have guides to everyday problems like losing weight or building muscle. But what’s multifaceted about kissing is that naturally a kiss changes when it...
The art of kissing is multifaceted. The sentence sets me off with its reference to corny mainstream magazine culture where you have guides to everyday problems like losing weight or building muscle. But what’s multifaceted about kissing is that naturally a kiss changes when it...
Anarchy attracts and repulses me. There are times when I want to defile the picture plane to get rid of any illusion, or any idea that I stood somewhere and painted what I saw. I’ve never seen anything that I put in the pictures in...
Anarchy attracts and repulses me. There are times when I want to defile the picture plane to get rid of any illusion, or any idea that I stood somewhere and painted what I saw. I’ve never seen anything that I put in the pictures in...
My trouble with landscape art began in school when I sat in art class looking at the romantics, wondering where the African bushveld fitted into the lush green hills of European art history. When Pierneef’s version of local plains and clouds entered the syllabus, all...