So apt with the current censorship going on around the Zuma Spear painting. The line between artistic expression and inappropriate comment is a blurred and thin one.
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Observations by an un-abstract soul
I had the pleasure of attending an arts exhibition held by a collective group of artists known as Afropolitan Explosiv. This was held at the Gallery MOMO in Parktown North, on 7th ave. As someone who is not that involved in the arts, but however interested in poetry, I did not know what to expect.
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Reflections on a group of South Africans on the role of the arts in shaping our future
At our recent event held on the 3rd of March at Gallery MOMO in Parktown North, we as Afropolitan Explosiv, had the pleasure of hosting Robert “Bobby” Godsell as part of our panel that helped to guide the talk on: “Creativity as a way of building growth”. Below, are the reflections by Bobby on the
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NON-CONFORMISM
By Nobuntu Mqulwana I had a both interesting and strange dream in 2012. I dreamt I was living in a society, within a community whereby we were all free to be who we each were made to be. We were thriving, blooming, happy and life truly was worth living. Suddenly, it was decreed by some
Our Generation as seen by Linda Mabhena
I feel that what defines a generation is both what they have learnt from predecessors as well as what they have added to it. Our generation is still grappling with the positioning and emancipation of the African continent as a whole, we are still grappling with leadership issues and as well as those of raising
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What will our generation be remembered for?
There’s a time when each generation passed, has looked back at their life’s accomplishments with a sense of nostalgia and self-satisfaction. I picture an old couple sitting on the stoep on a rocking chair on an autumn afternoon, sipping on cool lemonade, each trying to piece together fragmented and hazy remembrances of a time long
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An Explosiv Evening
After weeks of planning and meticulous attention to detail, 20 August 2011 was upon us, the event that has been on everyone’s lips had arrived. People filtered in, intermittent at first, as if signalling everyone’s trepidation of what was about to unfold. Eventually, droves of patrons entered the doors of Momo gallery just in time
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