Absa L’Atelier winners present TRIPE
An ethereal, rubber environment with threads and tendrils has entered the Absa building. This otherworldly, sensory circumstance, which perhaps in one moment is a kelp forest of seaweed and anemones,
Questioning history and heritage through notions of the other
An in-depth exploration of a sense of otherness – identified through multiple and differing perspectives on history and heritage – sets the tone of Absa Gallery’s Our contemporary needs and
Reatile Moalusi: Complexion, Pigment and Hue
Reatile Moalusi’s latest solo exhibition Molelo Wa Badimo, which is on at the Absa Gallery until 14 June 2019, is centred around an appreciation and celebration of individuality. ‘Beauty is
Bringing Africanacity to the Absa Gallery
On behalf of Creative Feel, Obakeng Nyokong sat down with Thabo Seshoka, Absa’s Associate Art Curator, to learn more about how the Absa Gallery will bring the diversity, boldness and
tête-à-tête
tête-à-tête positions the exhibition as the culmination of a series of intimate conversations, or back-and-forth exchanges that take place during the process of thinking about, making and showing art. From
A Letter To My 22-Year-Old Self
Through an eye-opening new exhibition at the Absa Gallery from 11 November 2018 to 25 January 2019, Banele Khoza shines the light on the difficulties experienced by young creatives trying
Performances of Memory
Onyis Martin, who won a merit award at the 2016 L’Atelier, will be showing his latest solo show Performances of Memory at the Absa Gallery in Johannesburg from 7 August
Absa Art Gallery
About: Banking is not something you usually associate with art – yet, as you walk into the Absa Towers North building in the Johannesburg CBD, you are struck by the
New Dispensation: A solo exhibition by Pat Sithole
Pat Sithole’s latest solo exhibition, New Dispensation will be shown at the Absa Gallery from 8 July to 3 August 2018. Creative Feel has been following Sithole’s career ever since
2016 Absa L’Atelier winner Nourhan Maayouf heads to SA for solo exhibition
Being named the overall winner in the 2016 Absa L’Atelier art competition didn’t only change Nourhan Maayouf’s life as an artist, it provided part of the inspiration for the young
Donald Wasswa brings an unusual future world to life in Degenerative Evolution of the Living solo exhibition
Creative expression meets future science in Degenerative Evolution of the Living – the mindblowing new solo exhibition from Absa L’Atelier 2016 Merit Award winner, Ugandan Donald Wasswa. Intriguing and provocative,
Encore: Thabo Seshoka
Thabo Seshoka is the recently appointed Assistant Art Curator for Absa. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Absa Gallery, while concurrently curating one of the
Another chance for you to enter L’Atelier
L’Atelier is Africa’s most prestigious art competition and it has launched the careers of many young artists from across the African continent over the years. They’re inviting you to enter
Absa Gallery hosts August House group exhibition
As part of the Absa Gallery’s ongoing commitment to supporting young African visual artists and assist them in positively growing their careers, the Absa Gallery will host the exhibition, Talking
The 2017 Absa L’Atelier: A bright future for African art
The Absa L’Atelier is one of Africa’s most prestigious and revered art competitions. Each year, it provides young visual artists aged 21 to 35 with the opportunity to develop their
Of Mothers and Others
Kenyan artist, Maral Bolouri, has been announced as the overall winner of the prestigious Absa L’Atelier 2017. Born in 1982, Maral Bolouri has a BA (Fine Arts) from Tehran University
RE-collecting and RE-membering
Ruann Coleman’s recent solo exhibition Certain Lengths at SMAC Gallery attracted great interest and confirmed once again his status as one of South Africa’s most promising artists. After last year’s
Women in the Arts
Lore Watterson is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Creative Feel Magazine South African women are celebrated during August and without even trying to publish a ‘women’ issue, Creative Feel did just that;
Sandman
Following three months at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris as part of her 2015 Absa L’Atelier Gerard Sekoto Award, Natalie Moore will be exhibiting Sandman at the Absa Gallery in
Artists confess South Africans’ ‘search engine secrets’
If you had to take a snapshot of South Africans’ statistically most-searched-for topics according to Google over a year, what would it look like? Visitors to the Absa Gallery in
hunter-gatherer, an exhibition by Kai Lossgott
In a human-made era of global social and ecological challenges, when that which we call ‘the environment’ is urban for almost all our planet’s human inhabitants, the artist asks what
Top L’Atelier artists confess South Africans’ ‘search engine secrets’
If you had to take a snapshot of South Africans’ statistically most-searched-for topics according to Google over a year, what would it look like? Visitors to this year’s KKNK arts
Between a Life and its Dream
An inside look into life in the ghettos of Ghana and a glimpse at the themes that typify these places, is what visitors to the Absa Gallery in Johannesburg can
Absa Gallery spotlights fascinating artists’ books in Bibliophilia
Lovers of fine, contemporary South African art will get a rare glimpse inside the minds of some of the country’s top visual artists this month when the intriguing Bibliophilia …
Lehlogonolo Mashaba’s huge mural towers
Lehlogonolo Mashaba’s huge mural towers above visitors to the Absa Gallery at their head offices in Joburg. Mashaba, whose work entitled Re-form VI, is featured on the cover
25: A Contemporary Art Auction with Bag Factory
25: A Contemporary Art Auction will be taking place at the Absa Art Gallery on 17 November, in celebration of the Bag Factory’s 25th anniversary Founded in 1991, the Bag Factory was one