Within the walls of the idyllic NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus rests an exhibition of works by Joe Turpin titled When the Dust Settles, an exploration of memories, loss and mourning. When the Dust Settles opens the door to, not
The research entity Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs (ViNCO) at North-West University (NWU) recently announced the opening of an exhibition titled Stairways and Ruins, hosted at the NWU Gallery in Potchefstroom. The exhibition comprises installations, paintings, and moving images by 23 established and emerging artists,
Two collaborative and engaging new group exhibitions come to the North-West University (NWU) Gallery this August, namely Attached to the Soil and Feminism ya Mang, Feminism Yethu, Feminism Yani, showing at NWU’s Main Gallery and Botanical Gallery respectively. Attached to the Soil (11 August –
Andile Bhala is a documentary and street portrait photographer from Soweto who is perhaps best-known for his evocative portraits and depictions of the people of South Africa and the places they inhabit, from Soweto to Johannesburg city. Charging much of Bhala’s work is a rich
A group exhibition featuring Khotso Mahloma, Lesego Moncho and Ras Silas, O Mang, O Tswa Kae, O Ya Kae? explores the willingness of expressing vulnerability of one’s experiences, memories and healing. The exhibition at North West University (NWU) Gallery does not only invite you on to
Leihlo la Sechaba (Eye of The People) is an expressive group exhibition intended to showcase the talent that South African townships have in the form of artists and creatives. The participating artists are Andile Bhala, Sebastian Legoete and Rooney Saaed. The exhibition has a simultaneous
Oupa Sibeko is a multi-award-winning interdisciplinary artist who harnesses play and ritual to explore the politics of the body through performance. For Sibeko, the body is a contested site of labour, identity, agency and affect. Performance, then, is an attempt at resolving or puzzling out
The NWU Gallery presents Unsettling the Single Society, an exhibition co-curated by Amohelang Mohajane, Boitumelo Makousu, Nokukhanya Khumalo and Tsepang Bereng using the NWU Collection. The exhibition is inspired by the 2022 African Critical Inquiry Workshop (ACIP) titled Unsettling the Single Society and opened as
This April sees NWU Gallery present a new exhibition curated by artist Oupa Sibeko. The exhibition, supported by NWU’s Facing Race Week campaign, opened as a virtual exhibition on 6 April 2022. Titled Quality/Inequality, the exhibition ‘invites celebratory imaginations which seeks an artistic expression and
Two exhibitions are currently being show at the North West University (NWU) Galleries, namely Mike Mzileni: A photographic archival journey and Inganekwane. The exhibitions prize the medium of photography and its ability to present a nuanced and enduring account of both historical and contemporary South
The University of North West (NWU) Gallery will host two photographic exhibitions this 12 February – 21 March 2022, namely Mike Mzileni: A photographic archival journey at the NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery, and Inganekwane at the NWU Main Gallery. Mike Mzileni: A photographic archival journey
It has been a rich and busy year for the North West University (NWU) Gallery. Over the course of 2021, Creative Feel has had the pleasure of reporting on a number of the institution’s innovative and engaging solo and group exhibitions across its various spaces.
The interrogation of issues around identity and belonging are central to Malose Pete’s solo exhibition Art Language of my Forefathers. Currently on show at the North-West University (NWU) Gallery, the exhibition comprises paintings that use soil as a primary material. ‘The artworks are made from
Currently on show at the NWU Gallery is Not Another Hair Show, a group exhibition that brings together a wide range of artists and mediums, and stems from research conducted by academic, art historian, and curator Tshegofatso Seoka. Following the launch of the virtual and
Smile Artists Africa, in collaboration with the North-West University (NWU) Gallery are celebrating Women’s Month with a showcase of the Mantariana Mbokodo Musings (MMM) exhibition, held at the Potchefstroom Campus of NWU from 9 August – 17 September 2021. A group exhibition featuring women artists
Smile Artists Africa, in collaboration with the North-West University (NWU) Gallery celebrates Women’s Month with a showcase of the Mantariana Mbokodo Musings (MMM) Art Exhibition to be held at the Potchefstroom Campus of the NWU from 9 August 2021 – 17 September 2021. ‘Mantariana’ celebrates
A new group exhibition opens at the NWU Art Gallery this August. Titled, Not Another Hair Show¸ the exhibition is derived from the dissertation titled: Hair Politics: An Examination of the Aesthetics of Black Female Hair in the Work of Select African Artists. Written by
On show at the NWU gallery from 15 May – 15 June 2021, a new exhibition showcases the NWU Art Collection and includes works by artists such as Phoka Nyokong, Katlego Tlabela, Jonel Scholtz and more. Titled The Fourth Industrial Revolution, this exhibition is a
Visual artist Helena Uambembe’s solo exhibition PIM PAM PUM is on show at the NWU gallery from 15 May – 15 June 2021. In this accompanying text, Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa looks at how PIM PAM PUM explores the fictive potential of looking at the past
A new online exhibition opened at the NWU Botanical Garden Gallery this March. Titled We Will Rise Again, the exhibition is a solo show by Nditsheni Managa and highlights, amongst other things, the resilience of the informal sector practitioners. NWU Gallery curator Amohelang Mohajane provides
Ikhaya Lika Moya, which opened at the North West University (NWU) Gallery on 14 February 2021 and runs until 28 March 2021, is a debut solo show by the visual artist Sethembiso Zulu. Below, the exhibition’s curator Senzeni Marasela shares a few words about the
The North-West University (NWU) Gallery recently opened its latest digital exhibition, Raconteur, a collection of artworks by alumni and lecturers from NWU created in response to or during the COVID-19 pandemic. Creative Feel spoke to NWU Gallery Curator Amohelang Mohajane to learn a bit more
In the broad understanding of the term, a raconteur connotes an impeccable and skilful storyteller. Such is what we are presented with in this noteworthy exhibition, composed of alumni and lecturers from the North-West University (NWU). We see the kind of storytelling that is mindful,
Pat Sithole was born in 1970, in Kwa-Thema, Springs. Sithole had some instructions and great influence from his uncle Lucas Sithole. Lucas Sithole (1931 – 1994), is a South African sculptor best known for his work in mainly indigenous woods, as well as for his
The MTN SA Foundation, in partnership with Durban-based non-profit organisation: Amazwi Abesifazane – Voices of Women Museum (VoWM), hosted an art exhibition dubbed Dreams, Wishes and Expectations, as part of its community outreach programme and contribution to social dialogue. This programme is another product of
Business and Arts South Africa’s announcement of the 44 finalists for the prestigious annual BASA Awards. Business and Arts South Africa’s announcement of the 44 finalists for the prestigious annual BASA Awards is especially significant this year as the ceremony celebrates two decades of business