12 Labours: Transgressive tour de force
In rainbow stockings and severe glittering stilettos, a thick notebook clutched under his arm, Gavin Krastin, this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist of the year (we better name the bank … Read More
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Arcade: Indelibly disruptive
The irony of a live art exhibition like Arcade being held at an old power station is not lost on me. Socio-political analysis is my unforgiving mistress. So standing at … Read More
Profile: Arcade – Across the threshold
ADVERTISEMENT If you want to know what the mainstream will be up to in five to ten years time, check out the avant-garde, the artists who are on the edge. … Read More
Black or white, it’s all dark
Performance art is radical. It has broken away from the formal illusion of theatre to create work which is shockingly real. Artists put their bodies on the line to express … Read More
Uneasy packaging
When it comes to performance art, I’m at a bit of a loss. The genre itself, only recently adopted by the National Arts Festival as part of its programming, is … Read More