ON EARTH WE ARE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS

“This body of work is a dedication. The intention is to celebrate through colour and make known unknown individuals who are making an impact on community. These individuals are not necessarily famous, but the message remains; there is a current of good actions taking place in the world and no deed is too small.”

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Charl Bezuidenhout
REVOL

When Kilmany-Jo Liversage had her first solo exhibition in Cape Town in 2006, it was still unusual for artists to combine urban and graffiti mark making techniques with fine art.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Call for entries

Fancy an exhibition with WORLDART?

Lady Skollie, Michael Taylor and Ayanda Mabulu are just three artists who exhibited at WORLDART early in their careers before they became household names in the art world.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
After the stampede

When a group of people act in a sudden or rash impulse, it often causes a stampede. Whether it is an innocuous craze for fidget spinners or air fryers, or feverish social media support for a political movement, we all get caught up in it.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Problem child

Titled Problem child, this exhibition of paintings features her distinct surreal style where prettiness and sadness lie side by side and Japanese manga-style and graffiti influences set the tone.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
No change! Take Chappies!

“When I was a kid, my mother would send me to the corner shop to buy bread or milk or whatever. If the price came to, say R17.00 and I paid with a R20 note, they wouldn’t give me R3.00 change. He would just say “No change! Take Chappies!” and give me R3.00’s Chappies bubble-gum.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
3 Penny Opera

Nicholas Kerr (aka Dekor_One) ’s first solo exhibition opens on Thursday 3 August at the WORLDART gallery in Cape Town. Kerr is a well-known and respected Johannesburg based street artist whose recently created paintings had been enthusiastically received by lovers of street art. 

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Charl Bezuidenhout
My Precious

Phillip Newman (aka Boytchie)’s first solo exhibition will open on Thursday 3 August at the WORLDART gallery in Cape Town. Newman is a young artist who recently graduated with an Honours Degree (Cum Laude) in fine art.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Worse than heroin

Since its explosion in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. This form of artistic expression has always been associated with subcultures and marginalised groups rebelling against authority and injustice.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Esse

Drawing from diverse influences and a lifelong appreciation for creativity, Weber's artworks challenge traditional perceptions and offer viewers a unique lens through which to engage with the world. Embracing the philosophy that art connects us to the spiritual realm

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Spiritual technology

Magolide Collective looks at the relationship between spirituality and digital technologies. By using Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality as art mediums, the show explores whether this contributes to our experience and understanding of spirituality.

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Charl Bezuidenhout
State of reality

This exhibition explores the notion of reality and perceptions of that reality. One person’s dangerous ghetto is another person’s place of safety. How does my reality compare with our reality, and ultimately; can reality even exist outside of ourselves?

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Charl Bezuidenhout
Legacy

Cape Town based artist Buhle Nkalashe has always been interested in his African cultural heritage, the visual elements associated with it and how it is evolving in response to a developing and changing world. Nkalashe uses his paintings to explore traditional patterns and contribute to more contemporary versions of cultural expression.

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Charl Bezuidenhout