Born in 1973 in South Africa, Dion Cupido is largely self taught.
In 1998 he started exhibiting at the Peanut Gallery. In 2003 he joined the Arts & Media Access Centre’s (AMAC) professional development program, where he won the Truworths AMAC Academy of the Visual Arts award.
2011 was a good year at the Worldart gallery in Cape Town. Despite the economic climate being as volatile as it is, we stayed on our feet and enjoyed what we do. The one thing that stood out most was the discovery of new artists whom the gallery started working with. The wealth of new talent and potential out there was particularly good to see.
These artists whom we worked with stood out:
Worldart is pleased to announce the opening of a solo exhibition by Samson Mnisi at its gallery in Cape Town on 21 November 2011.
The exhibition will consist of recent paintings and the title, Momentum Rituals, refers to rituals that give us the ability to function effectively and help understanding our environment better.
Read MoreKilmany-Jo Liversage was recently nominated to create a site-specific artwork for Nando’s International in Bethesda, Washington DC. This is what it looks like.
Read MorePictured above is both the diagram and Zenzile’s artwork.
“The work references a 1528 diagram, by the artist Albrecht Dürer, who wrote a book on human proportions. He invented this formula to help one drawing a head of an African. How odd!
Read MoreWorldart is hosting an exhibition of street art inspired paintings by Ricky Lee Gordon (aka Freddy Sam) and Paul Senyol from 20 August to 3 September 2011 at its Cape Town gallery in Church Street.
Read MoreAyanda Mabulu has returned from a three-month residency in China which culminated with a solo exhibition hosted by the Chensia Museum in Wuhan, central China. The artwork pictured above was not allowed to be shown as they felt it may offend the government officials who were scheduled to attended the exhibition. Mabulu then smuggled the work out of China in a newspaper. It can be viewed at the Worldart gallery in Cape Town.
Read MorePhotographer Dale Yudelman is the first winner of the newly established Ernest Cole Award for photography in South Africa. On 30 June the adjudication committee chose his project – “From the Hip”, from a final selection of five entries.
Following the success of his solo exhibition at the Worldart gallery in Cape Town in November 2010, Ayanda Mabulu was invited by the Chenshia Art Foundation to travel to China. Besides the opportunity to meet and engage with local artists and a studio to work in, this exchange program also makes provision for a solo exhibition at the Chenshia Museum in the city of Wuhan. With a population of more than nine million people, Wuhan is the most populous city in Central China. It has existed for more than 3000 years and has long been renowned as a center for the arts and intellectual studies.
Read MoreZolani Siphungela is young, black and disappointed. “I look around me and I see emptiness in people’s eyes” says Siphungela, who is convinced that this emptiness is caused by the excessive pursuit of money. “No matter whether one is rich or poor, has it or wants it, the result remains the same: an empty soul. It robs us of our culture, our dignity and our humanity”.
Read MoreWith street art being one of the most talked about genres today, some struggle to differentiate the Banksy’s from the bunch.
No surprise then that super talented artist Kilmany-Jo Liversage aka Orda has taken her outstanding portfolio a step further with street art as the key influence. The result is a body of work that is edgy and energetic but also very hang-able.
Read MoreCape Town based artist Gavin Rain has been invited to exhibit at the 2011 Venice Biennale. The biennale, considered by many to be the most important event on the international art calendar, takes place biannually in Venice, Italy and will run from June 4th – November 27th, 2011.
Read MoreBeautiful world is a limited edition of seven original hand-made artist’s books by contemporary South African artist Christiaan Diederichs as a special extension of a larger edition of fine art prints by the same title. Each unique book contains seven original drypoint engravings and seven Afrikaans poems (with english translations) by contemporary South African author Johann de Lange. Hayden Proud at SANG (South African National Gallery in Cape Town) wrote the concise artist’s biography and the preface is penned by well-known cape Town psychiatrist Dr. Eugene Vorster.
Read MoreThe iconic image of Che Guevara has become a symbol of revolt, freedom and social change all over the world and a mass produced, popular culture image . This specific image is now seen as more recognizable as the Mona Lisa and has taken on an energy that surpasses even the real person depicted. This grid of Che faces depicts him as a warrior with Maori and prison tattoos hinting at the duel function of the source material: revolution warrior imprisoned by mass popularity.
Read MoreWorldart is pleased to announce the exhibition of a body of abstract paintings by Dave Robertson, titled concrete trails, urban tales. The title refers to the artists’ fascination with marks and textures visible on urban structures, which range from graffiti painted over to scratches left by motorists.
Controversial artist Ayanda Mabulu’s latest artwork went on display today (21 Feb 2011) in Cape Town’s second annual public arts festival called Infecting the city. The installation piece, titled Numerals of funerals (it is too early to forget) features an old South African flag, a toilet bowl with the words “Kaffers only” painted in big black letters on it, a rotten piece of carcass, military objects like bandoliers, bullets and a rifle, an open Bible and pictures of Eugene Terreblanche and the AWB.
The sight where the artwork was on view was at the Cape Town station and people crowded around it all day, with some very vocal in expressing their views on the piece. The installation was scheduled for one day only.
