RM Powell
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Milly Peck at Assembly Point, Peckam Peck’s show at Assembly Point seems to be the aesthetic love-child of pop art and minimalism, blending stylised ‘pop’ representation with the colour and shape neutrality of minimalism. Despite the neutral palette of the show – black, white and grey – ‘Pressure Head’ contains visual dynamism created through the…
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*ATOM is a collective founded in Cape Town in 2016. Their aim is to host holistic events, through multi-sensory stimulation, which supports the shift of the social and entertainment scene from a highly stratified state to one of open engagement across social, cultural, economic and political barriers. While this may seem like a mouthful or…
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In the paintings in Wilderness, Layzell’s most recent show, flickers of colour emerge from dark backgrounds. Abstract greens and whites create landscapes from the corner of your eye. The painting facing the street, on the show-wall of Salon 91, shows an abstracted landscape. It is constructed with strokes of Barbie-pinks, deep foreboding purples, guttural greens…
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The ampersand is a misunderstood creature. While many believe it exists primarily for the ‘& sons’ of fathers or the ‘& partners’ of lawyers, the ampersand has a rich history than spans continents, cultures and millennia. The ampersand as we know it is evolved in from humble beginnings. Before we begin, a brief taxonomy and…
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Haunting Streets or Street Hond Kloof Street, Julia Sullivan, watercolour on paper, 2016 Take a walk up Long street, towards the mountain, over Orange st and onto Kloof, passing the Wellness centre, Checkers and Kloof Street Antiques, and you’ll see an impossible world. Impossible if not for the fact it exists. Cape Town, particularly the…
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