Seven contemplations on Babel Miranthe Staden GarbettNovember 2023 Contemplation 1: Out of nowhere, the mind comes forth Once upon a time, in a latter-day Babel, an artist created her own genesis story; offering an original response to the kōan-type riddle of how...
INTRODUCTION TO SUPER/NATURALAzu Nwagbogu There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5 SUPER/NATURAL by Barbara Wildenboer explores the boundaries of what is known...
SUPER / NATURAL The text below is a condensed version of ‘A Strange Gaze: SUPER/NATURAL Unveiled’, a catalogue essay written by Miranthe Staden Garbett for Barbara Wildenboer’s (un)lucky 13ᵗʰ solo exhibition that was hosted by Everard Read in Cape Town in November...
Making peace with too much ‘stuff’ – Review in the September 2017 edition of Art Africa Magazine The word “excess” best describes our contemporary life; our consumerist information driven society. Whether you are rich or poor it seems existence and...
Invisible, Intangible, Insensible: Barbara Wildenboer’s ‘The Invisible Gardener’ written for Artthrob by Amie Soudien for Artthrob on 1 June 2017. Barbara Wildenboer’s second exhibition with Everard Read/CIRCA Cape Town, is dedicated to the invisible hand that...
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