Artist reconnects with photo-realism
Friday, March 02, 2018
And many admirers of art in Botswana get fascinated by artists who paint or draw a photograph exactly as it is.
A 24-year-old from Ramotswa is a photo-realist painter who creates images that refer not to nature but to its reproduced images.
When claims of such gravity are made, especially by a sitting Assistant Minister they cannot be brushed aside, delayed, or treated as routine political noise. Even the Ombudsman has confirmed receipt of a report from a political party and a review of these complaints is now underway. That is a necessary first step. But it is only the beginning. The seriousness of the allegations demands urgency, transparency and clarity. The public is entitled to...