Lourenço brings ‘The Present, You Present’ to Thapong

Friday, April 19, 2024 | 90 Views |

Visual artist, Dun Lourenço, has explained that her upcoming exhibition at the Thapong Visual Arts Centre on May 4 reflects on the importance of savouring what the present has to offer.

The South Africa-based visual artist is returning to Thapong three years later after her last show here in 2021.

She will showcase her paintings in a show dubbed ‘The Present, You Present’. Describing her upcoming show to Arts&Culture, Lourenço said: “The concept of this show is that each space, person and memory is a gift, a present that we are given.” ‘The Present, You Present’ is a homonym where the word “Present” has two different meanings.

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