Thapong displays intriguing artworks
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 70 Views |
Artworks on display at Thapong Visual Arts Centre PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The Summit had attracted the world’s most elite young entrepreneurs and game-changers to the capital city, Gaborone, as such the management of Thapong saw it as an opportunity to cash on the occasion.
A visit to the exhibition on Wednesday was not a disappointing one as I was intrigued by the immense talent on show. On display was an array of different yet brilliant artworks done on different mediums such as digital illustration, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, contemporary sculpture, fine art, metallic sculpture and multimedia and portrait.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...