Visual artist celebrates late mother's birthday
Monday, June 26, 2023 | 170 Views |
'Ke Dinaledi Art Exhibition' was held in collaboration with Masa Protea Hotel and the RDC Property group PICS: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The event set up was breath taking and a number of visual art lovers came in numbers to witness the pair’s masterpieces. Most of the paintings revealed the beauty of women. Prince Tom also exhibited his childhood memory painting dubbed Memoirs of My Childhood that depicted boys playing with old car tyres.
One of the breath taking paintings on the display was that of an African woman with her Afro hair nicely styled and leteisi (German print) fabric that was attached to the painting. While some people enjoyed viewing the beautiful artworks, sipping on their beverages and enjoying the good RnB and Hip Hop beats, some feasted their eyes on the artists as they did body painting on some young women. Others took pictures with the artists. As art fanatics, many of those that attended the event dressed to make a statement.
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...