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 highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...