Robyn Penn makes an epic cloud print
Blogger: Jessie Cohen 01/02/16 “I find clouds a sublime metaphor for the transience of the moment, and, in the spirit of the Romantics, they are…
Abstract artist Luis Alonzo-Barkigia battles with the elements to make watercolour monotypes in the wild
17.12.15 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Mexican born mixed media artist Luis Alonzo-Barkigia returned to Arts on Main (AOM) last week to finalize a set of watercolour monotypes which he made on…
Architectural Printmaking with Lorenzo Nassimbeni
Blogger: Jessie Cohen 10.10.15 On entering the AOM workshop, architect-come-fine-artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni is already in work mode, pacing with a mug and a pen while…
Up-and-coming artist Keneilwe Mokoena visits AOM 2015-12
08.12.15 Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming young up-and-coming artist, Keneilwe Mokoena, to the workshop to carve some test plates. Mokoena is from…
AOM: Control is the word
Activities (and weather conditions) are heating up at AOM before we shut our doors for 2015. The team multi-task in order to complete their projects…
Defence and deception in the modern South African battlefield: Stephen Hobbs on his etching suite, Buildings, bombs, bunkers and clouds 2015-11
27.11.15 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Visual artist and cultural producer Stephen Hobbs is well known for his war-design-inspired public artwork through which he probes the very real,…
Aida Muluneh: Reframing the Art of Ethiopia, the African Continent, and the African Diaspora
The following is a statement made by Aida Muluneh about her participation in the group exhibition, The Divine Comedy, Contemporary African Artists (2014) hosted and…
A Luis Alonzo-Barkigia special at AOM
24.11.15 Blogger & photographer: Jessie Cohen It’s almost Christmas but the pace at AOM is not letting up. Master printer Jillian Ross is back in…
It’s “gym time” as work gets physically demanding but strong backs and weak minds won’t cut it at AOM…
18.11.15 Blogger & photographer: Jessie Cohen At this time of year, printers at AOM are wrapping up projects from 2015. The atmosphere is light but…
“In this profession, a millimetre matters”: Printing with precision at AOM
It’s another scorching day at AOM and printer Kim-Lee Loggenberg is in the workshop bright and early, ready to roll. This week Kim-Lee is editioning…
Printmaking in the “armpit of America”: Stephen Hobbs on his whirl-wind lecture tour of the United States 2015-11
Blogger: Jessie Cohen 2015-11 On returning to Johannesburg after an intensive three-week lecture and printmaking tour of the US, Stephen Hobbs is buzzing with enthusiasm…
Aida Muluneh at Lumières d’Afrique
12.11.2015 Aida Muluneh has been invited to participate in Lumières d’Afrique, a group exhibition where 54 world-renowned artists, one for each country on the great…