In The Negotiator series, 2021-2023, artist Anna van der Ploeg explores the concept of hidden human interactions, how particular words and body language interpret human…
Tag: Printmaking
[S]insurance, in Man We Trust
In a time where one's possessions appear to be a metric for self-worth, artist Raquel van Haver posits whether materialism is today's glamorized societal transgression.…
Nina Torr’s ‘The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary’
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary 5 – Hardground etching printed on Hahnemuhle Natural 300gsm with Kozo and Arakaji chine collé, collaged etchings printed on Arakaji…
David Krut Podcast: The Printing Girls ep.1/3 – Lyrene Kühn-Botma on Presence and Absence | Listening time 24 minutes
Christa Swanepoel invited Lyrene Kühn-Botma to talk about her involvement in the all-female printing collective The Printing Girls, her conceptual artwork themes and the intricacies…
In the workshop: Nina Torr – Alchemical Collaboration
Text by Roxy Kaczmarek Pretoria-based artist and illustrator Nina Torr has been back and forth between the neighboring cities to work at the David Krut…
October 2022 Print of the Month, ‘The City and the Mountains I & II’ by Roxy Kaczmarek
For the month of September we feature Roxy Kaczmarek’s diptych print The City and the Mountains I and II (2022) that is part of her…
David Krut Podcast: Roxy Kaczmarek – Botanical Sensibilities | Listening time 20 minutes
In this episode, we talk to artist Roxy Kaczmarek about her new body of work and recent exhibition Shifting Positions at David Krut Projects.
September 2022 Print of the Month, ‘Contours’ by Peter Cohen
Peter Cohen is a practising architect with over 30 years of experience and during the lockdown he decided to dedicate more time to making fine…
Printmaking, Art and Film: Boemo Diale on her internship at the David Krut Workshop, Arts on Main
Written by Boemo Diale My first day in the project space was spent mostly observing and watching. The space itself is bright, colourful and wonderfully…
August 2022 Print of the month: ‘The Go Getter’ Mandlenkosi Mavengere
Mandla Mavengere is a Johannesburg-based multidimensional visual artist, whose works speak to the diversity and inequalities of labour, the hardships of migration and the monetary value…
David Krut Podcast: Mandlenkosi Mavengere – Forces of Ambition | Listening Time: 23 minutes
In this episode of the David Krut Podcast, Britt Lawton sits down with Mandla Mavengere to talk about his artistic practice and this series of…
FILM | Event blog: Luke Walker Steelpan Performance
On Saturday the 16th of July the David Krut Bookstore at The Blue House on 151 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, hosted a mesmerizing steelpan performance…