Artist and Architect, Elke le Roux, shares here her learnings and lessons from the past year, her self examination from Africa… her Afrospection. Looking Back… Q: How would you describe your 2017? A: It was a year full of new challenges, experiences and it was great! still is! Q: What was something good that came out of 2017? A: There were …
With her father as an ambassador to Namibia, Isabel Katjavivi was exposed to politics early on in life; this is what led her to study international relations but visual art called to her, the unspoken conversation that needed to be had. Drawing from her cultural history, her family history and the past that needs to be seen, looked at and …
Nicky Marais’ artwork is known for telling the story of the Namibian landscape, and the social and political history of the Namibian people. Her most recent collection, that adorned the walls of the National Art Gallery of Namibia’s Main Gallery and was titled Presence In Absence, saw this acclaimed Namibian artist, and Lecturer at the College of the Arts, explore …
Curator of Collections at the National Art Gallery of Namibia and Artist, Gina Figueira, joined us in studio for this episode of the MYD Show. “Artists are giving something of themselves in their art making, and that’s a vulnerability that you produce when you open yourself up for that sharing, and I think that it’s only though making yourself vulnerable …
“Don’t judge art you haven’t taken a moment to feel. Art you don’t Understand. Art that makes you uncomfortable. That’s the kind of art that leaves a mark, the kind of art that changes your life forever.” JuliART is a Namibian artist and nude photographer, whose art made us reflect on all that art is, and the freedom that art …
“Knowing that I put everything out there, did not hold back and left it all on the dance floor.” Elke Le Roux is fast becoming a significant name when it comes to Art in Namibia. Already highly sought after for commissioned work and with two successful Namibia exhibitions under her belt, this artistic force to be reckoned with is proving …
“I am balanced by absorbing beauty, by absorbing golden light on the grass and by absorbing what it feels like when I walk barefoot on the earth.” Wildlife artist from Germany, Annika Funke, came to Namibia for the first time in 2008. It was love at first sight, well first with the wildlife here and then with her soon-to-be Namibian …