Day 26 . 18 .05.2011

Unexpected Wednesdays

Today was one of those unplanned days. My family and I woke up early in the morning, went to go vote, and after treated ourselves to a lovely breakfast at Tasha’s in Constantia Village. We split up and went our separate ways to do the things we had planned to do individually and then met up to attend an exhibition, by someone who is very close to the family, Zwelethu Mthethwa.

Just a few hours ago, we attended the opening of the exhibition “New Works’, which was held at iART Gallery, 71 Loop Street, and will be running until the 29 June 2011. The collection of work displayed was divided into two categories, ‘The end of an era’ and ‘the brave ones’. Both extremely strong concepts and each image beautifully captured his vision accurately.

Thembinkosi Goniwe clearly states that in this series of works, “The former engages with young Shembe devotees participating in the annual church ceremony of a group found predominantly in KwaZulu-Natal, while the latter reflects on the living conditions of migrant workers laboring in the mines and industrial firms of urban areas of Johannesburg and Durban” in the short notes in Zwelethu Mthethwa’s photography of interiors and exteriors.

Here are some of the images from tonight.

                                      'The brave ones' and 'The end of an era" collection

                                                                My father and my mother

My sister Latoya

                                                                      My sister Naledi

                                                                           The ladies

                                                        Naledi taking the lead yet again

                                                            The girls and our old man

                                            Zwelethu Mthethwa and thats me on the right

We ended off the night, at a restaurant near-by, with some fine wine and good food. Thanks for the great conversation and much needed laughs fam.

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