ALL HAIL QUEEN LEE!

Lee Kasumba and the Gallery on 4th go back to the very beginning (ours, not hers). An embodiment of what it means to ‘Be True’, she was featured as one of the subjects of Liam Lynch’s photographs  for the relaunch of the Nike Dunk in South Africa.

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If you live in Joburg and like Hip-Hop, you’ll know all about Lee’s legendary reputation as DJ, radio personality and ‘Mother of Hip-Hop’ (and her self-proclaimed ability to make rappers cry). Then you’ll also understand our obvious delight in her ongoing patronage of the Gallery (as pictured above with along with Mkay Fresh).

If her name doesn’t ring a bell? Get your head out from under that rock and catch her on Y-fm’s Hip-Hip show, The Bridge, Monday to Thursday, 22h00 – 00h00.

Read more on Lee at Liam’s blog or the Y-fm Website.



Posted on October 14th, 2008 in MUSIC, TELLING STORIES by Rosalie

WORKERS & ROCKERS

The two photographers featured today seem to represent polar opposites in both choice of subject matter and artistic interpretation - with a twist … Whereas Liam Lynch’s photos of the unreal world of the music industry are unforgiving in their realism, Sabelo Mlangeni’s very real subject matter of the dreary daily toil of cleaners and mine workers seem to be touched with a whimsical wand.

 

Liam Lynch

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Liam Lynch has been described at different times as artist, journalist and political science major turned photographer – or simply as a story-teller. If he can be defined as documentarian or story-teller, his ‘stories’ should surely be classified with great literature as his works never fail to convey a deeper narrative than the obvious, with no harsh truths manipulated or obscured by constructed poses and self-conscious subjects. Learn more at: www.questioneverything.co.za or see what he did for the Gallery on 4th.

Sabelo Mlangeni

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Upon moving to the City of Gold to find work he happened to pass by The Market Photographic Workshop, enrolled for a course and thereby started to fulfill his true calling. In 2006 he became the 2nd recipient of the Edward Ruiz Mentorship enabling him to develop the body of work Invisible Women which focuses on the ‘unseen women’ who, like elusive fairies, clean our city streets while others sleep. Learn more at: www.warrensiebrits.co.za or see the work he did for the Nike Be True exhibition.



Posted on May 7th, 2008 in ART, photography by Rosalie

ABOUT TONIGHT

It’s the day of the launch and everything’s running unnervingly smoothly. Shopfitting’s done, artists confirmed and the drinks are on ice.

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Even the list of collaborators for this evening reads like a who’s who in SA’s new school of cool:

DJs Soosh, C-live, Georgeous The Beatbox and the gorgeous DJ Zinhle as well as ultra-hip Sweat X will making the music and setting the mood. Richard de Jager, Lisa Jaffe, Petro Steyn, Sibu, Katherine Mortner and Luke Radloff are our fabulous fashion people. And the art and photos of Stefan Naudé, Marcii Goose, Coenie Sutton, Joh Del, Love and Hate Studio, Kronk, Liam Lynch, Warren van Rensburg, Chris Saunders, Ross Garrett, Sabelo Mhlangeni and Xandre Kriel are guaranteed to stir up thoughts a and feelings even the most passive observer.

Yip. There’s not a glitch in sight and I don’t like it. A bit of power-shedding would be very comforting right about now; better the devil you know and all that. But as we’ve got a generator on standby even that won’t be too much of a mission.



Posted on April 22nd, 2008 in ART, DESIGN, FASHION, MUSIC by Rosalie