“Onthaal Onthul” by Naretha Pretorius 27 June - 16 July 2011

'Onthaal Onthul' is both an invitation to a function/reception/celebration (onthaal) as well as the artist revealing (onthul) critical aspects of this function/reception/celebration the audience is attending. The artist provides analogies and conceptual frameworks by using tea-serving utensils to represent and address various social conducts, concerns and conforms.

The exhibition forms part of her Masters studies in Fine Art at the Durban University of Technology, where she applied an auto/ethnographic and living theories study under the supervision of Professor Joan Conolly and co-supervision of Bronwen Vaughn-Evans.

Naretha Pretorius is currently the vice principal at Vega School of Brand Innovation in Durban where she oversees the academic and quality assurance of the campus as well as lectures the Honours in Brand Leadership students their research module.

"The History of Umkhonto we Sizwe: Told Through Artistic Expression" by Welcome Danca 27 June - 16 July 2011

Danca presents a pictorial history of the Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated "Spear of the Nation, which was the armed wing of the African National Congress who fought against the South African government during Apartheid.

"a history of my life in 100 objects" by Louise Jennings 6 - 25 June 2011

Some of us surround ourselves with things, objects… our possessions. This exhibition is a documentation through paint and clay of the things that forms part of Jennings’ history. They hold a comfortable link with the past….to people and places. The paintings and installations contain a concentrated stillness and inexhaustible presence… they are moments of mental and spiritual mindfulness.

"Anatomy of the Un-seen" by Grace Kotze 6 - 25 June 2011

The “Anatomy of the Un-seen” is an exploration into the notion that the unseen can manifest in the physical. The internal “soul” of a person never goes un-seen, posture, muscle development, voice tenure, expression in the eyes etc. are some of the physical traits that describe the un-seen. This notion strongly resides in the portrait, bewitching in its potential to hold emotion.

The exhibition showcases a selection of faces that provided Kotze with strong clues into the un-seen. More specifically, they were faces that held true to her emotional state at the time of producing the works.

Kotze has known some of the subjects all her life while others she has only met a few times. Each has touched her through their physical selves which reveal what they hold close. The “Anatomy of the Un-seen” is a tribute to the subjects, the courageous nature of the human spirit and its captivating physical self.