Part 1 – The Quiet Years 2014 – June 2017 I first visited The Wilds in 2014, despite having lived right next to it for several years. My back windows face the park, but it was so dark and overgrown one couldn’t see in. People in my area regarded it as an extremely dangerous place…
I have a large studio at Victoria Yards, the century-old complex of old steam laundry buildings which has been converted into artists’ and makers’ studios, planted with vegetable gardens and fruit trees. It’s in the suburb of Lorentzville, on the eastern edge of downtown Joburg. Vic Yards is open every day and visitors are welcome…
Making prints of Joburg’s old manhole covers, with Pablo and crew. The best places to work were downtown in the CBD, around Harrison and Fox Streets, and Parktown – these are old areas, which have the best old covers.
This is where I used to work, with a view over the sprawling city of Johannesburg and its powerful skies.
With Wayne Barker and his team at the “Famous International Gallery” in Troyeville, Joburg, making the Ghosts silkscreens.
Creation: The Unearthing of the Ancient exhibition in the Toto Gallery, Johannesburg. Watch the Video
