38 Special Gallery show burns, as promised

38 Special Gallery show burns, as promised

A show that opened on Friday 13 August at the 38 Special Gallery in downtown Cape Town was burnt last week.

The show's curator Hiem Vasquez says that the show is a statement that artist put their hearts, and lives into making art and meaning for society, they sacrifice all for art, only to be dumped by it.

Vasquez went on to say that that “the fault of the artwork being destroyed is not the fault of the artists, but the fault of people who have money but do not buy art”. Whether their artwork gets sold is up to the public. When interviewed by the SA Art Times Vasquez assured that all the work is made with materials that can burn. Artists that exhibited include: Ayanda Mabulu, Xolile Williams, Khaya Sineyile, Roscoe R Masters, Cinga Samson, Adolf Tega, Aphelele Mlaza, Zolani Siphungela, Godfrey M Ntakana, James Alcock, Jaime Vasquez.

Jaime Vasquez, Godfrey M Ntakana, Ayanda Mabulu, Adolf Tega, Cinga Samson, Zolani Siphungela.

Ayanda Mabulu

Godfrey M Ntakana

Jaime Vasquez (artist and curator of exhibition)

Cinga Samson

Cinga Samson

Zolani Siphungela

Jaime Vasquez, Godfrey M Ntakana, Ayanda Mabulu, Adolf Tega, Cinga Samson, Zolani Siphungela.

Jaime Vasquez (artist and curator of exhibition)