SMAC Gallery Podcasts

In this episode, Rosie Mudge and Asher Daniel discuss Mudge's solo booth, Battle Cries On The Dance Floor, at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair. They speak about her use of mainstream music and lyrics in her practice to bring the often elitist and exclusionary world of contemporary art into a realm that is more accessible and relatable

In this episode curator, Gcotyelwa Mashiqa is joined by artists, Pyda Nyariri and Stephané Conradie in a reflexive discussion unpacking Black Luminosity, a recent group exhibition by SMAC Gallery in Stellenbosch.

In this episode, we join Callan Grecia and Zander Blom,  in Blom's Cape Town studio. The two discuss the process of building worlds, the ever-changing function of art, and the importance of identifying their pursuits.

In this episode, Bonolo Kavula sits down with Jabulile Dlamini-Qwesha to discuss dealing with the fear of the unknown, the importance of perspective, and the personal experiences that informed Kavula’s process leading up to her debut solo exhibition, ‘sewedi sewedi.

In this episode, Frances Goodman and Keely Shinners discuss Goodman’s solo, Uneventful Days, in the days leading up to the exhibition opening. Considering community in times of physical distance, Goodman finds new ways of engaging portraiture through performative self-expression by inviting her subjects to send her self-images taken at home when South Africa experienced social isolation in the height of the Covid pandemic.

In this episode of SMAC Gallery's podcast, Cyrus Kabiru & Amogelang Maledu discuss inspirations behind Kabiru's practice, from Familial experiences to environmentalism, and how his sculptures function between fashion, art, and Afrofuturism.

In this episode of SMAC Gallery's podcast  Musa N. Nxumalo & Khanyisile Mbongwa discuss Nxumalo's current exhibition at SMAC Gallery in Cape Town as well as ideas of positionality, blackness and gender based violence in South Africa.

In this Episode of SMAC Gallery's podcast Chechu Álava & Nkgopoleng Moloi discuss History and Beauty and how the two inform Álava's unique approach to painting.

In this Episode of SMAC Gallery's podcast, Amogelang Maledu and Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa discuss ideas of memory and remembrance in relation to Chiwa's personal and familial experiences, through and around the night.

In this episode of SMAC Gallery's podcast, Nkgopoleng Moloi and Alexandra Karakashian discuss Karakashian's relationship to medium and practice and how the two inform her trademark living paintings.