Imagine the real

Artist Sipho Ndebele

"We were at the political forefront, showing how black people were living. While the media was censored, we were doing it in our own sweet way"
says Sipho Ndebele from an article in The Star newspaper. Many art works made in South Africa during Apartheid were stolen by foreigners, or artists were conned - by foreigners, and ironically the township artists continued to starve, while the rest of the world got to feel all sorry for South Africa and march around Trafalger Square, for example, even though South Africa didnt have TV so no one knew they were marching around, with police protection. They could have come to South Africa and actually done something. And now South Africa is trying to get the art back, to where it belongs, to be with it's history, rather than languishing overseas where it shouldn't be, especially as they never paid for it in the first place even though they claimed to be anti-apartheid. The artists are still mostly starving.

the cut up drawings aren't

the 1 camelian shrunk in the sun

freeing the aeroplanes

12-12-6 something

a foot or a hand

the well drawing today

Moroka Swallows

showing the skeleton of the monument with a bit of exosceleton. so far.

the new monument. this morning.

the sky

O.K.

miss helen martins the owl house

this is from the owl house. SA's version of Niki de Saint Phalle.

the small paintings now

start of 3 small paintings

about 6 X 6 inches each,the idea is that they'll grow up to be paintings they are living in their own space pretending to be ansalm kiefer pictures (or george baselitz) they're doing ok so far even if they arent actually george or anselm in real life

made in 19 forty something

the kite flies

the other place

the newspaper sellers and the drum of fire

one of the cooling towers being imploded

the event viewed live on a weekened in the 80's: The Implosion of the Cooling Towers.It was great. the other advantage was first site of the word 'implode' and also 'imploded'

the place of the foot

the Tibetan Snow Lion

the weaver bird

something i dont know what

reaching out to the sun for a while

the paint adds to the drop in property prices

this is the drawing that said the crayons are insufficient at the moment then some paint arrived at the scene all over the place in fact but it doesnt matter as there is already paint everywhere and its a way of adding more colour for free ie without having to decide even if its over expressed to some extent and causes a drop in property prices in the area.

the pictures

the birds

the growing flower with all the petals

the unfinished painting so far

something from here

the lemon drop juice

the drawing

start of the drawing of a sunday

its making itself

Carravagio's Medusa

talking

the GRYPHON

pater familias in a dress

stuff for sublimation

drawing the making of medusa maybe

medusa demands space. imagine space to imagine medusa.
imagine a welding machine. imagine a high high roof and floors full of glue and paint.
imagine big old tables full of stuff. imagine carrying medusa on a bicyle. imagine medusa could choose all the stuff she would be made off. imagine she broke and there was space to rebuild her. imagine some real snakes to draw or freeze. imagine madusa had a satchel full of drawings. imagine medusa couldnt talk. imagine medusa wasnt in wikapedia. imagine medusa had real blood. imagine you never met her.