Exhibitions Celebrate Women's Month
August 19, 2004 | Levent OZLER
The National Cultural History Museum has launched four exhibitions to celebrate women.
The exhibitions, celebrating Women's Month, include traditional African textiles, oil paintings combined with bead work, ceramics and quilt work.
Among the exhibitions, which run until the end of August, are quilt works by internationally acclaimed artist, Roy Starke, who is taking the lead by combining various media in his work.
The emphasis is on textures, composition and storytelling.
Every artwork on display has its own story hidden in small
detail.
Colour and shape work together to construct flowing lines.
Artists Susan Smuts and Mavis Maselola are exhibiting several oil paintings in vivid colours portraying the different roles of women in society.
Khangas are traditional African cloths that communicate and transmit various significant design, colour and other messages.
The exhibition, Khangas: A Homage to Life, is an expression by design students from the Tshwane University of Technology's (TUT) department of textile design and technology, creating innovative visuals with a clear HIV/Aids awareness message.
According to a lecturer in the department, Carla Wasserthal, the traditional African khanga is a simple cloth found throughout Africa and often used as a body or head wrap
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