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In this episode, we hear from artist and illustrator Zhi Zulu on her silkscreen edition titled 'Bridge over troubled giraffe (2020).' Zulu created this silkscreen print during her second collaboration with the David Krut Workshop (DKW) this year (2020), and the work was presented for the first time at the Turbine Art Fair. 'Bridge Over Troubled Giraffe' is part of a growing series of silkscreens, inspired by the artist’s experience of African stories being told for tourists and foreigners. The images convey a humourous take on stereotypical, inaccurate and fantastical tales that foreigners sometime believe of wild animals walking in the streets of Johannesburg, or people keeping them as pets.

This print collaboration was started just before the South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown began in March 2020 and with lack of access to digitally printed positives it was necessary to hand draw the artwork to expose onto the screens for printing. This required Zhi handing over some of the making process to the printers on the project. In a way, this brought the work back to the most traditional sense of printmaking.

In this episode, we hear directly from Zhi about this series of prints, her use of colour and humour, collaborating with the David Krut Workshop team of printers over lockdown and the difference between silkscreen and digital printing.

Listen to the previous podcast - Zebra Crossing: https://davidkrutprojects.com/52401/david-krut-podcast-artist-series-e29-zhi-zulu-zebra-crossing

Read the workshop blog: https://davidkrutprojects.com/58663/bridge-over-troubled-giraffe

Pebofatso Mokoena - Internal Probes: Reading a Body
Listening Time | 10 min

In this podcast episode, David Krut Podcast host Britt Lawton spoke to Pebofatso Mokoena in a remote interview considering the early closure of his solo exhibition titled Internal Probes (Open 27 February 2020). The exhibition closed early in accordance with the national lock down order from the South African government in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Here, Pebofatso Mokoena speaks about ideas of reading a body – be it a body of artworks or a human body – in a particular context. Pebofatso considers how different interpretations of his artwork can be made by viewers based on their own understanding and rational comparisons. He also elaborates on the conceptual influence of his residency in Tehran in 2018.

The podcast episode image is a detail from Mokoena’s artwork Early Morning Super Models, 2020 which poses relevant questions in reflecting on South Africa’s national shutdown, “Stay at home or leave?”


Look out for the David Krut Workshop DO-IT-AT-HOME kids’ activity, posted on our social media platforms on 3 April 2020. Pebofatso Mokoena, Master Printer Jillian Ross and Printer Sarah Hunkin will show you how to make your own flying spacecrafts from home. This activity includes step-by-step photos for you and your child, inspired by Mokoena’s individual style and mark making. Check out our instagram and Facebook pages @DavidKrutProjects

Take a listen to Pebofatso Mokoena in an earlier episode of the David Krut Podcast| Internal Probes with Pebofatso Mokoena

Podcast episode hosted and produced by Britt Lawton. The David Krut Podcast is a production of David Krut Projects. For more information, please visit our website www.davidkrutprojects.com and Facebook / Instagram @Davidkrutprojects

In this episode, Erin and Mthabisi from David Krut Projects discuss our latest showcase titled 'Treasure Trove'at the Blue House - 151 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood.
Treasure Trove is
a collection or store of valuable or delightful things.

A continuation of a previous David Krut Projects (DKP) showcase of almost sold-out prints from David Krut Workshop (DKW) collaborations through the years; the Blue House at 151 Jan Smuts Avenue presents Treasure Trove.

Mentioned artworks include Diane Victor’s Springbokkie-Trojan,from her Birth Of A Nation series; a suite of ten etchings using imagery derived from classical mythology and adapted to a South African context of visuality.
Find out more about the series here: http://davidkrutprojects.com/46258/birth-of-a-nation-set-by-diane-victor

Another feature is by international artist RaQuel Van Haver who was invited to spend a week at DKW making prints. During her time in studio, she began a new body of work, the definition of a system; where she depicted topics about global migration, systematic oppression, military forces, refugees and politics.
Find out more here: http://davidkrutprojects.com/artists/44391/raquel-van-haver

Treasure Trove continues our look into the DKW archive via the Blue House at 151 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood. You’ll also find other works and exciting books from the David Krut Bookstore.

This is a special edition episode where Serbian born artist Maja Maljević is under interrogation by Master Printer Jillian Ross. Majević's artist practice and exhibition - Polytekton - are brought into question. To find out more about the exhibition visit:

http://davidkrutprojects.com/exhibitions/48636/polytekton-by-maja-maljevic

00:40 - Audio from the Interrogation between Jillian Ross and Maja Maljević
02:00 - Who is Maja Maljević?
05:18 - I have a photograph of your studio...
06:10 - What is Polytekton?
07:55 - Documents for the People
09:10 - Petit Fours
10:00 - Is Painting an honest pursuit?
10:43 - Can we trust you?

Elize de Beer and Lorenzo Nassimbeni talk about his latest ventures in art since moving to Cape Town from Johannesburg.

The current body of work that Nassimbeni is making is in preparation for his upcoming solo exhibition at David Krut Proejcts in Johannesburg, in October.

In this podcast he talks about the process behind this new body of work and what is to come.