Slightly Off Centre
is an exhibition of recent works by Themba Shibase, produced for the National
Arts Festival’s official programme in Grahamstown. The exhibition runs until
July 12.
In Slightly Off Centre,
Shibase presents politicians, business tycoons, captains of industry and professional
trouble-makers to highlight the contentious ideological issues facing
contemporary (African) society.
Shibase is critical of an outmoded African patriarchal
culture in which the regnant masculine ideals of authority, strength and
dominance have given rise to a society based on male sexual entitlement, the
abuse of women in the private realm, and dictatorial violence and corruption in
the public realm.
In this body of work, Shibase seeks to engage “the
underlying issues behind the slow pace of development on this continent”, where
advance is retarded by hierarchical systems which extend to business, commerce
and domestic life.
The exhibition runs until July 12 during the National Arts
Festival at the Rhodes School of Fine Art’s Studio Gallery in Somerset Street, Grahamstown.
NAF Visual Arts Committee member Mandie van der Spuy will be
conducting a walkabout on July 7 at 10h00. Tickets available on the NAF website
and App. For more information visit www.nationalartsfestival.co.za
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