Fashioning Modern Africanism

Botho Project Space is proud to present from 16 th  to 19 th  of February 2023, Bahati Simoens’ first solo show in South Africa through  a Halfway Line through history . With  ‘The Halfway Line’ , a western love-story, Bahati is offering a black-owned story that explores the black cowboys narrative anchored in a South African context. By re-inventing a vision of a community, she shines a spotlight on the whitewashing that Hollywood spread around the Black cowboys. Throughout history, all the cowboys and renegades on horseback offered by the entertainment industry were marvellous utopias of white heroism. Western movies were meant to capture the essence of America, including the freedom of the open frontier and the self-determination of man through the figure of the cowboy himself, commonly understood to be an excellent shot who rides horses and who, above all, is white. That’s what Hollywood has tried to make the public believe for many years but the true origin of cowboys comes in the

As we are approaching the halfway point of Trevor Stuurman’s already phenomenally successful solo exhibition “A Place Called Home”, the Botho Project Space team today confirmed the Sunday Best Experience, inviting all lovers of life to gather for a bespoke dining experience on the 12 and 19 th  June respectively. Aptly themed SUNDAY BEST, these specially curated experiences will be set in the beautiful garden of the home where Trevor’s exhibition is currently being hosted in Parktown, Johannesburg. Both days will not only be filled with great art but also music, layered with conversations, and of course amazing food.   The first Sunday Best Experience will feature the phenomenal head chef, Mpho Phalane founder of FOOD I LOVE YOU Experiential catering company. Known for her colourful and abundant offering, centered friends and family, her menu is a witty, gutsy, and stupidly simplistic take on recipes - a pairing of dishes and flavours. Celebrating the power of food and how it can bring

‘A PLACE CALLED HOME’ OPENS ON THE 20 TH  MAY CURATED SUNDAY BEST EXPERIENCES ALONGSIDE EXHIBITION                      Johannesburg, South Africa  – Art curator Botho Project Space today announced its latest offering,  A Place Called Home,  showcasing the works of award-winning contemporary visual artist Trevor Stuurman. The much-anticipated first solo exhibition by Trevor Stuurman will officially open on the 20th of May (Opening on the 19 th  of May) and will run until the 19th of June 2022 in Johannesburg.   A Place Called Home  is where Trevor Stuurman’s story and journey come alive. He places himself within the exhibition by personifying various themes and installations, all created to live throughout the home that is created by Botho Project Space, with furniture and homeware from Weylandts. Home is the foundation of Stuurman’s life, constantly choosing to create his understanding of the world he sees through his own familiarity.    A Place Called Home  is a celebration that aims