David Krut Projects

Hello listeners, and welcome back!In this lastest episode of the David Krut Podcast, one of our printers', Roxy Kaczmarek sits down with post-disciplinary artist and curator Nkhensani Mkhari to discuss his new show with David Krut Projects and his time colloborating with the David Krut Workshop.

This weeks episode brings a conversation between art writiers Ashraf Jamal and David Mann with our operations manager Robyn Woolley. This conversation comes ahead of the launch of Ashraf Jamal's new book African Art: The ARAK Collection happening at the Blue House at 151 Jan Smuts Avenue on the 24th of February. Join us for a wonderful evening featuring a discussion between Ashraf Jamal and Kagiso Pat Matloa moderated by David Mann. RSVP now at books@davidkrut.com. The event starts at 17:30 for 18:00. You can also find David Mann's award-winning short story collection, Once Removed, in store, as well as Ashraf Jamal's own short story collection, The Shades. 

In this episode of the David Krut Podcast, we take a break from Practitioners in Conversation to explore one of our latest exhibitions. Our bookstore manager Alison Kane sits down with artist Bevan de Wet to discuss his sculptural paper work that are featured in Surface Tension. Surface Tension will is on show at our gallery at the Blue House, 151 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkhurst from the 1st of February to until mid-March 2025. 

Welcome back listeners. This final episode of Practitioners in Conversation was recorded by Nathalie Viruly in Cape Town a few weeks after she recorded the first two episodes with David Krut. In it, she explains more about the life of artist Ulises Carrión and his love for books and bookstores.

Hello listeners. In todays episode of the David Krut Podcast Nathalie Viruly continues her conversation with David Krut. She and David Krut discuss her masters research on book shops, exploring what such places are and what they could be. 

Welcome back David Krut Listeners, and happy 2025. This year we will be continueing our latest series of podcasts, Practioners in Conversation. In this weeks episode, we welcome art writer and curator Nathalie Viruly to the Blue House as she discusses her work and her master's studies with David Krut. (NB: In the Podcast David Krut refers to Nathalie's booth at the Cape Town Art Fair last year. He states that the sold out work was created by her co-founder, Michael Tymbios. In truth, these works were created by Selwyn Steyn. Apologies for the confusion)(Produced by Alison Kane)

In this episode, we welcome Fine Art photographer Thania Louw to the Blue House. She sits and talks with David Krut down in the meditation garden at our gallery at 151 Jan Smuts to discuss her work as well as her life as a mother.

Welcome back listeners! Today we continue with our new series of conversations that will be taking place at the Blue House between David Krut and passionate practitioners. The sit down with David to discuss their work, fields, interest and more.Kicking off the series we are deligthed to have Photographer, Art Historian, Visual Culture Lecturer and PhD Candidate Mpho Moshe Matholane joining us in the Blue House's meditation garden. This episode continues from where we left off on the last episode. (Produced by Alison Kane)

Welcome back listeners! Today we introduce a new series of conversations that will be taking place at the Blue House between David Krut and passionate practitioners. The sit down with David to discuss their work, fields, interest and more.Kicking off the series we are deligthed to have Photographer, Art Historian, Visual Culture Lecturer and PhD Candidate Mpho Moshe Matholane joining us in the Blue House's meditation garden.(Produced by Alison Kane)

Welcome back listeners! In today's episode, join our social media manager, Jana Findlay, in conversation with artist and memeber of Occupy the Gallery,  Lusanda Ndita. Over a series of recorded whatsapp notes, they discuss Ndita's work, his background and his relationship with Occupy the Gallery and Mary Sibande. They also discuss our current exhibtion Reclaiming Quartres, featuring the work of Lusanda Ndita, Hoek Swaratlhe and Mary Sibande. 

Two memebers of Occupy the Gallery, Lungile Ngcobo (David Krut Workshop Administrator) and Hoek Swaratlhe sit down to discuss Swaratlhe's work created in with collaborative printer Sbongiseni Khulu at DKW. Explore his work at davidkrutprojects.com and keep an eye out for more information about the exhibition Reclaiming Quarters.

David Krut sits down with actor and founder of Stageworks Nigel Greenhalgh to discuss Imagination, creativty and working with children.

Once again, David Krut sits down with Stephen Hobbs to continue their discussion around Hobbs's life and work, as well as the history of Johannesburg and South Africa's contemporary art scene. In this episode, the two discuss Hobbs's time as the gallery manager at the Market Theatre Gallery, Johannesburg's two biennales and more about the 90s. [Produced by Alison Kane]

We are excited to announce a new podcast episode featuring artist Stephen Hobbs! Hobbs has a longstanding relationship with DKP that spans over 15 years. In this episode, Hobbs sat down with David Krut to discuss his history, his relationship with Johannesburg and share hysterical anecdotes about his life as an artist.(Artist notes: Hobbs was taught print making and critical theory by Colin Richards and Photography by Jo Ractliffe.)

On the 14th of February 2024 we had the pleasure of opening a special Valentine's Day exhibition by South African artist, Motlhoki Nono. The exhibition, titled 'Kissing Studies', serves as a profound reflection on the performance of the kiss, delving into the nuanced questions surrounding the constructions of romance. The artist confronts the ‘ideal object of love’, by rendering gentle forms of black lovers’ image near and within romance. In this playful series exploring black people speaking in tongues, Motlhoki aims to unravel the complex tapestry of love while scrutinising the historic representation of black characters across diverse romantic narratives.Motlhoki sat down with DKP exhibitions manager, Anya Lureman to expand on her thoughts, processes and her time in the David Krut Workshop. Enjoy! 

In this episode, Phumulani Ntuli expands on his most recent collaboration with David Krut Projects that resulted in his body of work “Kunela iphuzu emafini’ / echoes of the point cloud"​The works are largely inspired by a film titled, ‘Jim Goes to Joburg’ directed by Donald Swanson – in this podcast, the artist has generated the voice of Donald Swanson using AI to narrate his answers! 'Kunanela iphuzu emafini / Echoes of the Point Cloud' contains excerpts from South Africa’s history of motion pictures in collision with current point cloud data, automation, and synthesis bestowed by Artificial Intelligence. The body of work attends to scenes deployed through a black and white cinematic lens, to reenact the South African seminal film tradition within the margins of the changing socio-political landscape. 'Kunanela iphuzu emafini / Echoes of the Point Cloud' searches for alternate ways of seeing, experiencing and navigating the changing city.⁠These works will be showing at Latitudes Centre for the Arts until the

I imagine you to be wondering what could link an alternative arts bookstore to the world of bat conservation. The view of David Krut Projects in general is that art is not only a cultural, creative practice but also a knowledge system that disseminates information through one of our fundamental processing senses; sight. We believe in the importance of recognising the necessity of creativity across all professional fields, more so, how impactful cross-pollination of creativity between different professions.   Ernest Charles James Seamar graciously gave us his time to teach us about all things bats. We learnt that his work with bats is in some ways his gateway into understanding the intricacies of broader natural systems and that amongst many other contributions, bats play a vital role in maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Bats ensure the pollination of plants, seed dispersal and pest control. The impact bats have on our natural world is so often overlooked as they are misunderstood as nothing but spooky creatur

In this episode Christa Swanepoel is joined by artist and printmaker Fiver Löcker who tells us about her reasons for becoming an artist and how her life’s journey of constant travel and new experiences has impacted the way in which she creates and shares her perspective with the world. Fiver was born in Duisburg, Germany in 1963. Since leaving Germany at the age of 19 she has worked, lived and travelled around the world. She is interested in documenting different cultures, working on the premise that every culture looks strange to someone, and that what we think is normal is entirely weird to someone else. She has worked in video, analog and digital photography and sketching and is currently exploring the medium of fine art printing. She divides her time between Johannesburg, South Africa and various locations along the European canal system on her live-aboard boat “Hendrika”. For more about Fiver visit her website at https://www.fiverlocker.com/ and follow her on Instagram by clicking the link:  https://www.

In this episode, the first of 3 episodes featuring The Printing Girls, Christa Swanepoel invited Lyrene Kühn-Botma to talk about her involvement in the all-female printing collective The Printing Girls, her conceptual artwork themes and the intricacies behind stone lithograph printing. Lyrene tells us how past experiences of grief and loss has influenced her work and development as artist, what she hopes to do next and how she continues to push the boundaries of printmaking in her personal practice. Lyrene Kühn-Botma is an artist and researcher working with and combining traditional printing media, drawing and digital drawing in her art practice. Her explorations on paper and digital media involve the investigation of death studies and video games to explore the new and alternative ways we grieve in contemporary, technologically driven societies. She is currently employed as a Junior Lecturer at the Fine Arts Department of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Links: - http://www.lyr

In this episode, we talk to artist Roxy Kaczmarek about her new body of work and recent exhibition "Shifting Positions" at David Krut Projects. Kaczmarek’s paintings and prints examine the sensibilities and relationships between people and nature, considering the aesthetics and psychology that bring plants into urban living and working spaces. The work deals with an inquiry into the displacement of plants and their evolution in unknown environments. We chat to Roxy about her recent residency in Leipzig, Germany, and the inspiration behind specific works on show in her exhibition. For more information about the work please contact info-jhb@davidkrut.com