Paul Emmanuel Substance of Shadows at University of Johannesburg Art Gallery until 2nd October

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Substance of Shadows Aesop’s aphorism “Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow’ is subverted by Emmanuel in the title of his latest exhibition “Substance of Shadows’’, a culmination of 6 years work.  Using the material of carbon ‘paper’, Emmanuel’s time-consuming, detailed, painstaking technique; consummate skill; and deeply personal and […]

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Paul Emmanuel’s Men and Monuments

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Men and Monuments was on show for over a year at the Wits Art Museum  Sadly this post is really a case of “closing the door after the horse has bolted” (in a manner of speaking) … or, put another way, “too little too late”.  I am ashamed to say that Emmanuel’s exhibition at Wits […]

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