I ART JOBURG - a month in South Africa #1

This article was posted by Martha Cooper 7 months, 4 days, 20 hours, 3 minutes ago.

As usual, I’m slow to post so apologies for old news. South Africa was full of surprises. From our artist-decorated rooms in Jo-Burg’s 12 Decades Hotel to graffiti pieces on trains to flocks of penguins in Cape Town, nothing was as I had imagined beforehand. Although I’ve traveled to North, East, West and Central Africa, this was my first trip to South. Big up to organizer Ricky Lee Gordon aka Freddy Sam and Adidas for including me in this project.

We stayed in Maboneng, a trendy Jo-burg district with sidewalk cafes and small shops that reminded me of Brooklyn's Williamsburg.

Falko, an early writer from Mitchel Flats in Capetown, painted a puzzle mural with a bisected face.

Prolific Falko's second mural was hastily painted over--don't ask...

Headed for a project in India next, Falko painted an Asian elephant in anticipation of his travels.

Remed from Paris

Remed

Remed's second wall was eventually painted over by ESPI.

Fine artist Cameron Platter from Durban, South Africa painted Jo-burg newspaper ads in his first ever mural.

Cameron Platter

Cameron Platter mural with one of the innummerable recycling carts passing by.

ROA from Belgium, painting African animals atop a scary high lift

ROA

ESPO

Sign Painter Guylan paints a portrait of ESPO to be displayed in ESPO's gallery installation

Guylan painting ESPO portrait

Guylan with one of his local works

Mambo school choildren in Soweto paint a wall outside their school with supplies and guidance ofrom I Art Joburg artists.

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