tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656099176946325592011-12-13T15:41:47.176+02:00The paper for the artists. Reviewing Design and Art from across South Africa.Kosmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14598558952901017532noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765609917694632559.post-25625584586905236582009-02-12T22:27:00.008+02:002009-06-09T18:14:05.118+02:00

by Andrew "Kosmo" SpiesIn the spirit of our adventure to discover talented artists worldwide, I’ve decided to take this journey up into sub-Saharan Africa. We venture forth to the country of Niger. A Moustapha Alassane directed his first animated movie Bon Voyage, Sim in 1966.The animation is done black pencil only, and has a fantastic stylized feel to it. The movie tells the story of Sim a

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by Andrew "Kosmo" SpiesA great South African artist and an artist the world has seen fit to embrace. I’m talking about William Kentridge. Of course I’m a little biased but I’m South African I don’t really know any better but to support my fellow South Africans, especially like in William Kentridge’s case, one that has helped change the way we look at art.Kentridge was born in 1955 in Johannesburg

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by Andrew "Kosmo" SpiesFirstly I would like to welcome all our readers to 2009 lets hope this year is good for us all. Secondly I would like to tell everyone (who is in the design) field about this fantastic site I came across recently. i-lovedesign.com, this site is a gateway for designers to share and appreciate each others work. There are many other sites that cater to artisits and designers

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by Andrew "Kosmo" SpiesPulitzer Prize winner, Greg Marinovich and Leonie Marinovich, recently opened a new exhibition Prospects of Babel at The Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery. As luck would have it I was in Cape Town this last week, so I popped in to have a look.The exhibition features photos from the Democratic Republic of Congo, they show an array of scenes from the lives of the citizens

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by Andrew "Kosmo" SpiesPaper Dog Press has a relatively short, but interesting history. P.D.P. started off as an idea myself and friends had for a website, the original idea was to create a site for people to come to and rant and rave till their little hearts no longer could. We originally planned to call it "Angry Cow" but after some research we discovered the name was already taken. This was

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