In the Fields of Feel unfolds within the conceptual terrain of Homi K. Bhabha’s Third Space — a generative zone where cultural identity is continuously reimagined through dialogue and encounter.

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Here, hybridity becomes not a state of confusion but of creation: a place where histories overlap and new vocabularies of belonging are formed. In this exhibition, the emotional and the intellectual are intertwined, offering a nuanced reflection on how we navigate the layered geographies of self and society in contemporary South Africa and the greater global context.

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Featuring a compelling selection of both established and emerging voices — including Anton Kannemeyer, Conrad Botes, MJ Lourens, JM Otto, Jean de Wet, Leandri Erlank, Yolandi Schreuder, Paul Senyol, and Matthew Hindley — the exhibition celebrates the richness of artistic expression born from our ecological and cultural interplay but more importantly, lived moments and prized experiences. Each artist engages the “field” as both a literal and metaphorical space: a site of cultivation, memory, and emotional resonance. From the personal to the political, their works reveal how meaning is sown and resown through lived experience.

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In the curation of this show it was important for me to let the collection take on a life of its own — evolving beyond theory into a sensory meditation on time, connection, and the act of being present. The works gathered here do not seek fixed interpretations but rather invite the viewer into a shared space of reflection and feeling. In celebrating the multiplicity of our cultural landscape, the exhibition affirms art’s role as a living, breathing field — one that continually renews our sense of place and possibility.

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Jeanne Hugo

Curator, Advisor

Hugo Modern & Contemporary