In the Fields of Feel drifts between memory and becoming — a terrain where emotion, identity, and
place intertwine to form new constellations of meaning. In this gathering of South African artists, feeling becomes language, and the present moment an act of quiet revelation.

It 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, but it extends even further into the pure joy of being.
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.
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 the late and dear Matthew Hindley — this 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 - what made them “feel”. From the personal to the political,
their works reveal how meaning is sown and resown through lived experience.
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.

ANTON KANNEMEYER
MJ LOURENS
CONRAD BOTES
LEANDRI ERLANK
JM OTTO
YOLANDI SCHREUDER
PAUL SENYOL
JEAN DE WET
BLACK KOKI