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Judy Seidman

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Judy Seidman

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Road work team, 1976 (Judy Seidman)
AFROPESSIMISM

Towards reclaiming our culture of the liberation struggle

Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her ‘Drawn Lines’ exhibition

  • Judy Seidman
13 min read
Sketches from Judy Seidman’s personal collection. (Delwyn Verasamy)
ATHI MONGEZELELI JOJA

The role of liberation culture

Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongezeleli Joja’s review of her exhibition with some reflections on the praxis of the Medu Art Ensemble

  • Judy Seidman
8 min read
Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon paid a hefty fine for colluding on costing for upgrading a section of the Sishen-Saldanha railway line.
METOO

Gender struggle was intrinsic to SA’s liberation

Last week’s articles should have highlighted women’s role in freeing men from patriarchy

  • Judy Seidman
4 min read
Between satire and slogan
BRETT MURRAY

Between satire and slogan

Recasting images in the public domain to deliver a message contrary to the originals is misappropriation, writes <b>Judy Seidman</b>.

  • Judy Seidman
9 min read
Mozambique’s people’s painter harnessed art to draw in a new society
JUDY SEIDMAN

Mozambique’s people’s painter harnessed art to draw in a new society

Malangatana Valente Nguenha, who died at his daughter’s home in Portugal on January 3, was "much more than an artist, he is a part of us".

  • Judy Seidman
7 min read
JUDY SEIDMAN

A response from hell

I was diagnosed HIV-positive in 1990. I’ve been taking antiretrovirals for nearly eight years. I survived TB meningitis in 2002. I feel healthier now than I did 20 years ago.…

  • Judy Seidman
5 min read