Category Archives: Art commentary

Architectural delights in Mozambique

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Reviva

Although we’d read about it and filed it in the back of our minds, we were both surprised and enchanted by the buildings we saw in Mozambique. From the minute you crossed the border, you felt that this was another … Continue reading →

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Cupping a town in your hand

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Reviva

  The camera obscura in Grahamstown, a jewel, my not-so-secret passion.

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I saw a ship a-sailing…

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Reviva

I saw a ship a-sailing, a-sailing on the sea, and oh, but it was laden, with pretty things for thee… except this ship is not on water but on rock, rock washed in drifts of grey, ochre and  green, flecked … Continue reading →

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Lekka Decca Decor

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Reviva

Gilbert and Sullivan is not a favourite of mine and some of this music is a strain on the ears. The DECCA record covers, by contrast, are, I think, design delights.                   … Continue reading →

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Eat me

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Reviva

                           It’s the last thing you might want to do to these, but hell, they sure are something to look at! These plates(!) from a cook book from yore that was … Continue reading →

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It’s not only high art that speaks

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Reviva

                                                 Maybe by now you’ve realised that we are – you name it – junk addicts, flea-market trawlers , fête bingers, rubbish luggers… How about collectors of crappola (a term coined by another shit magnet and great American artist, Philip … Continue reading →

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