A trek to the Middle Kingdom part1

Ever so fascinated by the Great Wall.

Zhong Guo is the Chinese name for China. It literally means the Middle Kingdom. I recently just returned from a family re-union as well as a vacation with my other half. There are so many beautiful things we saw, so much delicious heavenly food we ate, and so much strange and funny incidents we encountered I actually don’t even know where to begin, but lets hope these pictures will help do the talking.

This is a kite, I think it resembles a dragon. Making this thing fly must take some real skills..

While in China a lot of people still have the habit of having a siesta in mid day. Sometimes they also like to entertain themselves in a game of Mahjong, where often curious onlookers stop and watch them play, at times making funny comments about the player's skills.

A mielie corn flavoured ice cream lolly thingee. There are just loads of all sorts'a weird lollies in China

I've been to Beijing 3 times and I finally made it to the Great Wall this time. It is truly remarkable in real life and very very long

Over there we would often see guards like this walking in a line.

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Upcoming exhibitions and a visit to Chinaaa

I’ve prepared a couple of prints for 2 upcoming shows. See here and here.

I’m also going to China today for a short holiday! I’ll be checking out the Expo, trecking around Xi An and tasting amazing food climb the Great Wall and shop till I drop in Beijing. The last time I’ve been was 5 years ago, going to see alot of changes, can’t wait!

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I heart Machinarium

Brains I tell you!

The guys that created the gameĀ Samorost from a few years ago have created the most most most amazing flash game in the ENTIRE WORLD and I mean it! It’s called Machinarium, I played it for a few minutes and fell in love instantly with its detailed illustrations, and wacky ugly hilariously evil cute characters and amazing sound design! and and…I can really go on about how mindblowing it is but it’ll just bore you so go check it for yaself!

I wish they would make a book out of it one day and I also wish to live inside the head of the creators for a wee while.

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Tyred–process

I googled and googled and saw that Roy Lichtenstein have never painted an African person before so I decided to do it myself and cover them with chocolate-brown ben-day dots!

early version

Currently showing along with 9 other Tyred chairs at Mandela Rhodes Place in Cape Town central.

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