Thomas' Gallery

08/05/2026

20/02/2026

20/02/2026

One bite….and bites the dust

11/02/2026

He who worketh not eateth nada

07/05/2025

The artists featured in the exhibition confront the political, spiritual, cultural, and personal registers and echoes of liberation. Through material, gesture, and symbolism, their work navigates the tension between visibility and erasure — each mark becoming a form of testimony.

18/04/2025

Final week to view ’s solo exhibition, The House of Alkebulans.

We close with the namesake of the show House of ‘Alkebulans’. A striking reflection on the lasting effects of colonisation, class divides, and the resilience of the working class. Drawing from the saying “The house workers feel better than the field workers,” Mncela confronts the harsh inequalities that shape our present, where proximity to privilege often determines one’s worth.

Both a critique and a spiritual homage, this work ties together the themes of the exhibition — ancestry, survival, labor, and collective memory.

🗓️ On view until 23 April at Thomarts Gallery

FEATURED ARTWORK:

Mandisi Mncela
House of Alkebulans
Mixed media on designer’s paper 
100 x 149 cm unframed
2022 
 
 

17/04/2025

We are approaching the closing of The House of Alkebulans, Mandisi Mncela’s solo exhibition. Be sure to take the opportunity to experience it before the end of April.

The featured abstract work speaks to a future unity, one we long for, even if we only truly reach it beyond this life. The shifting colours represent the ever-changing nature of the spirit, from time to time. While the fine, intricate lines echo the look of stitches and are symbols of connection between the living and the ancestors. Though death separates us, it also binds us to those who came before.

Mandisi Mncela
When we are gone
Mixed media on designers’ paper
66 x 86 cm
2021

16/04/2025

As much as Mcela’s main works verge on the spiritual, his passions continue to direct him to world politics and its injustices. Playing comparisons between powerful world leaders (utilising a semblance of President Obama as a metaphor) he introduces us to the red tape perpetrated by the powerful over the weakest link. He uses the white borderline to symbolize the foreign role model who pulls the strings and the lies spoken to nations by their own leaders. The eye represents the constant watch of individuals by a powerful force and being monitored over our conversations and movements yet true love monitors no one. The lie is constantly and tirelessly sold to every nation in this world.
 
Mandisi Mncela
Political
Mixed media on paper
120 cm x 170 cm
2020