{"id":2625,"date":"2025-11-06T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=2625"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:06:08","slug":"25-khakhalethu-gxiya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/25-khakhalethu-gxiya\/","title":{"rendered":"25 KHAKHALETHU GXIYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2625\" data-postid=\"2625\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2625 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_3w66499\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_3w66499 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li 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\/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_lezm699 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_r2pl700   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><b>pastel dreams<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>by Khakhalethu Gxiya<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_05ju700  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>pastel dreams <\/i>is<i><br \/><\/i>An existential mediation,<br \/>With paint as the conduit<br \/>Of thought, emotion, perception,<br \/>And experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A quiet lesson<br \/>In seeing,<br \/>In witnessing.<br \/>A testimony to<br \/>The obscurity of reality,<br \/>Caught in between<br \/>the material and spiritual.<br \/>With that which we cannot see and touch<br \/>Nestling in the mundane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Where familiar things,<br \/>Places, and people<br \/>Begin to elude us.<br \/>Where form,<br \/>mirrored by the paint,<br \/>Begins to dissolve.<br \/>Troubling our certainty.<br \/>Challenging our humility:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Do we really know what we think we know?<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Opening up an invitation<br \/>To imagine beyond.<br \/>Not far,<br \/>But a beyond in the everyday.<br \/>A potential for transformation,<br \/>In the rupture of identity<br \/>in my mother\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An invitation to<br \/>Hold onto traces<br \/>In the impermanence of time,<br \/>The fluctuation of identity, <br \/>And the transcension of reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The paint stains<br \/>as a metaphor for memory.<br \/>Leaving impressions, <br \/>residue of what was,<br \/>Seeping through the present moment<br \/>And actively shaping it.<br \/>While the looming moments of abstraction,<br \/>Give way to distant realities.<br \/>Slowly happening,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>pastel dreams <\/i>is<br \/>about living in time.<br \/>Where nothing is ever fully realised.<br \/>It is a painterly reflection<br \/>Of a constant process.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_fj2j496\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_fj2j496 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_wjpw497 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- 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Khakhalethu Gxiya pastel dreams isAn existential mediation,With paint as the conduitOf thought, emotion, perception,And experience. A quiet lessonIn seeing,In witnessing.A testimony toThe obscurity of reality,Caught in betweenthe material and spiritual.With that which we cannot see and touchNestling in the mundane. Where familiar things,Places, and peopleBegin to elude us.Where form,mirrored [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>Pastel Dreams<br\/>Khakhalethu Gxiya<\/h1>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cake-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"cake\" alt=\"cake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cake-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cake-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h4><b>pastel dreams<\/b><\/h4> <p>by Khakhalethu Gxiya<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>pastel dreams <\/i>is<i><br \/><\/i>An existential mediation,<br \/>With paint as the conduit<br \/>Of thought, emotion, perception,<br \/>And experience.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">A quiet lesson<br \/>In seeing,<br \/>In witnessing.<br \/>A testimony to<br \/>The obscurity of reality,<br \/>Caught in between<br \/>the material and spiritual.<br \/>With that which we cannot see and touch<br \/>Nestling in the mundane.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Where familiar things,<br \/>Places, and people<br \/>Begin to elude us.<br \/>Where form,<br \/>mirrored by the paint,<br \/>Begins to dissolve.<br \/>Troubling our certainty.<br \/>Challenging our humility:<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Do we really know what we think we know?<\/i><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Opening up an invitation<br \/>To imagine beyond.<br \/>Not far,<br \/>But a beyond in the everyday.<br \/>A potential for transformation,<br \/>In the rupture of identity<br \/>in my mother\u2019s face.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">An invitation to<br \/>Hold onto traces<br \/>In the impermanence of time,<br \/>The fluctuation of identity, <br \/>And the transcension of reality.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\">The paint stains<br \/>as a metaphor for memory.<br \/>Leaving impressions, <br \/>residue of what was,<br \/>Seeping through the present moment<br \/>And actively shaping it.<br \/>While the looming moments of abstraction,<br \/>Give way to distant realities.<br \/>Slowly happening,<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>pastel dreams <\/i>is<br \/>about living in time.<br \/>Where nothing is ever fully realised.<br \/>It is a painterly reflection<br \/>Of a constant process.<\/p>\n[gallery ids=\"2807,2808,2809,2810,2811,2812,2813,2814,2815,2816,2817,2818\"]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/#art\"><strong>RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2823,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2625\/revisions\/2823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}