The

sculptures

where

nothing

is

true

and

everything

is

permitted

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Featuring

Nolan

Oswald

Dennis

Subjectivity, an evergreen faction within the art world will tell you, is the only truth. Maybe. I prefer author William Burroughs’s mantra, which he borrowed from the 12th-century Islamic leader Hassan-i Sabbah: “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.”

It offers a useful working thesis for negotiating the material facts and thrilling permissions taken, not only by Langa, but also Nolan Oswald Dennis, Vusumzi Nkomo and Diana Vives, artists who have made Cape Town an interesting place to view art over the past few months.