It’s our 15th birthday and we’d love you to celebrate with us!
To mark the occasion, we’re hosting an exhibition of our beautiful book covers at the Spin Street Gallery in Cape Town.
To mark the occasion, we’re hosting an exhibition of our beautiful book covers at the Spin Street Gallery in Cape Town.
Over the last 15 years, Modjaji has worked with many talented artists and designers to create beautiful covers. These covers unite the worlds of word and image, especially online; each cover is an ambassador for the book inside. Our covers are more than mere ‘advertisements’; they are also artworks in their own right, with their own stories. Most of our covers are original artworks made by highly skilled and talented artists.
Our birthday exhibition celebrates our Modjaji story through these artworks. It showcases their diversity and celebrates their originality, while ‘uncovering’ the exciting, collaborative processes of their making.
Please join us in this colourful celebration! Come and see our very first cover, marvel at the range of styles, and be awed by the work and thought that went into them. You will be able to purchase the framed cover artworks and poster prints.
If you are in or near Cape Town, we’d especially love for you to join us for the official opening on Saturday 6th at 10 am or any of our other planned events.
Your presence will be the best birthday present we could ask for!
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Official Opening: Sat 6th August at 10 am Browse the exhibition and join us in celebrating 15 years of Modjaji Books.
Launch of Khadija Heeger’s Thicker Than Sorrow: Tues 9th August at 10 am Come and listen to Khadija reading from her new poetry collection, pick up your copy of the book and get it signed.
Cover Art Talk: Sat 13th August at 10 am, R50 entry (Webtickets or on-site on the day). Learn more about the thinking and work that goes into book cover design from artists Danielle Clough, Jesse Breytenbach, and Carla Kreuser.
Exhibited prints are for sale. Modjaji Books will also be sold at these events.
Venue: 6 Spin Street, Cape Town
Opening times: Mon – Fri 10h00 – 16h00, Sat 10h00 – 14h00
Enquiries: leanne.johansson@gmail.com
Tel: 079 850 9594
We acknowledge the generous sponsorship of a donor who wants to remain anonymous.