ArtTender EP 2 : Yay_Abe x TheeGintleman #StirCreativity

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This first phase of the Art-Tender Tool Swap saw a group of young creatives – a visual artist, a fashion designer, and a commercial illustrator, engaging in an exchange with some of the country’s finest young bartenders, each tasked with using one another’s instruments to fashion an entirely new piece of art and a unique cocktail. The entire engagement was recorded into audiovisual vignettes – the Art-Tender Tool Swap video series. For the second installation of the series, Russell Abrahams teamed up with Peter ‘Milk B’ Lebese, popularly known as ‘Thee Gintleman’. 

Russell Abrahams’s creative career traces back to 2011 when he began his studies at CPUT. His art has developed tremendously over the years, thus resulting in him working with different brands and collaborating with the likes of Mini SA.

Born in Johannesburg and now based in Cape Town, Peter has gained popularity as a bartender who not only maintains an infectious energy and spirit but loves to experiment while being extremely passionate about what he does. 

He celebrates the bright and colourful traditions of his friends and family by being a part of the celebration’s practice sessions and final performances. His artwork reflects the pure joy experienced at Kaapse Klopse, also referred to as Tweede Nuwe Jaar. As many as 13,000 minstrels take to the streets of Cape Town garbed in bright colours, either carrying colourful umbrellas or playing an array of musical instruments. People consider the festival a rite of renewal that has been shaped by the city’s history. 

Art is a mirror of society and seeing the Kaapse Klope being celebrated in different forms is the type of content we all love to witness. Peter also draws inspiration from the festival and created a Bombay Sapphire spin-off on the ‘Clarified Milk Punch’. He named the cocktail The Kaapse Bliss ( The Cape Bliss ).