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Art Times November Edition 2018 10 CERAMICS MONTH COMES TO CAPE TOWN IN NOVEMBER 2018 20 FEATURED ARTIST BANELE KHOZA A LETTER TO MY 22 YEAR OLD SELF 24 ALIVE MEMORY SOLO EXHIBITION BY IBRAHIM KHATAB 30 IN CONVERSATION WITH BUHLE NKALASHE 38 FEATURED ARTIST AZA MANSONGI 44 TO BELONG MAREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; STANDER SOLO EXHIBITION 48 SILENT LAND JENNY PARSONS SOLO EXHIBITION 50 AFRICAN TWILIGHT VANISHING RITUALS & CEREMONIES 60 ST JOHN VISION 20/20 EXHIBITION 64 STANDARD BANK YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS 2019 68 BUSINESS ART 96 THE SA ART TIMES NEW BLOOD 106 ARTGO EXHIBITIONS, GALLERY GUIDE: NOV 2018 NOVEMBER COVER ARTWORK Ibrahim Khatab Untitled 2018 Mixed media on Board 146.5 x 154 cm Eclectica Contemporary

Left: Aza Mansongi, Routine, 100x100

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CERAMICS MONTH COMES TO CAPE TOWN IN NOVEMBER 2018

British celebrity ceramicist Kate Malone

ovember is Ceramics Month in Cape Town. An entire month of events and activities that are a celebration of ceramics and which offer something for everyone.

Amongst the many attractions there is a carefully curated exhibition of ceramic art at the gallery â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with all of the pieces available for purchase by the public.

The Corobrik National Ceramics Biennale runs from 11 November until 4 December. Organised by Ceramics SA Western Cape, the biennale offers a jam packed feast of ceramics at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery and Clay Museum in Durbanville.

Ceramic artists from across South Africa enter their work for possible selection into the Corobrik National Ceramics Biennial Exhibition. The selected pieces will then be judged by an award judge and an overall winner selected.

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A coup for the 2018 Ceramic Month sees British celebrity ceramicist Kate Malone as the award judge this year. Kate is a renowned ceramic artist who was an expert judge in the BBC series “The Great Pottery Throw Down” - akin to the Great British Bake Off, but with contestants pitting their pottery skills, rather than their baking skills, against each other. Kate will also be presenting a series of fullday ceramic workshops to the public while

she is in South Africa, with the first one being at the Durbanville High School on Saturday 3 November, followed by Port Elizabeth on 14 November, Durban on 17 November and Johannesburg on 24 November. During her 30 year career, in addition to her studio ceramics, Kate has produced over 20 large scale public commissions that include a 1000 square meter ceramic building façade at 24 Saville Row in Mayfair, London.

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She also created “The Wall of A Thousand Stories”, an interactive story telling device for the Royal Jubilee Children’s Library in Brighton UK, and “Bud”, the reception area sculpture for John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore USA. Kate’s ceramics can be found in more than 40 museums worldwide and in the UK her work is studied on the National Curriculum at both GCSE and A level. Ceramic artists from across South Africa have entered their work for possible selection into the Corobrik National Ceramics Biennial Exhibition. The selected pieces will then be judged by Kate and an overall winner selected.

Potters Market. This is the largest potters market in the Southern hemisphere, with over 100 traders selling a huge selection of ceramics and it takes place at Rondebosch Park, located at the corner of Sandown and Campground Roads, Rondebosch, on Saturday 17 November. The Potters Market is a wonderful place to stock up on gifts just before Christmas. The market takes place under avenues of oak trees and includes food stalls and children’s activities – making it a wonderful family friendly outing.

“I am thrilled and honoured to be invited to judge this event. I have never been to South Africa before and have heard it is the most wonderful place. I am looking forward to meeting the potters and seeing the works that they will present,” says Malone.

Running concurrently at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery and Clay Museum from 11 November to 4 December is a fun Curious Creatures ceramic sculpture garden, as well as a brick art installation which will be erected by the acclaimed land artist and sculptor Strijdom van der Merwe.

Also part of Cape Town’s Ceramics Month is the well-known and much loved Rondebosch

Strijdom is a South African artist who uses materials he finds on site to create his

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Madoda Fani, Winning Piece, 2016

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Alessandro Pappada

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The Spot Ceramics Market, Diane Heesom Green

artworks. His materials include sand, water, wood, rocks, stone and - in this instance bricks. Saturday 01 December sees Rust-en-Vrede playing host to the Spot Market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the only dedicated potters market in Durbanville. This is a curated ceramics market with 30 carefully selected ceramic artists selling their ceramics.

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In addition to this there will be live music, food trucks, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;activitiesâ&#x20AC;? for the kids. This is truly a fun day out for the entire family. The night before the Spot Market, Friday 30 November, sees a very exciting Raku firing demonstration taking place at Rust-en-Vrede. For more information on the Ceramics Month line-up contact Shirley on 021 9193310 or email info@ceramics-sa-cape.co.za or visit www.ceramics-sa-cape.co.za. Rust-en-Vrede: Hamlin/Donavan at @rustenvrede@telkomsa.net / 021 976 4691

David Walters

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Ndikhumbule Ngqwinambe, (1977 - ), Walk of Numbers, 2010, oil on canvas.

A Century of South African Art from the Sanlam Art Collection 1918 – 2018 An exhibition of exceptional works from the Sanlam Art Collection tracing South Africa’s transformation in art over a century.

Sanlam Art Lounge Sanlam, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton

5 September – 14 December 2018 Viewing Times: Monday – Friday 12:00 – 16:30 Saturday 10:00 – 13:00 Other times by appointment Tel: 021 947 3359 / 011 778 6210 Email: sanlamart@sanlam.co.za

BANELE KHOZA

A Letter to my 22 year old self 11 November - 25 January 2018 Absa Gallery Jhb. “22, I have just graduated, here is my qualification but I do not know where to go. I do not know whom to reach out to- to lead me in good faith within the industry. How do I reach out? To whom? I felt alone.” “In 2011, I had days where I would sleep without food and had to result to going to school with a grumbling stomach (if I had money for the taxi fair), my concentration levels were impaired, I could not tell anyone as I was afraid to ask for help, also I felt ashamed by my situation. I failed my first year due to my poor decision making that was driven by hunger and lack of help.” - Banele Khoza A Letter to my 22 year old self is a response of help to young creatives that find themselves alone in an hour of need, namely of basics of not having food, transportation money to school, art material, registration fees and school fees. These are the basics that separate a Pass and a Fail in the school system.

Above: Tatenda Chidora, Set 3, 002

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Tatenda Chidora, Zamo II, Dimensions: 70cm x 70cm, 2018

Khoza has asked a number of artists and friends in his personal network to please donate a work and to write a letter to their 22 year old self which will be direct advise to young people and aiding a foundation that he wishes to build in support of art education and basic needs for young creatives. After he personally had trouble himself while in varsity and that could have hindered his progress as a creative, realizing the impact of his situation in 2011, he wishes to help where he can to make it easy for the next creative. Participating artists: Heidi Fourie, Tatenda Chidora, Andile Buka, Ed Young, Nina Torr, Alexandra Karakashian, Mia Chaplin, Ruby Swinney, Bright Ackwerh, Vusi Beauchamp, Banele Khoza, Dale Lawrence, Nelson Makamo, Dylan Graham, Lady Skollie, Oliver Mayhew, Leanne Olivier, Ilandi Barkhuizen, Sifiso Mkhabela, Justin DIngwall, Colbert Mashile, Estelle Dry, Bernard Brand, Selwyn Steyn, Nicolene Ndelu, Brooklyn J Pakathi, Nikki Zakkas, Manyatsa Monyamane, Lemeeze Davids, Matt Hazell Left: Ed Young, Biscuit, South African Mohair, Traditional Teddy Bear, Dimensions: 42cm

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THE NEW AFRICAN SOLO EXHIBITION | BUHLE NKALASHE 6 DECEMBER 2018 | 18:00 - 31 JANUARY 2019 *PRIVATE VIEWING | 5 DECEMBER 2018 | 18:00

YOUNGBLOOD AFRICA GALLERY

70 - 72 BREE STREET, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Above: Buhle Nkalashe, ZINGISA, 2018. mixed media on canvas, 93 x 93 cm

“I celebrate a new generation with no boundaries. A generation of young black Africans making a name for themselves through their work, and adding some traditional element to it.”

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Featured Artist

ALIVE MEMORY

Solo Exhibition by Ibrahim Khatab eclecticacontemporary.co.za

illiam Schuman has written that the arts are crucial to our automated age. They serve as a creative illimination to counteract the push button emptiness of our mechanised lives, an armour against the disillusion and anxiety of our times and an added defense against the destructive forces inherent in man. As artists’ we try to make people more “human”, bridge gaps and offer an alternative to the negative bombardment of political media coverage. We are exposed daily to negative images and commentary about the Middle East.

Eclectica Contemporary has therefore invited Ibrahim Khatab, an Egytian Artist, to showcase another aspect of the Middle East. In stark contrast, the emphasis is on tradition, love, beauty and a celebration of life. The Cairo born, and based artist, passionately uses Calligraphy to express beauty, lost memory and a moment in time. Ibrahim currently lectures at the National University of Cairo and has exhibited both locally and internationally. His art showcases his knowledge and technical skills of paintings, installations and video art. Ibrahim’s artworks exhibited at Eclectica are predominantly mixed media on wooden board. This body of work visually expresses the artist’s deep love of calligraphy, as well as colour, space ,movement and arabic script which all factor heavily in his practice.

Untitled, 2018 Mixed media on Board 141.5 x 127 cm

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Untitled, 2018 Mixed media on Board 144 x 152 cm

The painter Pablo Picasso once said “If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived to reach the highest levels of artistic mastery, but I found that Islamic Calligraphy was there ages before I was.” Ibrahim Khatab feels that Picasso’s appreciation, though at a voyeur’s distance, still resonates with his own sentiment. The art form, dating as far back as 1517 AD in Egypt, played a poignant role in the education of art and writing. Then and now, the medium is seen to be an important

element of the Arabic cultural legacy, an eternal heritage that Khatab fell in love with when he was 10 year’s old. Years of honing the technical skill allowed him to use this talent as a source of income by designing banners for commercial spaces and beautifying the pilgrims’ houses who had arrived from Mecca. Hense calligraphy and language is intertwined into Khatab’s cultural upbringing, it has become central to his designs. Included in his use of the traditional art form, are his modern experiences of the language by

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Untitled, 2018 Mixed media on Board 146 x 171.5 cm

incorporating favoured everyday Egyptian “slang”. He describes it as “language that can’t be read but just dealt with” – practical and functional. This is due to the continuous process of emission and addition to language by people through modernisation. Ibrahim uses two forms of Arabic script: the Thuluth is considered sacred with the soft decorative lines exuding a kind of peace contrasting the sombre mood created by the dark contours of the prestigous Diwani script. The flowing but juxtapositing of colour enhances a further evocative atmostphere of layered concepts and emotions.

What is most striking about his work is that it presents a mix of gaiety and sadness – perhaps a natural manifestation of Khatab’s intrigue of the process of loss and memory, which his art unpacks on various levels. For this body of work he observed the words and sentences lovers used to write to each other on walls and trees. He explains how these words will stand the test of time even when those who wrote them are long gone. Similarly to the presence of proud heritage that is held by the Islamic calligraphy, these rocks and trees carry the feelings of what lovers engrave on their surfaces. Both eternal

Untitled, 2018 Mixed media on Board 146 x 154 cm

in their own way. These engraved surfaces witness the accumulating and overlapping effects of their intimate memories, and their merging with time. Whether the lovers continued to harbor those feelings or not, their feelings and that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;momentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; remains beyond their fleeting abstraction of emotion. This preservation, through carvings and layered language of dialogue and script, presents itself to the passerby possibly

reminding them own experiences of love. Beyond the human experience, these memories and moments are solidified further than their transient quality as they now have greater tangible presence in the world. 69 Burg Street, Cape Town, 8001 +27214224145

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IN CONVERSATION WITH BUHLE NKALASHE By Eugene Fisher

Mixed media on canvas, 140 x 76.5 cm 2018

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;My name is Buhle Nkalashe. I was born in 1994 in Cape Town to a high school teacher and a carpenter. I was born on the turning point of South Africa and Africa as a whole, becoming a New Democracy. My work conveys what it means to me to be a New African in my own eyes, with regards to opportunity and diversity, and celebrating inspirational South Africans. I mainly focus on South Africa and how people today are making big headlines and making a name for themselves as well as celebrating their skin, traditions and culture. In Africaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history there have been many events that have crippled Africans and their country. This has created a ceiling which has prevented many Africans to reach their fulfilled destinies. Not only were we crippled mentally but spiritually as well. Today we still face challenges that have left a big dent in our hearts and spirits. It has also put Africans in a disadvantaged state where some of us even think about being another

Ikamva, mixed media on canvas, 51 x 78 cm 2018

colour, but have also noticed a new identity in which there is progression of a positivity and pride in one’s own being and heritage.” Have you always had an interest in making art growing up or were you influenced by your surroundings and childhood experiences? Actually I didn’t. When I was very young I was into sport and loved it. Growing up I never gave art much attention. It was something that I just enjoyed doing. I saw it as a hobby and a phase I was going through. I didn’t even think I was good at it. People around me kept it alive because they thought it was a very strong power I possessed. When I was seven years old, my mother took me to Frank Joubert (now called the Peter Clark Art Centre) for art classes. Initially I thought she didn’t want to see me bored and lonely, since I was the only child. But instead, she thought I could use some improvement in art. My art teachers at high school, Mrs Mandy Colman and world renowned artist, Hasan Essop, also encouraged me to always keep it with me in whatever venture I take after high school. Like a treasure chest which grows every time, I invest in it with time. Having been born into a new SA dispensation, your artist statement is very bold and emotional with references to trauma linked to identity. Does any of it apply to you personally and is The New African a construct by which to realise a new and positive identity? Zingisa, mixed media on canvas, 93 x 93 cm, 2018 34

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I don’t think of it as trauma being linked to identity, but how trauma has affected identity. It has not affected me physically but mentally instead, as the community and family I grew up with provided an idea of what the norm is. This generally influences what we aspire to. If the norm is mediocrity and is motivated, then that is the life we know. For years I have embraced mediocrity and it is only recently that I’ve discovered individuals who are beyond the colour black who are not limited by expectations placed upon it. The New African is not a construct but rather an identity which is already existing and rapidly growing. Yes, I have realised it as being new and positive and I feel it is my responsibility to share that as it has influenced me to think of myself as a far greater human being. As a young artist living and working in SA today, what are the main stumbling blocks for you in the attempt to make a living as an artist. My biggest obstacles have been depriving myself of sleep as I need to keep this passion in my life alive. Another main block is transportation of artworks as well as studio space since I work with large scale artworks. I appreciate what I have and I know as time goes on it will get better. As an emerging artist I’ve learned to live below my means as I need enough resources to be able to access materials and services which can help me. From Inner Souls to the Perception of Eggs series that you have done; who and what are your main influences? My main influences are Paul Gauguin and Lionel Smit as I found it fascinating how they mixed very bright and dark colours. I thought colour would be a great way to emphasize emotion. I am also strongly influenced by Andrew Salgado as his work is very strong and bold. I find it fascinating when he uses shapes and patterns.

The upcoming solo exhibition, The New African, will be your first major show.Will this be a new body of work and new direction for you? Yes, this is a completely new body of work. I feel that I have allowed my mind to expand and think freely. This process has allowed me to do what I want to show the audience, instead of what they want to see. I believe I have found my new trademark style of painting. October having been youth mental health awareness month - students experience depression, stress and anxiety everyday without any knowledge that they are suffering from a mental illness. Do find that artists such as you have an important role to play in creating awareness? Yes, I believe we do. Personally, I have felt depressed and stress. The difficult thing about mental illness is that you cannot see it and therefore sometimes it is hard to explain something you cannot see. Art can be a weapon to combat these demons, because as you draw or paint by letting your heart guide your hand, you soon realise what’s bothering you on that piece of paper and notice that the problem is not that big. Thank you for taking the time to chat with the Art Times and we wish you well with your upcoming solo exhibition. Do you have any plans of taking the exhibition elsewhere in the country or abroad? Thank you for having me. I really appreciate this opportunity. I plan to do another solo exhibition in Johannesburg as well as another one abroad. I feel that I need to share this vision all over the world as it tells a story from a new African mindset which expresses a positive and new African identity. The New African solo exhibition by Buhle Nkalashe opens 06 December 2018 at the Youngblood Africa Gallery, 70 Bree Street, Cape Town and runs until 31 January 2019. See more of Buhle’s work at www.buhlenkalashe.co.za

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Featured Artist

AZA MANSONGI

www.themelrosegallery.co.za

za was born 13 June 1980 in Kinshasha (Democratic Republic of Congo). She currently lives and works in Doula/ Cameroon. She is a talented visual artist who works in different genre including painting, sculpture, installations and video. Aza identifies closely with the Congolese school of classical, figurative realism, although her canvases are characterised by colourful abstract backgrounds using flat expanses of colour. She is inspired by daily life and popular culture resulting in powerful, energetic paintings that have a unique African pop art style. Influenced from an early age by comics purchased by her parents, Azaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works often include stylised figures with almost a mythical or super hero type feel. Whilst she is addressing important themes that are relevant to herself, her community and the continent of Africa, this is done with an almost palatable sense of humour. Her main subject matter is people, men and women, often in groups, armed with spectacles, hats, masks, and extravagant make-up and jewellery. And always lively, smiling, noisy, highly expressive, their gestures bordering on mime or clowning. African masks, domestic pets wearing head phones to drown out the noise, fashionistas and their high heels, music, the people of Cameroon, cars, cellular phones, cameraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and TV screens all dance on the canvas and present a window into the frenetic world in which she lives.

Aza Perfusion

Aza Boomerang

Aza Routine These brightly coloured creatures are the embodiment of life and gaiety, two synonyms (in Aza’s vocabulary) for beauty. Life is a celebration. Her work is exclusively bright, light-filled and festive. Hope, she says, is all that matters. But hope for what? The hope for a moment of happiness – however brief – with another. A quest clearly expressed in her canvases, with their cheerful tangle of forms, indistinct bodies that mix and mingle, perfectly illustrating their need to unite and exchange with others. Come together: the secret of progress. ‘No one can evolve alone, everyone needs someone else’, Aza Mansongi. Aza went to primary and secondary school and entered The Higher Technical School for Fine Arts in Kinshasha in 2002. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo it is no surprise Left: Aza Dualite

“Aza’s works often include stylised figures with almost a mythical or super hero type feel. Addressing important themes that are relevant to herself, her community and the continent of Africa, “

Aze Attente

that her artworks also often include guns and other weapons of war. This has been a part of daily life for Aza and the people of this region for her entire life. But they are presented as part of a snap shot into daily life and as not the dominating factor. Aza has exhibited extensively in Africa, Europe and the U.S. In 2017 she appointed The Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg to exclusively represent her in South Africa. In 2006, she took part in the group show ‘Under African Skies’ at the Sankaranka Gallery in Brooklyn (New York). In 2008, she produced a monumental fresco (80 x 3 metres) with the 3 Kokoricos Collective and Belgian artist Arnaid Debal at the French Lycée in Kinshasha. She is currently participating in ‘Afro Pop’, a group exhibition that explores ‘popular culture’ in Africa and runs at The Melrose Gallery until the 28th October. For more more information on Aza Mansongi and her works visit www. themelrosegallery.com www.facebook.com/ themelrosegallery or The Melrose Gallery, 10 The High Street, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg. Right: Aza Emergence

TO BELONG Mare’ Stander Solo Exhibition From 20 October 2018 ManzArt Franschhoek

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he ManzArt team is honoured to present Marié Stander’s sixth solo show, opening a week prior to the month of Art Franschhoek on the 20th of October 2018 and running throughout this prestigious event.

A very intimate approach toward an appreciation of the female figure, the female struggle and the female power, the sheer beauty and immense energy – not to be missed.

Marié joined our stable of artists with her first solo show over a decade ago and her latest drawings will go on show at ManzArt in Franschhoek from the 20st October 2018 onwards.

Marie’s solo is based on a theme which she explored over the past few years. It has manifested itself in different, but similar themes. From the work “Stripped”, to the series of “Khimati with Noa’s dove”; all revolving around the concept of displacement.

Best known for her figurative charcoal drawings, Marie’s new show will take over the main exhibition space in our gallery on the main street in Franschhoek with an impressive nine large scale near life size drawings of her new body of work, entitled the ‘…to belong..’ series.

This concept is reaching its highpoint and finale with this solo show “to belong” in this series of 9 works where Khimati is stripping herself from all her multi-cultural clothing in a quest to find her roots and identity in our hugely complex country, South Africa. Stander chose different multi-cultural clothing from the

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South African history to symbolize this search for belonging. She specifically uses clothes to communicate this, because for Marie, clothes are an extension and expression of herself, a reflection of her identity and her history. This in a way it explains not only her beliefs, but also her hopes and her political allegiances. In the process of stripping herself from all her historical reference to near nakedness, the model, Kimati, shows vulnerability, but also strength and sensuality. A woman searching, but also standing strong and reflective to what she was and what is to become, as a symbol of an universal woman, rooted and living in this country.... Unsurprisingly Marié Stander has a large and an ever growing following throughout South Africa’s collector community and throughout the world - her works can be found in most of the main African corporate and private collections and many international contemporary art collections. The prestigious Sanlam Private Collection acquired several of her works.

Marié’s work was previously submitted for the national portrait award in the UK. She also opened the Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom as one of the four festival artists as well as being selected as one of the festival artists for the Oudshoorn KKNK and the Stellenbosch Woordfees in recent years. She was invited to show at the Woordfees in Stellenbosch in the three years running with a large selection of works and also was one of the invited festival artists for the Oudshoorn KKNK. Marie Stander is a finalist in the top 40 from the national Sanlam SPI competition – and the artist also had the great opportunity to produce a portrait commission for Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The show will also incorporate the ‘Onse Mense ii’ book, Afrikaans poetry and Marié’s works in a beautiful format – an ideal little present. This book is already Marié’s second book after her sell-out first ‘Onse Mense’ book. Signed books will be available at the opening and as long as stock lasts.

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SILENT LAND Jenny Parsons Solo Exhibition

2nd December 2018 RK Contemporary, Riebeek Kasteel

An exhibition of plein air and studio paintings of the Swartland

viewer to share my sense of wonder in the world around me.

Artist’s statement In these works, I explore my body’s response to the landscape. Whilst holding an awareness of the political and ecological pressures on the land, I allow my senses to experience a more universal engagement. The visual world is my connection to the strangeness of being here, and it is through painting that I allow the

The vast Swartland landscapes, comprised of farmlands, settlements and small patches of endangered renosterveld, speak to me of the fragility of our world. Contact: www.rkcontemporary.com art@rkcontemporary.com / 083 6533697

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Distant Vlei, 110x130cm

Remnants, 30x35cm

Farm Valley, 140x170cm

AFRICAN TWILIGHT

Vanishing Rituals & Ceremonies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A Photographic Exhibition

Seated Lunar Masks, Burkina Faso, 2014

HK Photography in cooperation with Crossover, Hamburg, proudly presents an exhibition of photographic works by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, titled African Twilight: Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies. The exhibition opens at 6PM on Thursday, 1 November 2018 at THK Photography Gallery, 52 Waterkant Street, Cape Town. American-born Carol Beckwith and Australian Angela Fisher met over 40 years ago, beginning a photographic partnership that has seen them journey over 300 000 miles on the African continent – through 48 countries and recording 150 African cultures. African Twilight will be the first solo show presented by the pair on the African continent and will include images from their travels to Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Kenya, DR Congo, and Cameroon – documenting rituals and ceremonies from some of the most remote corners of our continent. For the last 15 years of their four decades of African fieldwork, world-renowned photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have continued their journey across Africa, seeking out even more remote communities to record the sacred ceremonies, powerful art forms, and boundless creativity of the African Continent.

Above: Wodaabe Male Charm Dancer, Niger, 1992 Left: Yoruba Gelede Mask, Benin, 1993

Salei Maasai Warriors Bearing Flags, Tanzania, 2006

Now, nearly two decades after their landmark book African Ceremonies, their soon to be released book African Twilight: The Vanishing Cultures and Ceremonies of the African Continent – a two-volume, 864-page publication featuring 750 colour photographs (pub. Rizzoli, New York) – completes the journey, covering disappearing rituals and ceremonies from some of the most inaccessible corners of the African continent. The images capture the vast cultural diversity of Africa and span the human life cycle from birth to death, covering unique initiation ceremonies into adulthood, colourful rituals of courtship and marriage, the splendour of power and leadership in Royal Kingdoms, seasonal rites of survival, diverse religious beliefs, healing practices and, finally, extraordinary rituals of death and the fascinating role of the afterworld. Simply put, no other book like this exists or can ever be created again, as more than 40 percent of what has been documented here has already vanished. The upcoming exhibition – a selection of images from this vast body of work – brings the vibrancy, intimacy, personal connection and meaningful understanding for which the Beckwith/Fisher collaboration is renowned. The exhibition will consist of 27 photographs and 10 short video films and will run from 01.11.2018 – 02.02.2019 at THK Photography Gallery in collaboration with: Crossover, Hamburg, www.crossovershowroom.com.

Above: Kara Painted Man, Omo River, Ethiopia, 2014 Right: Turkana Woman by Tree, Kenya, 2014

Bamilieke Elephant Mask, Cameroon, 2014

25 prints of Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s work were included in the October 2018 Phillips Auction sale of Photographs in New York and received rave reviews. Beckwith and Fisher have twice been honoured with the Annisfield-Wolf Book Award in race relations for “outstanding contributions to the understanding of cultural diversity and prejudice”, and have won the Royal Geographical Society of London’s Cherry Kearton Medal for their “contribution to the photographic recording of African ethnography and ritual”. Their defining body of work, the double volume book African Ceremonies (1999), and the accompanying exhibition Passages (Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2000), won the United Nations Award for Excellence for its “vision and understanding of the role of cultural traditions in the pursuit of world peace.” The exhibition travelled internationally to various institutions – including the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Museum of

Art in New York. Ruth E. Carter, the celebrated costume designer for the groundbreaking film Black Panther (2017), has referenced Beckwith and Fisher’s photographs as one source of inspiration for her innovative designs, using Beckwith and Fisher’s comprehensive and varied collection of images as a foundation upon which to innovate. Other notable publications produced by the duo include Africa Adorned (1984), Faces of Africa (2004), and Painted Bodies: African Body Painting, Tattoos and Scarification (2012). THK will host an artist walkabout and book signing on the following dates: • Saturday, 15 Dec 2018 – Artist Walkabout at THK Gallery @ 11.00am • Saturday, 15 Dec 2018 – Artist Book Signing at THK Gallery @ 12.00pm www.thkphotography.com Instagram: @thkphotography_za

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PULSE Miami Beach 2018 Tsoku Maela & Nigatu Tsehay

Booth S-104 Thurs 6 Dec - Sun 9 Dec Indian Beach Park, Miami Beach Christopher Moller Gallery 7 Kloofnek Road, Cape Town; www.christophermollerart.co.za

ST JOHN VISION 20/20 EXHIBITION Photos: David Prior / St John, South Africa

t John Vision 20/20 exhibition is a photographic exhibition that shares a story reflecting the lives of those that work at St John Eye Care Clinics and those they seek help with their sight.

St John South Africa offers affordable and professional eye care support to those who otherwise cannot afford it. They operate in ten cities and many communities throughout South Africa, providing eye tests and dispensing spectacles to those members of the community who are unable to afford commercial rates. St John Eye Care Clinics are able to diagnose cases where patients require corrective surgery and can refer these patients accordingly for treatment at specialist facilities. Over the last 3 months, Inner Voice Creative, led by Robyn Keet has been traveling around South Africa visiting the various St John Eye Centres to see what they do and how average South African’s engage with their services. Sight is a very personal and intimate experience for each person. Healthy eyesight determines the quality of life and experiences. This is at the heart of our exhibition; the images showcase the individuals that benefit from the eye care services that St John offers to South Africans and embodies their motto: “Pro Utilitate Hominum” - In the service of humanity.

Right: “When I am not at the St John Eye Clinic in Durban, I serve 9 other Eye clinics around KZN. I am proud to be a community optometrist.”

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After the last photo was taken, a car drove up to one of our crew and kindly told us that we are now done for the day – Westbury

Each individual that has been selected and showcased here, has a story to tell. From dressmakers, truck drivers and construction workers to community leaders, these are the people that shape our communities, these are the people that St John serves. We have also included the unsung heroes within St John; dedicated individuals who give of their time as Optometrists, Centre Managers, Receptionists, and Bookkeepers. Men and women that work towards a better vision, a grander vision, A 20/20 Vision. The aim of the exhibition was to firstly, to show the incredible stories of the average South Africans and how their lives are changed when they have the gift of sight. Secondly, to bring awareness of the services

that St John South Africa brings lowerincome households and lastly, to help St John cast a Grander Vision for the Future We will be launching this photographic exhibition with the generous assistance of our partners on the 18th of October in the beautiful Johannesburg Country Club, Auckland Park. From there, the CEO’s, Mr. George Woods and Mr. Hope Chidawanyika will be sending the St John Vision 20/20 exhibition across South Africa. If you are interested in being part of sharing these stories or want to know more of the incredible work that St John – South Africa does, please contact Inner Voice Creative’s Robyn Keet on hello@robynkeet.com. Join the conversation using #SavingSight.

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STANDARD BANK YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS Five New Innovators For 2019

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Gabrielle Goliath, Faces of people who may or may not be victims or perpetrators of domestic violence, 2013, Pigment ink in cotton

ince its inception almost four decades ago, one national award has come to be regarded as the ultimate accolade for young South African arts innovators on the cusp of greatness. And, as Standard Bank celebrates 35 years of sponsoring the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards in 2019, the latest list of winners proves that the creative fire that fuelled their predecessors in the 1980s burns just as fiercely in the current generation of South African arts pioneers.

The 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist (SBYA) Award recipients are Mandla Mlangeni (Jazz), Kitty Phetla (Dance), MeganGeoffrey Prins (Music), Amy Jephta (Theatre) and Gabrielle Goliath (Visual Art). Each of these exceptional young artists will receive a cash incentive, as well as a commission to premiere a new work or exhibit on the Main Programme of the 2019 National Arts Festival, taking place in Makhanda

(Grahamstown) from 27 June to 7 July 2019 – which is also toasting its 45-year milestone with #Fest45. These five young stars join a long list of illustrious SBYA alumni who have attained dizzying creative and professional heights over the years. Since 1981, the ranks of SBYA winners have included Sibongile Khumalo, William Kentridge, Mbongeni Ngema, PieterDirk Uys, Johnny Clegg, Vincent Mantsoe, Gregory Maqoma, Janice Honeyman, Helen Sebidi, Lara Foot, Darrell Roodt, Robyn Orlin, Jerry Mofokeng, Andrew Buckland, Sam Nhlengethwa and Marthinus Basson. These luminaries, and many other SBYA alumni, have gone on to forge successful and sustainable careers in the arts. They have created important work that contributes meaningfully to important national topics, often challenging the status quo in the process. Fêted on the world’s stages and screens, in international galleries and concert halls, many are still actively working in – and

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enriching – South Africa’s creative economy. In fact, an SBYA alumnus from 2001, artist and theatremaker Brett Bailey, currently chairs the National Arts Festival artistic committee who have the responsibility of selecting the SBYA winners. 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Arts - Gabrielle Goliath Gabrielle Goliath is a multidisciplinary artist who is known for sensitively negotiating complex social concerns in her work, particularly relating to gender-based and sexual violence. Among this PhD candidate’s long-term performance projects is her Elegy series, where each iteration marks the absence of a woman or LGBTQI+ individual who has been raped and killed in South Africa. Gabrielle Goliath situates her practice within contexts marked by the traces, disparities and as-of-yet unreconciled traumas of colonialism and apartheid, as well as socially entrenched structures of patriarchal power and rape-

culture. Enabling opportunities for affective, relational encounters, she seeks to resist the violence through which black, brown, feminine, queer and vulnerable bodies are routinely fixed through forms of representation. Goliath recently participated in the Verbo Performance Art Festival (2018), São Paulo; the Palais de Tokyo’s Do Disturb Festival (2018), Paris; the National Arts Festival (2018), Makhanda; as well as the 11th Bamako Encounters Biennale (2017), Mali. She has won a number of awards including the Institut Français, Afrique en Créations Prize (Bamako Biennale), and was recently announced as a shortlisted candidate for the Future Generation Art Prize (2019). Her work features in numerous public and private collections, including the Iziko South African National Gallery, Johannesburg Art Gallery and Wits Art Museum. Goliath is currently a Ph.D. candidate with the Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR 2019 An Art Fair for the future and for the city

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Laura Vincenti - Investec Cape Town Art Fair Director

nvestec Cape Town Art Fair, taking place from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 February 2019, has continued to develop exponentially as it approaches its seventh edition. Fair Director Laura Vincenti points to the broader offer, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;is attracting more international galleries, and more galleries from the African continent. The fair creates a world-class setting that places internationally-renowned names in contemporary art alongside the most exciting emerging artists from across the African continent, something you cannot find at other fairs.â&#x20AC;? Newcomers at Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018 included globally respected galleries such as Perrotin, founded in Paris, with numerous outposts in Europe, North America and Asia, and conceptual heavyweight Galerija Gregor Podnar, based in Berlin. Galleria Minini and Galleria Continua, both well established as prominent players in Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contemporary art scene, returned to the fair for the second and third time respectively.

This showing of some of the foremost art galleries in the world illustrates Cape Town’s ability to serve as a destination for international galleries seeking access to a new market of enthusiastic collectors, and insight into the region’s art scene, currently one of the fastest growing in the world. Investec Cape Town Art Fair offers an immersive and intimate experience of an entirely unique art capital, with plenty to offer international galleries and collectors to make the trip worthwhile. Vincenti, who has gained valuable experience managing the design of Italian art fair Artissima, as well as other large-scale art biennales and

international exhibitions, is now making use of her expertise to further develop Cape Town’s position as an international destination for art and culture. “The Investec Cape Town Art Fair team promotes the city of Cape Town when we travel abroad, functioning as unofficial ambassadors,” Vincenti says. “International people know the city primarily as a tourist destination. But now its relevance as a cultural destination is growing. The connection between the two is very important.” Investec SA marketing head Danni Dixon says, “Investec’s inaugural involvement last year, as

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headline sponsor, was a great success. We are thrilled to be supporting African art, and to be bringing African art to the world. By partnering with Investec Cape Town Art Fair, we can help our clients navigate the art of buying art. We are looking forward to the talent, inspiration and stories the 2019 gathering will create.” As the anchor event within a week filled with exhibitions and events, Investec Cape Town Art Fair is a catalyst in the city’s cultural evolution. “The city has the infrastructure to push the art agenda. Cape Town is comparable to any other art capital in the world. It’s the right place for artists to develop their practice and

for collectors to enjoy. We’ve got top hotels, top restaurants, and top attractions. Now is the perfect moment for the city to be seen, to be explored,” says Vincenti. Investec Cape Town Art Fair runs from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 February 2019. For more information, visit www.investeccapetownartfair.co.za Follow Investec Cape Town Art Fair on Twitter @ictartfair, Instagram @ investeccapetownartfair & facebook www.facebook.com/ICTArtFair/ #ICTAF

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STRAUSS & CO SPRING SALE

Single-owner collections snapped up by collectors at Strauss & Co, Spring Sale

vivid floral still life by South Africa’s foremost painter, Irma Stern, was the top lot at Strauss & Co’s R50-million grossing spring sale in Cape Town, selling for R9.1 million. The sale, Strauss & Co’s fourth and penultimate live sale of the year, also saw two new world records achieved for works by Judith Mason and Fritz Krampe. The Stern lot, depicting an arrangement of dahlias, formed part of a consignment of 23 paintings from the illustrious Labia Family Collection and invited enthusiastic bidding during the premier Evening Sale totalling R11 600 000. Highlights from the Labia Family Collection included British modernist Ivon Hitchens’s gestural landscape, Felled Trees (sold for R614 520), and Pieter Wenning’s gripping winter scene, The Yellow House (sold for R796 600). Twenty lots from the Labia Family Collection found buyers achieving an overall total of R11,6 million. The upbeat mood around this single-owner collection continued into the sale of mostly Namibian works from the collection of the Late Peter and Regina Strack. A noteworthy highlight was the new world record achieved for Fritz Krampe, whose large double-sided painting from 1958, Village Scene with Woman Smoking Pipe/Fishing Boat, sold for R682 800. All twenty lots from the Strack collection found buyers, including three rare oils by Adolph Jentsch, reaching a total of R4 million. Painted in Jentsch’s typically muted colour palette, his study of the Schaf River near Windhoek sold for R625 900. Jentsch’s Vlei on Farm Teufelsbach, an unusually verdant view of the Otjihavera River, also sold for R625 900. Judith Mason, Hands of God, Sold R 227 600 World Record For The Artist

Louise Almon, Filling the Spaces

Maggie Laubser, South African 1886-1973, Mietje, R 1 000 000 - 1 500 000, Sold R 1 138 000

Frank Kilbourn, Strauss & Co chairman, said: “The sale was the culmination of a successful week for Strauss & Co. We were really delighted by the public interest and turnout at our previews, lectures and social programmes. The strong auction results underscore Strauss & Co’s unmatched ability to handle important single-owner collections, which are an important aspect of Strauss & Co’s business.”

Bina Genovese, joint managing director of Strauss & Co, said: “It was a great joy to handle the sale of both the Labia and Strack collections. The impeccable pedigree of both collections was reflected in the prices we achieved. We won’t see an offering like the Strack collection anytime soon, which included the most important and comprehensive collection of Namibian art ever to come to market.”

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Christo Coetzee, Collection of Storm Elements, Sold R 569 000 45

Irma Stern, South African 1894-1966, Dahlias, R 8 000 000 - 12 000 000, Sold R 9 104 000

Early South African moderns continue to yield good results at auction, notably Maggie Laubser, JH Pierneef and Irma Stern. Maggie Laubser’s portrait of a working-class woman wearing a yellow headscarf, Mietje from 1920, sold for R1.138 million. The high prices realised for Stern and Laubscher are a testament to the enduring market power of South African women artists at auction. Stern enjoyed a red-letter day. All nine telephone bidders presented to bid for

Stern’s 1949 oil Woman with Orange Headscarf, prompting auctioneer Bina Genovese to remark: “We have a standing ovation for Irma.” Released by the Irma Stern Trust Collection, with proceeds benefitting the Trust and in turn the museum, Stern’s demure nude eventually sold for double its high estimate, fetching R796 600. Strauss & Co’s Pierneef offering was wideranging and catered to both entry-level buyers and connoisseurs. Red Mountains, a sun-drenched casein acquired from the

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artist’s studio in the 1930s by the seller’s grandparents, sold for R546 240, well above the high estimate. Bidding for an etching depicting the bushveld scene from the Strack collection sold for R125 180, more than double the high estimate. The spring sale commenced with two sessions devoted to over 300 lots of decorative arts, furniture and jewellery, an important part of Strauss & Co’s offering that achieved combined sales of R7.17 million. Four lots fetched over R250 000, with a particularly rare Chinese blue and white Transitional vase, Chongzhen period (162844), achieving the highest individual result of R364 160. Fierce rivalry between five telephone bidders helped push the price of this exceptional piece to seven times its high estimate. An 18th century Cape stinkwood and yellowwood “koskas” sold for R352 780, well above the high estimate. An early Louis Vuitton wood and leather cabin trunk fitted with hanging compartments and original coat hangers drew considerable buyer interest, and eventually sold for R284 500, trebling the estimate. Silver highlights included a rare set of eight George II candlesticks by renowned silversmith William Gould of London, which sold for R250 360. Enthusiastic bidding for a William IV silver-gilt table snuffbox, Charles Rawlings and William Summers, valued at R8 000 to 12 000, culminated in a sensational sale price of R147 940. A Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period (1868-1912) bettered the guide price in the catalogue and sold for R147 940. “There was strong performance across all the major sectors,” said Frank Kilbourn, “We were delighted with the strong continued interest in the works of Christo Coetzee and Robert Hodgins as well as the recognition that Judith Mason, an accomplished and underrated artist, received at the sale”. Notable individual sales included:

• Christo Coetzee, Collection of Storm Elements, a large abstract painted in Paris in 1964, which sold for R569 000 • Vladimir Tretchikoff, Still Life with Crayfish and Newspaper from 1958-59, which bettered its pre-sale estimate and sold for R739 700 • Cecil Skotnes, Icon No 13, a carved, painted and incised wood panel from 1990, which sold for R500 720 • Judith Mason, Hands of God, an ethereal study of nine candleholders and a biomorphic form, which sold for R227 600 • Robert Hodgins, Predators, a 2005 portrait of a solitary figure in a room, which sold for R910 400 Every auction has its own dynamic. Eager buyers chased after two works by pioneering ceramicist Esias Bosch, with his large hand-painted ceramic tile depicting a Kori Bustard selling for R352 780, more than double the high estimate. Earlier depictions of Cape Town’s Atlantic coastline and environs by, among others, Robert Gwelo Goodman, Siegfried Hahn, George Crossland Robinson and Nita Spilhaus drew enthusiastic bidding. Goodman’s view of the City Bowl from Bo-Kaap sold for R341 400. www.straussart.co.za. Founded in 2009, Strauss & Co is a global leader in the sale of South African art. The company has sold nine of the ten most expensive paintings ever auctioned in South Africa. Strauss & Co are currently inviting consignments for their February 2019 Contemporary Art auction and their March 2019 auction of Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts and Co was awarded the prestigious Chairman’s Premier Award at the 2018 annual BASA Awards for its sustained and extraordinary commitment to the arts in South Africa. www.strausssart.co.za

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CITY STORY

Strauss & Co sale explores how Johannesburg defined a nation’s art history

trauss & Co is delighted to announce details of its forthcoming live sale in Johannesburg on 12 November. The sale, which has a combined pre-sale estimate of R80 million, is a celebration of Johannesburg and its many talented artists, curators and collectors. The sale commemorates the city’s important role in shaping South African art history. Highlights from the sale include a dedicated session inspired by curator Steven Sack’s landmark 1988 exhibition, The Neglected Tradition, held at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, a single-owner collection of five remarkable paintings by Maggie Laubser, and a magnificent portrait of one of Johannesburg’s most faithful chroniclers, photographer David Goldblatt. Goldblatt, who passed away in June, is a striking presence in KwaZulu-Natal painter Heather Gourlay-Conyngham’s portrait David (estimate R80 000 – 100 000), which depicts the award-winning photographer pausing from evaluating a photographic print. A photograph from Goldblatt’s highly regarded essay on Boksburg, first published in 1982, precedes the sale of Gourlay-Conyngham’s portrait. Taken on a Saturday morning in April 1979 at the corner of Commissioner and Trichardt streets in Boksburg, this wellknown street photograph (estimate R70 000 – 100 000) miniaturises Goldblatt’s affection for the ordinary people and places of Johannesburg. “Johannesburg is seldom a beautiful city; it has its rare moments,” said Goldblatt in 2002. “I can’t honestly say that I love it. However, I miss it when I am away, and when I am in it I rejoice.” Maggie Laubser’s biography is strongly tied to the Cape, but Johannesburg collectors have long esteemed her paintings of Swartland farm labourers. David Goldblatt, Saturday Morning at the Corner of Commissioner and Trichardt Streets, Boksburg (Estimate R 70 000 - 100 000) 80

Magie Laubser, Leentjie (estimate R1 – 2 million)

The forthcoming sale includes five Laubser paintings assembled by a Johannesburg collector. The lots include Leentjie (estimate R1 – 2 million), an exquisite portrait of a young domestic worker from Laubser’s family farm, and Harvesters in Wheatfield (estimate R2 – 3 million), a vivid description of two farmhands, one cutting ripe yellow ears of wheat with a sickle. “Harvesting was one of Laubser’s favourite subjects,” notes art historian Elza Miles of this work. “Laubser places emphasis on the worth of the sweat of the farm worker’s brow. These harvest scenes belong to the ‘sickle and scythe’ period in the history of South African agriculture.”

Initially mistreated by the press following her return from Berlin in 1924, Laubser’s participation in a 1936 exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery – alongside Irma Stern and Wolf Kibel, among others – marked the “first significant demonstration of critical recognition” of her work, according to art historian Esmé Berman. Johannesburg, and in particular its century-old municipal gallery, has been the site of many important exhibitions. They include Steven Sack’s seminal exhibition, The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930-1988), which highlighted a largely neglected canon of black artists.

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Heather Gourlay-Conyngham, David, (Estimate R 80 000 - 100 000)

“Harvesting was one of Laubser’s favourite subjects,” notes art historian Elza Miles of this work. “Laubser places emphasis on the worth of the sweat of the farm worker’s brow. These harvest scenes belong to the ‘sickle and scythe’ period in the history of South African agriculture.” Strauss & Co is thrilled to announce the inclusion of a dedicated session inspired by this watershed exhibition. Titled An Unsung History, the session draws together a selection of work by earlier pioneers working through the country’s most tumultuous period. Some of the artists in this session are now well known domestically, but most remain unheralded in global histories. An Unsung History includes works by early masters like Ernest Mancoba, John Koenakeefe Mohl and Moses Tladi, as well as important later twentieth-century artists Jackson Hlungwani, Noria Mabasa, Cyprian Shilakoe, Winston Saoli and Lucas Sithole.

Standout offerings from the An Unsung History session include: • Ephraim Ngatane’s entrancing 1971 oil on board, Abstract (estimate R150 000 – 200 000) • Lucas Sithole’s tall Swazi teak sculpture, Mother Buffalo (estimate R200 000 – 300 000) • Cecil Skotnes’s idiosyncratic portrait of one of South African pre-eminent historical figures, Shaka (estimate R700 000 – 1 million) • Peter Clarke’s 1962 mixed-media painting describing a woman’s burden, The Watercarrier, Windermere (estimate R500 000 – 700 000)

Cecil Skotnes, Shaka (estimate R700 000 – 1 million)

• Gerard Sekoto’s Women and Baby in the Street (estimate R800 000 – 1.2 million), which was painted shortly after his return to Pretoria in 1947 at the start of his peak period.

was liberating: “… for the first time in my life I enjoyed the freedom to see the works of other white artists and to observe their techniques.”

Sekoto, who is also represented on this sale by two cobalt-blue portraits of a man and woman (estimate for each R800 000 – 1 million), lived in Johannesburg from 1939 to 1942. Despite enduring constant racial prejudice, his sojourn in Sophiatown represented one of Sekoto’s most prolific periods.

Strauss & Co is excited at the prospect of sharing its consignments, which will be on view at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg from Friday 9 November until the start of the sale on Monday 12 November. Strauss & Co is a global leader for South African art and has sold nine of the ten most expensive paintings ever auctioned in South Africa.

Sekoto later told his biographer Chabani Manganyi that his time in Johannesburg

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William Kentridge Sister Fan

SAVE THE DATE ZEITZ MOCAA Benefit Art Auction Saturday, 1 December 2018 Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town Conducted by Strauss & Co

Courtesy of Goodman Gallery

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ASPIRE ART AUCTIONEERS The Contemporary Art market in 2018 www.aspireart.net

s the year draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the exciting developments in the local and international art markets in 2018. Aspire Art Auctions has enjoyed a continued and growing interest in contemporary art, in line with trends worldwide. The contemporary segment in the auction market is certainly a good place to gauge general market movements for collectors. The year from June 2017 to June 2018 was one of significant growth for the South African contemporary market as a whole. Artprice puts the SA market at a very respectable 13th in its listing of the top 20 countries by turnover value in the segment, ahead of countries like India, Switzerland and Denmark. South Africa’s total by revenue in the year was just over $6m, or approximately R88m, for 1,494 sold lots in total. This represents total market growth of 25%. In global terms the market has grown 19% year on year, reaching a turnover value of $1.9 billion. Volumes of lots grew by 17% and their price index overall also grew, by 18.5%. As Artprice analyses, the 66,850 transactions recorded over the 12-month period around the world reflect an unprecedented level of activity on the global contemporary market. The number of auction transactions has increased five and a half times since 2000/2001 while the segment’s total auction turnover has risen from $103 million to $1.9 billion. The average price of a successfully auctioned contemporary artwork has risen from $8,400 at the turn of the 21st century to $28,000 today, after peaking at $38,800 in 2013/2014. The number of transactions represents 14% of the total number of fine art auction transactions around the world, generating 12% of the world’s fine art

auction turnover. Its share is now larger than both the Old Masters and the 19th Century art segments, both in terms of turnover and transactions. Since January 2000, the price index for contemporary art as a whole has increased cumulatively by 88%, compared with 85% for the S&P 500 US stock market index. Over 18 years, the two indices have posted roughly equivalent gains of 3.5% per year, on average, making contemporary art a very respectable investment asset class.

Above: Dumile Feni, Children under apartheid, 1987 Right: Marina Abramović, Golden Mask, 2009

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In the local market Aspire Art Auctions has seen significant gains in its own dealings in the contemporary segment. With both local and international work the auction house has established a reputation as the go-to destination for ensuring the best prices are achieved for contemporary art. Aspire sold a work by renowned Serbian performance artist Marina AbramoviÄ&#x2021;, Golden Mask (2009), for R1,477,840 in July last year. While not a record for the artist, the return is significant and demonstrates an ability to sell international work in a market only slowly developing an outward-looking attitude. In similar vein, Aspire achieved a local auction record of R130,944 for a work by well-travelled Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou at the same auction, Das kapital (1995) indicating the extent to which art from the rest of the African continent is growing in popularity worldwide.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over 18 years, the two indices have posted roughly equivalent gains of 3.5% per year, on average, making contemporary art a very respectable investment asset class.â&#x20AC;?

Athi-Patra Ruga, The Night of the Long Knives, 2014

William Kentridge, Drawing from Mine (Soho with coffee plunger and cup), 1991

In terms of South African contemporary art, Aspire is the market leader for returns in the segment. A very important museumquality work by Dumile Feni, Children under apartheid (1987), which had been repatriated from New York, sold in July last year for a world-record R1,200,320. Respected contemporary artist Moshekwa Langa saw his Mmatšie I sell for another South African record of R311,920 at the same auction. Having already sold a work by Athi-Patra Ruga, Convention…Procession…Elevation (2013), for a South African auction record of R477,456 in October 2016, Aspire followed up with the sale of a photograph by the artist, Night of the Long Knives III (2014) in March this year for R295,568. Ruga is currently enjoying his first major solo exhibition in the UK, at Somerset House in London, which was timed to open with the prestigious 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.

Aspire also achieved the South African auction record for a work by contemporary doyen and internationally renowned artist William Kentridge, which they hold at time of writing. Drawing from Mine (Soho with coffee plunger and cup) (1991) sold for R5,456,640 in November last year. These sales successes are not significant only for the auction house itself. Aspire’s Artist Resale Rights (ARR) initiative sees all living SA artists whose work sells on its auctions paid a royalty – the only SA auction house to do so. Aspire’s work on the ARR project, which it self-funds, has to date earned over R400,000 for more than 90 artists, and was recently acknowledged with the award for Best Strategic Project of 2018 at the Business Arts South Africa annual awards.

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Art, antiques, objects, furniture and jewellery wanted for forthcoming auctions

Edoardo Villa, bronze casting SOLD R135,000 View previous auction results at www.rkauctioneers.co.za

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5 th Avenue Fine Art Auctioneers Irma Stern, Oil ~ On Auction 2nd December 2018

We are now inviting entries for this auction. Closing date 15th Nov. 2018

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STEPHAN WELZ & CO

Upcoming Auctions in Johannesburg 22 - 27 November 2018 stephanwelzandco.co.za

J.H. Pierneef, Grassland with Trees

ith the last three sales for the year swiftly approaching, we look forward to presenting our clients once more with exquisite items in a number of categories - showcasing the extraordinary quality across our various departments.

On the 11th of November we will be holding a jewellery sale with viewing from Friday the 9th, shortly followed by an online art auction running from the 13th to the 20th of November. Highlights on the online auction include a selection of Walter Battiss works on paper, the Henry Moore West Wind Relief Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book with accompanying etching, a Colin Jones photograph of

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Our 2018 sales will end on a high note with our year-end live auction in Johannesburg scheduled for the 27th of November, the sale promises an exciting selection of fine art, classic cars, furniture, silverware and Judaica among other categories. The art session has a variety of highlights including works by South African artists such as J.H. Pierneef, Adriaan Boshoff, Gregoire Boonzaier, Nelson Makamo, Dorothy Kay, Johannes Meintjes, Judith Mason, and Vladimir Tretchikoff to name only a few. The auction also features a fine selection of South African landscapes and mountain scenes by the likes of

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J.E.A Volschenk, Meiringspoort

Tinus de Jongh and JEA Volschenk, as well as the Michaelis Twenty Prints portfolio comprising works on paper by artists such as Battiss, Boonzaier, Laubser, Pierneef, Preller, Stern, Van Essche and Welz.

G. Boonzaier, Cape Street Scene With Table Mountain In The Background

Since the launch of our online auction platform, Welz Online, earlier in September we are proud to report that the platform has seen an influx of interest for online buyers. Look out for the new app, available from the iOS and Google app stores. We look forward to seeing you at the Killarney Country Club from the 22nd of Novemberfor our viewing, and Tuesday 27th of November for the year-end sale.

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Dorothy Kay | FIRING A ROUND | R 250 000 - R 350 000

Johannesburg Auction 27 November 2018 The Killarney Country Club | 60 5th Street Houghton Estate | Johannesburg Preview | 23, 24 & 25 November 2018 10am - 5pm Walkabout conducted by our Specialists, Saturday 24 November, 11am

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NEW BLOOD WANTED FOR A NEW WORLD Featured Schools Young Artists

The SA Art Times pays homage to our young artists and their fearless quest in creating their space in a new world. View fresh artwork submitted by art teachers and learners throughout SA in the next few pages. View daily updates of fresh, original and topical young issues at www.arttimes.co.za/ newblood as it comes into our mailbox.

SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK TO ART TIMES NEW BLOOD SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS Submit your Art Classes art or your own artwork directly to newblood@arttimes.co.za to have your work profiled to the global art world through our extensive SA Art Times social media platforms, magazine and website. www.arttimes. wufoo.com/entries/new-blood-young-artist Instagram #sa_arttimes / Facebook @SAArtTimes

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Natural beauty meets the lived experience in the work of Frances Wedepohl Stepping into Alice Art Gallery, one cannot help but be drawn to Frances Wedepohl’s unique oil paintings. The landscapes stand out, some are huge and psychedelic, others are smaller scenes that capture the natural beauty of South Africa. Frances’ work has a common thread of rich colour meeting geometric line and shape, creating a distinctive style and setting her work

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apart from the rest. Q: Which landscapes inspire you? A: I love painting places where I’ve been happy. Some of my best memories have been with my family in the Western Cape and the Magaliesburg. I find I can reexperience them by coming home to my studio and bringing them back to life in my paintings. Q: How did your style develop? A: I studied architectural drafting which involves

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working with a lot of lines and shapes. I also love stained glass windows, which combine those geometric elements with colour and light. When I started to explore painting, I experimented with different styles and discovered Pierneef’s work. He captures South Africa in such a unique way, and he has been a huge inspiration in my art. Q: What is your artistic process? A: I sketch out my compositions and then start working with my oil paints.

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” - PABLO PICASSO

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I take a while mixing my colours – it’s my favourite part – and then I begin filling in the canvas. I love the texture and workability of oil paints; they allow for so much freedom and expression. It can be difficult to face a blank canvas, but once I start applying my colours, I feel really at home. Frances works with the natural world in a unique and delicate way, transforming it from reality into something new. This is an artist that sees the world as it is and as it could be.

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ZEITZ MOCAA

Work from leading contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora in Zeitz Mocaa Benefit Auction

Yinka Shonibare, Twins V, 2015, Four colour silkscreen print with gold leaf on Somerset Tub, sized 410gsm paper, 83.5 x 81.3 cm. Work donated by: the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Goodman Gallery, South Africa. Photo: Matthew Wong

number of works from leading contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora will be up for auction at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA). Held in partnership with Strauss & Co., the live auction will take place at the museum on 1 December 2018. The auction will feature 26 lots, from 21 artists, including William Kentridge, Nicholas Hlobo and Yinka Shonibare. “We are incredibly thankful to the artists and galleries that have donated these amazing works to us and made this auction possible,” said Brooke Minto, Director of Institutional Advancement at Zeitz MOCAA. “With critical support from artists, collectors, and patrons alike, we can shape the museum’s future programming and ensure that Zeitz

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MOCAA has a deep and sustained impact on our community at large.” Funds raised from the benefit auction allow the museum to continue its community outreach efforts through the Centre for Art Education (CFAE), underscoring its commitment to Access for All which remains central to the mission of Zeitz MOCAA. The auction will be held in the museum’s iconic Heatherwick grain silos, expertlyguided by Strauss & Co., who have waived all auction commissions, and are providing their advice and expertise as early and sustained corporate partners of the museum. Interested parties can register for telephone bidding, view the catalogue or find out more information, by visiting www.straussart.co.za.

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JOSHUA MILES

The SA Print Gallery Is proud to present an exhibition of new reduction woodblock prints by Joshua Miles Entitled: Spektrum Opens Saturday 21 Dec 2018 For more information see www.printgallery.co.za Exhibition runs until mid January 2019

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