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“My sculptures are not conceptual works, where thought is the main thing and sculptural form is ignored. My sculptures are sculptures first and foremost and they are the result of deep emotional responses to the world around me. They are also not illustrative, they convey their message to the viewer an a more subtle way. They are triggered by human relationships and predicaments and they find expression through the human figure.”
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Behind the lens Hasan and Husain Essop were two big names in contemporary South African photography long before they won the 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art. Signed to Goodman Gallery shortly after graduating from their BA at UCT’s Michaelis School of Fine Art, they have exhibited at such prestigious establishments as England’s Victoria and Albert Museum and France’s Institut d’Art Contemporain; not to mention the biennales in Dakar, Havana and Mali that they have been a part of. Appropriately titled “Unrest”, their exhibition of mostly-photographic work is currently touring the country. The Art Times caught up with them to learn more about their art practice: AT: The story of every successful artist starts with small beginnings. Who/what inspired you to start making art and how did your story develop? Husain: Art is in our blood. From a very young age we competed with each other, seeing who could colour –in the best. We also realised early-on that we were good at working with our hands. Our primary school didn’t have Art as a subject but the school often involved us in projects that required an artistic hand, like banner-making. Then we went to Alexander Sinton High School where our perspective grew through Art and History of Art classes. Hasan: I loved drawing while growing up and would try to impress my friends with more and more elaborate drawings. As my skills developed, I started looking at the work of other artists, which helped my interest to grow. In high school, I spent every possible moment in the art room and it became my sanctuary. Husain: One of the teachers, Maggie Colman, was a wonderful support to us. She encouraged us to apply to study at UCT, Michaelis School of Art. Storm Janse van Rensburg, who was then one of the Curators at the time from the Goodman Gallery, liked the work that Hasan was doing in his 4th year at Michaelis and invited us to take part 8
in an exhibition at the gallery the following year. AT: How did you decide on photography as a means of expression? Husain: I majored in photography, while Hasan majored in print-making. He later went on to collage photographs into his work. Our art is constantly evolving. Our current exhibition makes use of video installation, sculpture and photography. Hasan: When I was studying print-making, I was often very interested in what my friends who were studying photography were doing. In my 4th year I
collaborated with one of these friends, and found it quite successful. I have always enjoyed the newer print-making disciplines that are similar to photography, like photo-lithography. AT: When you collaborate on an artwork, who does what? Husain: Hasan trusts me to set up our photo shoots and to later stitch multiple photos together on Photoshop. Hasan does the final touches and works closely with our printers to make sure the files are perfect for printing. Hasan: I make sure that the printed proofs look good and I usually end up doing any administrative tasks. We both direct the conceptual and performance aspects of the photographs. AT: How does your individual work differ and if you didn’t collaborate, how would you see it progressing? Husain: My own art is mainly black and white photography and drawing. I haven’t had much opportunity to exhibit it yet, though. Hasan: I love getting my hands dirty with pen, charcoal and oil paint. I prefer to make individual, one-off pieces instead of editioned works, to maintain a certain exclusivity to an artwork. This is why our photo editions are usually kept quite small. AT: Your work makes regular reference to your Islamic roots. How do you respond to those who might refer to your works as ‘Islamic Art’? Husain: I think ‘Islamic Art’ is a problematic label. When I think of Islamic Art I think of face-less images, calligraphy. Our work has been included in the current CAPS curriculum under the title ‘Identity and culture in Post-Apartheid South Africa’. I think this label is much more fitting. Hasan: I wouldn’t say our art is ‘Islamic Art’ but rather contemporary art made by a Muslim person. SA ART TIMES. SEPTEMBER 2014
ARTIST PROFILE | ART TIMES AT: Do you think your work challenges the iconography of Western art? Husain: I think our work reacts against Western culture, maybe not Western art. Most religious people will probably say that you shouldn’t strive for material gain, because you can’t take it with you when you die. I think our art reflects this. It also reacts against the dilution of culture that often happens in densely populated areas where people of many different cultures meet. Hasan: I wouldn’t say that our work challenges Western art but rather embraces it. Having studied at an art institution, we have learnt and somewhat absorbed some of the ideals of Western art. We are evolving what is currently considered Western art into something more universal. AT: You are both school teachers. As life filters into art, would you regard your artwork as specifically pedagogical, or more abstractly referential? Husain: I think, a bit of both. Our art makes a statement, highlighting our own experiences and memories, but each viewer comes to an artwork with his or her own background to refer to. It’s as if the artwork looks for common ground between us and the viewer. Our work often contains double-meanings, so sometimes people might not read everything we put into an artwork, but we don’t mind. We like that viewers take their own meaning from our art. Hasan: We are currently working for an NGO called Lalela Projects, where we work with children from the ages of seven to seventeen. In accordance
with Outcomes-Based Education, we are actually referred to as ‘Art facilitators’ because we assist the students to discover things in their own way. The focus is not on our own ideas but rather the children’s. I guess that mindset filters into our art in that we want to facilitate the viewer experiencing our art in their own way and don’t want to teach/convey anything specifically. AT: What do you think attracts viewers to your work? Husain: I think people are possibly interested in the work of Muslim artists because of the media hype around the Islamic religion. We are South Africans who happen to be Muslim, and I think people are interested to see what that looks like. Hasan: I imagine people enjoy the visual pleasure of the colour and large scale of our prints. They’re possible also curious to see how twins work together to produce art. AT: Lastly, what advice would you give to young artists (specifically those focusing on photography as a medium)? Husain: Push your concepts to see how far you can take them. Keep practicing and never stop taking photographs. Enter as many competitions as you can. Hasan: Be open-minded and objective about your work. Find a voice and keep your work current and relevant, so you leave an impression on the world. Don’t bind yourself to a specific medium. Rather use whatever medium that is best suited to your concept.
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Athlone Superette: Hasan and Husain Essop “Athlone Superette” 2014 115 x 193.5 cm Lightjet C-print on archival paper Image Courtesy the artists and Goodman Gallery
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“Freedom Fighters” 2014 115 x 145 cm Lightjet C-print on archival paper Image Courtesy the artists and Goodman Gallery
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Pieter Hugo. Untitled, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana 2009 (2009) By Lyn Holm: “Untitled, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana 2009” represents an instant, a single sample in a collection of captured moments that make up the series “Permanent Error”. In tech-lingo, a permanent error is the corruption of computer software that renders it completely non-functional, a problem that the software is not able to rectify on its own. Without a programmer’s intervention, this problem is deemed unsolvable. Similarly complex, is the situation presented within the frame of Pieter Hugo’s artwork. The image is a view of a technology dump in Ghana. Here the poor burn computer components to extract traces of precious metals used in production. While this provides a meagre income, the process is toxic
since lead, mercury, thallium, hydrogen cyanide and PVC are released. These harmful substances are taken in by the workers and even the surrounding villagers who drink contaminated river water. Ironically, outdated technology is most often sent to developing countries for upliftment purposes. ‘Bridging the digital divide’ is intended to allow the poor to learn computer skills to receive well-paid jobs. Far removed from this humanitarian ideal, Hugo’s image reveals a workplace caught between post-apocalyptic destruction and medieval labour and domesticity. The benefits of constantly-improved technology enjoyed by the wealthy do not filter down to the poor of Agbogbloshie Market’s dump. Neither do the poor enjoy
the opulence of the gallery-space in which their plight is highlighted. The framed glass barrier to the world of the gallery is as impenetrable as the window to the corporate office. Only the whisper of a question penetrates through: Who will reprogram this permanent error? Pieter Hugo has had solo exhibitions at The Hague Museum of Photography, Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Fotografiska in Stockholm, MAXXI in Rome and the Institute of Modern Art Brisbane. His work is in prominent public and private collections like Museum of Modern Art, V&A Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art. He has also received numerous awards.
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Pieter Hugo. “Untitled, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana 2009”. C-print. Image size 82 x 82cm. Paper size 98 x 98cm. Edition of 10 + 2AP. Image Courtesy of Stevenson Gallery
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Zanele Muholi. Being (2007) By Lyn Holm: Zanele Muholi is specifically interested in photographically capturing members of the LGBTI community. Although her photographs may appear voyeuristic to some, when looking at her larger body of work, what is evident is an overall sense of self-pride and intimacy, two fundamentals that conservatives might imagine members of this community should be denied. When looking at the triptych “Being” (2007), we see three instances of a relationship, a ‘joining of beings’. The first image highlights a separation – an emotional disconnection evident in the eyes and a physical separation via clingwrap. Still the women are connected by touch. The third is more intimate. Without the clingwrap, the couple is vulnerable. Trust is evident in their closed eyes and nakedness. The second image is by far the warmest, it reveals a loving embrace, a peaceful co-existence and a conscious acknowledgement of each other. Together, the triptych can be read as illustrating three ways of being in a sexual relationship – being physically intimate but not emotionally, being both, and being vulnerable. It reveals that the same sorts of connections between couples, whether homo- or heterosexual. Muholi states that the photographic series from which the triptych originates is “aimed at erasing the very stigmatisation of (queer) sexualities as ‘unAfrican’” by exposing black lesbians to the lens of a camera and then then the public eye. She calls it “an exploration of both our existence and our resistance as lesbians/women loving women, as black women living our intersecting identities” – in short, simply exposing her way of being. Trained as a photographer at the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, Muholi was the winner of the Tollman Award for the Visual Arts in 2005, and received the first BHP Billiton/ Wits University Visual Arts Fellowship in 2006. Her work has been exhibited at the Afrovibes Festival in Amsterdam and ‘Heterotopias’, the first Thessaloniki Biennale. It is also published in Phaidon’s ‘Vitamin Ph’, a survey of contemporary photography (2006).
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ARTWORK IMAGES: Zanele Muholi “Being, 2007” Triptych Silver gelatin prints and a Lambda print Each print 30 x 22,5cm Edition of 8 + 2AP Image courtesy of Stevenson Gallery SOURCE CONSULTED: Zanele Muholi Being 2007 Stevenson Gallery: www.stevenson.info/exhibitions/muholi/being.htm
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Orania by Michael Hammond and Hanlie Retief In 1990, Professor Carel Boshoff (Hendrik Verwoerd’s sonin-law) bought a large farm along the banks of the Orange River, in the Northern Cape. His intention was to increase its borders and turn it into an independent state solely for Afrikaners. Orania now has its own currency, flag and public holidays. Thought by some as an effort to keep apartheid alive, others view the Afrikaner state as a cultural safe haven. Professor Andries Bezuidenhout writes in the book’s introduction that since Orania has always been shrouded in controversy, photographing it was a risky venture. It may have been simple to use one’s own biased perspective to direct the documentation. However, Hammond and Retief
have avoided this trap by letting the townsfolk speak for themselves, providing their own narratives with minimal mediation. The photographers have also gone to great lengths to represent all walks of life: from the dirt poor to the independently wealthy; from the mampoer-maker to the dominee. No person is represented as lower, higher or stranger than the next. From youths playing Jukskei to Oom Kokkie de Kock’s museum of Africana memorabilia; the koeksister statue to Verwoerd’s memorial, this book immerses the viewer in a controversial space that is at once quaint, diverse and peaceful but also exclusionary and protectively hostile and unsettling.
Published by Umuzi (an imprint of Random House Struik), 2014. Available through Exclusive Books and Kalk Bay Books.
The Erotic Drawings of Anton Kannemeyer by Anton Kannemeyer Filled with naughty doodles and commercial comics from the last 20 years of Kannemeyer’s art practice, this book is a fitting review of the artist’s more risqué work. Drawings first published in Bitterkomix (a comic book collaboration with Conrad Botes) and Loslyf (an Afrikaans soft-porn magazine) accompany pages from Kannemeyer’s personal sketchbook. As per Kannemeyer’s usual satirical style, they poke fun at the conservatism of Afrikaner culture and the contradictions within perceptions of the New South Africa. Antjie Krog delicately provides context for the images in her
opening essay where she distinguishes between the erotic and the pornographic, and decides that Anton Kannemeyer’s drawings are in fact, neither. Like the diary of a hormone-fuelled teenage boy, sexually-charged drawings are in many cases juxtaposed against seemingly unrelated text written around them. This is perhaps the most interesting aspect of the book, as one is forced to ignore or embrace the visuals (image depending) in order to grasp the worthy, intellectual grit that each page contains.
Published by Stevenson Gallery, 2014. Available through Stevenson Gallery and Clarke’s Bookshop
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ART TIMES | ARTISTS’ BIRTHDAYS CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH: 5 September 1774 - 7 May 1840 Friedrich is one of the leading artists in the German Romantic Movement. His primary interest was the contemplation and the manifestation of the spiritual in nature. In addition Frederich also touched on the ‘Heroic’ at the birth of the German Independence Movement, which was stimulated by the resistance to Napoleons occupation of Germany. Friedrich grew up in a strict Lutheran family; the son of a candle and soap maker. Some attribute the melancholic atmosphere of his paintings to an early familiarity with death; having lived through four separate deaths in his immediate family before his 18th birthday.
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI: 23 September 1760 – 18 April 1849 Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and woodblock printmaker of the Edo period, “Hokusai was born to an artisan family, in the Katsushika district of Japan. His childhood name was Tokitar . It is believed his father was the mirror-maker Nakajima Ise, who produced mirrors for the shogun. Hokusai was not named his father’s heir, so it’s possible that his mother was a concubine. Hokusai began painting around the age of six, possibly learning the art from his father, whose work on mirrors also included the painting of designs around the mirrors.”
» Caspar David Friedrich Biography. 2014. Caspar David Friedrich: The Complete Works: www.caspardavidfriedrich.org/biography.html.
» Katsushika Hokusai Biography. 2002. Katsushika Hokusai: The Complete Works: www.katsushikahokusai.org/biography.html
GERARD BHENGU: 6 September 1910 - 26 October 1990 Born on a mission station in Southern Natal, Bhengu’s artistic skill attracted attention from a largely White audience. He was prevented from receiving formal art training for fear that it would corrupt his ‘natural’ gift. Tourists and researchers commissioned him to illustrate Zulu tribesmen. Many of his works reveal the Zulu culture persisting despite adopting colonial cultural elements. » Hayden Proud. Gerard Bhengu. Revisions: www.revisions.co.za/ biographies/gerard-bhengu/#.U9ZN_fmSyZM.
ALEXIS PRELLER: 6 September 1911 - 13 December 1975 Pretoria-born, Preller enrolled in a London art school at the advice of none other than JH Pierneef. In the late 1930’s he visited rural Swaziland and the Congo where exposure to the unique aspects of African tribal cultures stirred his imagination. He joined the S.A. Medical Corps during the Second World War and was captured at Tobruk. Here, he was a prisoner-of-war for two years. The horrors and suffering that he witnessed directed his art, in his words, “to show that even in the most gruesome sights there is some beauty if only in the colours”. » Alexis Preller (1911 – 1975). 2014. Johans Borman Fine Art: www.johansborman.co.za/artist-biographies/preller-alexis » Val Woodley. 2008. Still life. Tatham Art Gallery: www.tatham.org.za/still-life-alexis-preller.html.
FRED PAGE: 11 September 1908 - 7 December 1984 Now regarded as South Africa’s foremost Surrealist painter, Page spent his childhood as an orphan, passed between relatives and an orphanage in Utrecht. He studied for one year at Port Elizabeth Technical Art School, the fees for which took him 13 years to pay off. At the age of 52, Page had his first solo exhibition. A recluse who loved eating fish, he lived in great isolation in the backwaters of Port Elizabeth. Cecil Kerbel, Page’s patron and collector, kept him alive and producing long enough to bring him into the mainstream art market. Page’s art reflects his lonely, solemn existence in an austere palette of dark, muted tones, black and white. » Fred Page: Flash – SOLD. 2014. Johans Borman Fine Art: www.johansborman.co.za/exhibition-work/art-that-inspires-our-1020-anniversary-gallery-iii/flash_1977_315_x_215_cm.jpg
MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY: 15 September 1981 Among Subotzky’s many international awards, he won the 2012 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art. In his final year at Michaelis School of Art at UCT (where he received a 100% pass-mark) , Subotzky spent three months inside the walls of Pollsmoor Prison, teaching classes in photography to the inmates and taking his own images. The following year, he spent several more months at Pollsmoor. On Freedom Day in April 2005, a one day exhibition was held for the first time within the walls of the prison, showing mainly the photographs shot by the prisoners in their workshops. Mikhael Subotzky lives and works in Johannesburg. » Sue Williamson. 2007. Mikhael Subotzky. ArtThrob: www.artthrob.co.za/07aug/artbio.html
MAUD SUMNER: 16 September 1902 - January 1985 Maud Sumner is celebrated for her watercolours and oil paintings. “The young Sumner revelled in the cultural richness of the artistic revolution taking place in Paris in the 1930s. Her brightly patterned interiors reflected the influence of French Post Impressionism, while socially her associations at the art school brought her into contact with the great masters of the time. According to her Recollections of Paris, the likes of Henry Matisse, Eduard Vuillard,Gino Severini and Camille Claudel visited the Parisian home she shared with Spanish Cubist Painter, Maria Blanchard. Sumner was fascinated by Sahara Desert and often flew into the Sahara to enjoy its isolation with friends. » Helena Doe Kingwell. 2010. Maud Sumner- Master Colourist and Observer. Stephan Welz and Co: www.stephanwelzandco.co.za/ Index.cfm?fuseaction=news.start&ID=1552906.
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MARJORIE WALLACE: 24 September 1925 – 26 June 2005 Marjorie Wallace was born in Edinburgh and trained at the Edinburgh College of Art, making such an impression with her early work that she became the youngest person to be elected to the Royal Scottish Academy of Art. In 1953, after an extensive European tour, she was working in Paris when she met and married the writer Jan Rabie, later a leading member of South Africa ‘s ‘Sestigers’, the young Turks of Afrikaans literature in the 1960s that included Ingrid Jonker, Uys Kriger and Jack Cope. Wallace and Rabie moved to the bohemian village of Onrus were they held court with other inspired artists and writers. » Marjorie Wallace. 2009. The Cape Gallery: www.capegallery.co.za/marjorie_wallace_cv.htm
MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO: 28 September 1571 - 18 July 1610
Caravaggio was an Italian artist whose paintings, which combine a realistic observation of physical and emotional human nature with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque painting. “Caravaggio was notorious for brawling. On 29 May 1606, he killed, possibly unintentionally, a young man named Ranuccio Tomassoni. Hefled to Naples as an outlaw. There, outside the jurisdiction of the Roman authorities and protected by the Colonna family, the most famous painter in Rome became the most famous in Naples. His connections with the Colonnas led to a stream of important church commissions, including the ‘Madonna of the Rosary’, and ‘The Seven Works of Mercy’.” » Caravaggio Biography. 2002. Caravaggio: The Complete Works: www.caravaggio-foundation.org/biography.html
NORMAN CATHERINE: 30 September 1949 – Norman Catherine is a South African artist whose œuvre spans painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. He collaborated closely with iconic South African artist Walter Battiss on the Fook Island concept from 1973 onwards. This involved the building of Fook Manor at Hartebeespoort Dam, designing murals and producing merchandising for the imaginary island. For a period of almost 20 years, he worked with Allan Cameron to design the book, “The Legend of Memo the Hierophant”, which was finally published in 1995. Catherine is also know for his contribution to South African resistance art and was feature in Sue Williamson’s ‘Resistance Art’ book brought out in the 1980’s. » Catherine, Norman. 2012. The White House Gallery: www.whg.co.za/component/k2/itemlist/category/38-catherinenorman.www.capegallery.co.za/marjorie_wallace_cv.htm
THE ART TIMES WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE ALL MEMBERS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S VISUAL ART COMMUNITY BORN IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING: John Smith (2 Sept) | Adele Adendorff (3 Sept) | Lisa Brice (5 Sept) | Sue Dickinson, Alexandra Ross (6 Sept) | Antoinette Murdoch (8 Sept) | Pieter Wenning (9 Sept) | Henry Taylor (12 Sept) | Sascha Polkey (13 Sept) | Floris van Zyl (14 Sept) | Andree Bonthuys (15 Sept) | Belinda Anvil (16 Sept) | Gordon Frank Vorster (17 Sept) | Tracy Murinik (19 Sept) | Jaco La Grange (20 Sept) | Joshua Miles, Ross Douglas (21 Sept) | Andrew Lamprecht, Douglas Portway (22 Sept) | Aidon Westcott, David Brits (23 Sept) | John Hodgkiss (25 Sept) | Steve Bandoma, Sylvie Groschatau-Phillips (27 Sept) | Greg Schultz, Heidi Erdmann (28 Sept) | Vulindlela Nyoni, Ace Swart, Ian Waldeck (29 Sept) | Tracy Payne (30 Sept) FAMOUS, INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS BORN IN SEPTEMBER: Jean (Hans) Arp (16 Sept) | Mark Rothko (25 Sept) | Théodore Géricault (26 Sept) | Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto, François Boucher (29 Sept) Editor’s Note: All content is appropriated from its source and includes elaboration for the sake of enrichment.
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After seeing his work at Johans Borman’s booth at the FNB Joburg Art Fair, we think Kyle Weeks is a young photographer to watch! Kyle Weeks,”Vezepaumwe Hembinda, 26”, Okangwati, 2013, Dibonded C-Type photographic print on 250g Fuji Crystal Archive paper.Image Courtesy: Johans Borman Fine Art.
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ART TIMES | VISUAL ART HIGHLIGHTS
VISUAL ARTS HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER MOP6 CAPE TOWN
GAUTENG
Month of Photography Film & New Media Festival The Cape Town Month of Photography will present its 6th edition of the dynamic photography Festival this year to include over 100 bodies of Photographic work in solo and group shows for the Year of Cape Town as World Design Capital. The works will showcase in prestigious venues within the inner and greater city of Cape Town and online in virtual galleries and archives. The festival, will begin with openings in mid-September in Creative Cape Town Week and formally run through October with 150 participants, 50 exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, talks, a 2-day conference as well as interactive events
and live slideshow evenings. The project celebrates photography as a multifaceted medium of aesthetic, social, political and philosophical value. Both locals and internationals will showcase. Last year’s Festival, titled ‘Autobiography Chronicles of Our Times’, accepted and showed the work of over 25 international artists hailing from Africa, Europe and the United States of America. A grand prize will be awarded once again for the best new body of work on MOP at the grand opening. » Info & bookings: email MOP6.WDC@gmail.com or phone +27 (0)21 465 9639
Thami Mnyele Fine Art Awards What?: 27th annual art awards exhibition When?: Prize Giving Cermony 20 September 2014, 18:00; Exhibition 21 September - 12 October 2014 Where?: Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre, Kempton Park » Contact: tshidiso.makhetha@ekurhuleni.gov.za / thabo.sekoaila@ekurhuleni.gov.za
Arts Alive What?: International arts and culture festival When?: 31 August - 10 September Where?: All over Johannesburg » www.arts-alive.co.za
NORTHERN PROVENCE Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival What?: arts and culture festival When?: 7 - 11 October Where?: Potchefstroom » www.cloveraardklop.co.za
» Dale Yudelman, “Day of Reconciliation”: Filmed with a cell phone on Reconciliation Day, 16th December 2011, this video forms part of the project ‘Life under Democracy’ -“A salient documentary that invests in the smaller moments of daily life, featuring intimate and ‘un-canned’ images of South Africans as they reflect on two decades of their hard earned liberation.”
» Paul Botes, artwork from “Marikana The fate of the families”: This project was initially conceived after the artist attended the funeral of Molefi Ntsoele, a miner killed in Marikana, in the remote village of Diputaneng in Lesotho. What struck him at the time was the mperative of attempting to understand the consequences of the killings on the families of the deceased, as well as their communities.
Clover Aardklop | ‘n Vertoonvenster van Suid Afrikaanse Druk Kuns Saamgestel deur Gabriel Clark-Brown en Kevin de Klerk
‘n Versameling van hand gemaakte drukke om die bewustheid te skep oor die invloed van hierdie spesifieke kuns medium. Die klem is om die kwaliteit en die taal van die verskeie tegnieke uit te beeld en hoe hierdie eeue-oue mediums gekombineer word met moderne kontemporêre genres en revolusionêre idees. Drukke van Suid Afrikaanse voorstaande kunstenaars met mediums, soos Litografie, Ets, Hout en Linosnee sal vertoon word in hierdie omvattende uitstalling. Onderwerpe van Ikoniese Suid Afrikaanse landskappe tot verbeeldingryke en gekonseptualiseerde temas.
FREE STATE Peter Magubane - A Struggle Without Documentation Is No Struggle What?: Peter Magubane’s photojournalism photos, 1954 - 1994 When?: Now - 12 September 2014 Where?: Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, Bloemfontein » www.ufs.ac.za
KWAZULU-NATAL The Witness Hilton Arts Festival What?: Theatre and Art Festival When?: 18 - 21 September 2014 Where?: Hilton College » www.hiltonfestival.co.za
WESTERN CAPE Cape Town Design Capital of the World What?: One massive design festival When?: All of 2014 Where?: All over Cape Town » www.wdccapetown2014.com
Cape Town Fringe What?: Performance art festival, an extension of the Standard Bank National Arts Festival When?: 25 September - 5 October 2014 Where?: All over Cape Town » www.capetownfringe.co.za
MOP6 Cape Town Month of Photography Film & New Media Festival What?: See above, left When?: 15 September - 31 October 2014 Where?: All over Cape Town » www.photocentre.org.za/mop6-celebrating-design-in-photography
GIPCA Live Art Festival What?: A festival of visual arts, dance, theatre, music, architecture and literature When?: 27 August - 6 September 2014 Where?: UCT Hiddingh Campus and Cape Town City Hall » www.gipca.uct.ac.za
Prince Albert Art Festival What?: Fine Art festival; including exhibitions, workshops, lectures and demonstrations When?: 18 - 24 September 2014 Where?: All over Prince Albert » www.part2014.co.za
UPDATES on all of these and more: » ‘n Vertoonvenster van Suid Afrikaanse Druk Kuns: Joshua Miles, “Elandsberg Reflexion”
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COMPETITION | ART TIMES
SA Taxi has announced an exciting new addition to the visual arts calendar of South Africa: While the commuter world of taxis seems far from the world of the contemporary art gallery, for some time SA Taxi’s shareholders have quietly been supporting emerging contemporary South African artists by acquiring their works. Through their SA Taxi Foundation, they have now got behind the wheel of the SA Taxi Foundation Art Award, which is an innovative new competition that aims to bridge the divide between high art, contemporary culture and the vast population of South Africans using our public transport daily. “There are a number of good reasons to support the arts, but as a business, ours is clear. With access to 40% of the commuter population in South Africa through our network of financed taxi owners, we see a direct way that we can impact on the art industry through exposure, while creating a unique way to promote the benefit of taxis as an advertising platform.” says Bonisile Makubalo, Director of Corporate Affairs for SA Taxi.
with a handsome cash prize. This takes the form of a competition whereby a juried selection of the 20 semi-finalists’ works will be exhibited in April 2015 at Lizamore & Associates gallery. A catalogue showcasing all the semi-finalists works and profiles, as well as significant publicity efforts will accompany this curated gallery exhibition. The SA Taxi Foundation Art Award winner will receive R 50 000-00 prize money, while five runners-up will each receive R 10 000-00. The second tier considers the role of an artist in industry and society. While most art competitions will look exclusively to the quality of only artwork submitted, which is an important thing to consider, this award asks the artist
to address a further brief. Mirroring the role that creativity plays in industry, the SA Taxi Foundation Art Award asks artists to take their own artwork and interpret it further for a decal that will cover an entire taxi. “In this way they use their own work as a brief for a further public artwork designed around specific parameters” explains Project Manager Teresa Lizamore. “The adjudicators will look at both the original artwork and the success of the interpreted design in their selection of finalists and winners. This is a critical and pragmatic element since many artists and creatives find employment through commissioned work and in agencies where interpretation of a client’s brief is fundamental.”
The last tier considers the community at large as well as the opportunity provided by this unique sponsor. The six finalists’ designs will be converted into taxi decals for 10 taxi’s each (60 in total) and each winner will have their work exposed to hundreds of thousands of commuters on key routes for a period of a year (exposure valued at approximately R 600 000-00 per winner). Aligned to this a further public and social campaign will target the commuters directly through poster giveaways and other marketing initiatives using the channels available both inside the taxi’s and via social media.This allows people who would not ordinarily visit galleries, never mind buy contemporary art, access to this critical part of our cultural landscape.
As a moving public art project, the SA Taxi Foundation Art Award aims to not only provide support to emerging artists but to take art to the audiences of South Africa. While so many other worthy initiatives are trying to pull audiences into niche locations such as galleries and museums this project takes the art to where the audiences are.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THREE TIERS:
• Artists older than 21 years, who have not had a solo exhibition at a commercial contemporary gallery in South Africa • South African citizen orresidents (i.e. legally living and working in South Africa) • Artists will be asked to create one original artwork and interpret their work into a design for a template of a taxi decal which will be wrapped on taxis • Entry forms and information are available at www.sataxiartaward.co.za • For more information, contact project managers Lizamore & Associates on 011 880 8802 / info@lizamore.co.za
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IMAGE CREDITS
COMPETITION CRITERIA
The first is to provide a solid and credible platform through which emerging artists can contribute to their career building efforts, along
Susan Woolf, “Taxi hand sign to go under the next bridge”, Gouache on paper, 64cm x H 50cm, SA Taxi Art Collection.
ABOVE Senzo Nhlapo & Kagiso Pat Mautloa, “JOZWI”, 2009, Super acrylic on canvas, 110 x 150 cm. SA Taxi Art Collection.
ART TIMES | GALLERY LISTINGS: EASTERN CAPE, FREE STATE, GAUTENG, KZ-NATAL, MPUMALANGA
Eastern Cape
Kokstad
Alexandria
Dog on a Leash Art & Gift, Art Gallery and coffee shop. Arts and crafts. Kokstad, C. 083 6903437, www. dogonaleash.co.za
Quin Sculpture Garden, A permanent exhibition of Maureen Quin’s sculpture’s, drawings and paintings. Alexandria, T. 046 653 0121, C. 082 770 8000, www.quin-art.co.za
Bathurst The Workshop Art and Craft Gallery, Permanent gallery showcasing prominent E.Cape contemporary and emerging artists, sculptors, ceramists and crafters., Bathurst, C. 0733929436, www.bathurstcountryaffair.co.za
Clarens Richard Rennie Gallery - Clarens, Richard Rennie original Paintings, The Richard Rennie Gallery on Main street Clarens is home to the most recent paintings by Richard Rennie.
East London Ann Bryant Art Gallery: Main gallery, Permanent Collection, The gallery’s permanent collection showcasing a good cross section of South African art from the 1920’s to contemporary artworks by Eastern Cape artists. 01/09/2014 till 30/09/2014, Southernwood, T. 043 7224044, www.annbryant.co.za Floradale Fine Art, New work on show: Photographic documentary of Jeff Rankin’s masterpiece: “Learning to Dance” and new technology Aluminium prints show stunning views from the eye of the surfer, Pierre de Villiers., Beacon Bay, T. 043 7402031, C. 0782947252
Port Elizabeth ART Gallery, 51b Cuyler Street, Central Hill, C. 072 379 5933 ArtEC - EPSAC Community Art Centre, ‘A Struggle without Documentation is no Struggle’ by Dr Peter Magubane., T. 041 5853641, Until 29/05/2014 Fischers Art Gallery, Previously, the first established Jewelry shop in SA. The Gallery’s unique Art Nouveau architecture now houses a stunning display of Fine Art and Giftware. 33 Goven Mbeki Ave., P.E. Downtown (City Hall and Library), T. 041 585 6755 Galerie NOKO, ‘Silk & Steel’ extends debates around women in general but also looks at women through the lens of other women and at on going debates between traditionalists and modernists., Artists include Nomusa Makhubu, Mary Sibande, Florine Demosthene, Tanisha Bhana, Ivy Khulundu, Zanele Muholi, Emma Minkley, Phumla Matolo, among others, 28/08/2014 till 30/09/2014, 109 -111 Russell Road, C. 073 088 5883 GFI Art Gallery, This Art Gallery is unique in South Africa and possibly the world, as a corporate collection devoted to the science of aviation., T. 041 586 3973, www.ronbelling.co.za Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, ‘For Future Generations’ Hugh Tracey and the International Library of African Music, Until 28/09/2014 ’Reflections’, from the Art Museum’s Permanent Collection, 21/06/2014 – 12/10/2014, Park Drive Central, T. 041 5062000, www.artmuseum.co.za Underculture Contemporary, ‘Float’, Amanda de Wet, Anva Chiazzari, Nompumezo Gubevu, Tamaryn May Killian Snelgar, Lorinda Pretorius, Until 05/09/2014, 98A Park Drive, Central, T. 0413730074, C. 0828871612, www.underculturecontemporary.co.za
Free State Bloemfontein Oliewenhuis Art Museum, ‘Sprokie vir ‘n stadskind’. The biennial exhibition of artworks by students from the Nellie Brisley Art Studio, 26/09/2014 till 05/10/2014 26th Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture and Exhibition by Jeremy Rose and Phil Mashabane from Mashabane and Rose Architects, 28/08/2014 till 21/09/2014. ’Asylum of the Birds’ by Roger Ballen, 09/10/2014 till 16/11/2014. ’Fractal Young Artists Exhibition’, 16/10/2014 till 16/11/2014, Waverley, T. 051 0110525 ext 611, www.nasmus.co.za
Smithfield Biba’s Art on N6, Portraits and landscapes, Evert Kapp, Lientjie Wessels, Lynne Slettevold, Until 30/09/2014, Smithfield, C. 082 7116866
Gauteng Johannesburg 16 Halifax Art, Specialising in contemporary art., Bryanston, C. 0827846695, www.16halifaxart.co.za ABSA Art Gallery, Absa L’Atelier awards, Absa L’Atelier continues to recognise and reward the skills, talent and imagination that exist in an extremely competitive and often challenging environment as well as presents a unique opportunity to artists to showcase their talent and embark on new and exciting opportunities. This year’s theme is Blood. Sweat. Tears. Absa Gallery, 161 Main Street., T. 011 3505139, www.absa.co.za Alice Art Gallery, The Bigger and Better Extended Art Gallery Now Open., New Extended Art Gallery New Signatures 2014 Portchie Summer Exhibition Yearly Auction., Ruimsig, T. 011 9581392, C. 0833318466, www.aliceart.co.za Art Afrique Gallery, Contemporary art gallery, Sandton, T. 011 2927113, www.artafrique.co.za Art etc, Showcasing a wide variety of SA artists, ranging from old masters to the budding future masters. Sandton City, T. 011 7830842, www.artetc.co.za Art Eye Gallery, Now represented by Arteye Gallery are the wonderful works of Lionel Murcott. Fourways, T. 011 4657695, C. 0713862198, www.arteye.co.za Artist Proof Studio, Specialises in printmaking., Newtown, T. 011 4921278, www.artistproofstudio.co.za Bayliss Gallery, ‘Reprint’ Curated by Stephan Erasmus, A combination of young emerging as well as established artists., 06/09/2014 till 28/09/2014, Norwood, C. 0832917672, www.baylissgallery.co.za Carol Lee Fine Art, ‘Repertoire’ a collection of paintings and sculptures by collectable & both well-known and emerging artists., 20/09/2014 - 28/09/2014, Upstairs@Bamboo, Melville, T. 0114860526, C. 082 322 0388, www.facebook.com/CarolLeeFineArt Cherie de Villiers Gallery, 21st Anniversary, Peter Bonney, Karen Fortune, Dmitry Nikashin, Peter Hall, Nora Newton, Hannes du Plessis, Themba Khumalo, Gavin Calf, Gail Darroll, Charles van der Merwe, Wim Rautenbach, Paddy Starling and more Sculptures by Laurence Chait, Cobus Haupt, Marieke Prinsloo- Rowe, Keith Calder, Sarah Richards and Llewellyn, 10/10/2014 till 22/10/2014, Sandton, T. 011 325 5395 CIRCA on Jellicoe, ‘CMYK’, Group photographic exhibition, 06/09/2014, 2 Jellicoe Avenue Rosebank Crouse Art Gallery, A Variety of South African artists. From new talent to old Masters., All year long, Florida, T 011 6723821 Everard Read Jhb, ‘Qunu’, Phillemon Hlungwani, 6 Jellicoe Avenue Rosebank, T. 011 7884805, www. everard-read.co.za, Angus Taylor, 02/09/2014 till 01/11/2014 Ferreira Art Gallery, ‘Our Terrace Café is re-vamped and under new management, open daily from 7am-5pm with Sunday Roasts and delicious specials. We offer while-u-wait framing. Premise has on-site hairdresser, Nail-bar, Salon and is the collection point for Kids Haven for all your surplus goods. Our gallery boasts an impressive collection of South African Masters on permanent display., Bryanston, T. 011 706 3738. www.ferreiraart.com Gallery 2, ‘Earth Garden’, Cheryl Gage, Until 6/09/2014, Parkwood, T. 011 4470155, www.gallery2.co.za Gallery AOP, Collection of contemporary prints., Braamfontein Werf, T. 0117262234, www.galleryaop.com
Gallery on Leviseur, ‘(Dis) place’, Mari- Louise du Plessis. 27/09/2014 - 19/10/2014 ’Fertile Ashes’, Tanisha Bhana, 30/08/2014 till 20/09/2014, Westdene, C. 0828352335, www.galleryonleviseur.co.za
Gallery MOMO, Contemporary art gallery, Parktown North, T. 011 3273247, www.gallerymomo.com
Clarens
Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, South African Masters., Graham’s exhibits a selection of South African masters including Irma Stern, J.H Pierneef, Maggie Laubser, Gerard Sekoto and Alexis Preller., Bryanston, T. 011 4637869, C. 0836055000, www.grahamsgallery.co.za
Art & Wine Gallery on Main, Frederike Stokhuyzen, Gregoire Boonzaier, J.H. Pierneef, Erik Laubscher and Jean Doyle., T. 058 2561298, www.artandwine.co.za Johan Smith Art Gallery, Johan Smith, Elga Rabe, Graham Carter, Gregoire Boonzaier, amongst others. Hennie Meyer, Karen Sinovich, and Heather Mills, among others. T. 058 2561620, www.johansmith.co.za Richard Rennie Gallery, For the latest dates for the 2014 Richard Rennie “Paint with me” workshops please send a request to clarensgallery@telkomsa.net, Total cost of a workshop is R2500 which includes 4 days painting with Richard and 5 nights accomodation and breakfast., Clarens, T. 058 2561717, C. 083 4479925, www.richardrennie.co.za The Gallery Clarens, Dedicated to exhibiting and promoting established, mid-career and emerging artists of imagination and ability., T. 058 0256017, C. 083 447 9925
Goodman Gallery, Liza Lou, Until 06/09/2014, Parkwood, T. 011 7881113, www.goodman-gallery.com
In Toto Gallery, Michael Meyersfeld: ‘Dark City Dreams’, 04/09/2014 till 29/09/2014, Birdhaven, T. 011 4476543, www.intotogallery.co.za Isis Gallery, New Gallery Now Open, Artists: Bastiaan van Stenis, Brian Rolfe, Obert Jongwe, Solly Smook, Patrick Cordingley and many more. Rosebank, T. 011 4472317, www.isisgallery.co.za Johannesburg Art Gallery, Hours: 10:00 to 17:00. Tuesday to Sunday Lizamore & Associates Gallery, ‘Materiality’, Dirk Bahmann Stephan Erasmus Mandy Coppes-Martin Mandy Johnston, 04/09/2014 till 27/09/2014, Parkwood, T. 011 8808802, www.lizamore.co.za
OutoftheCUBE, ‘A sense of place/space’, Group of exhibition., 01/09/2014, Johannesburg, mandy. conidaris@gmail.com Protea Gallery, Specialising in well-known South African Artists, as well as those up-and-coming. T. 011 828 5035 Purple Heart Gallery, Presenting South African Artists., Riana Vorster; Phillip Steyn; Cindy Rawlings; Nic van Rensburg; Pieter van Heerden; Chantell Potgieter; Stephen Hall; Christine Bell; Samson Knell; Kate Matier; Steve Strauss. T. 011 4757411, www.purpleheartgallery.co.za Res Gallery, ‘The Contortionist’, Angel Haro, 20/09/2014 till 12/11/2014, Rosebank, T. 011 8804054, C. 0741412091, www.resgallery.com Rubixcube Gallery, Works by young and promising South African artists, Arts on Main, Johannesburg CBD, www.facebook.com/johannesburgrubixcube C. 0722527763, Sonja Forster Art Studio, A little bit of everything’ ‘Ietsie van alles’, Oil on canvas. 12/09/2014 till 14/09/2014. 9am till 4pm. 62 Scott Street, Schoemansville,Hartbeespoort, T. 0829763005, www.sonjaforster.co.za Standard Bank Gallery, Selfie: Portrait exhibition, Until 06/09/2014, T. 011 631 1889. www.standardbankarts.co.za Stevenson ‘Into the BLACK’ , Serge Alain Nitegeka, Until 12/09/2014, Braamfontein, T 011 4031055/1908, www.stevenson.info The Fine Art Studio, Offers part-time courses in Oil Painting and Drawing. Beginners and experienced artists alike. www.thefineartsstudio.co.za UJ Art Gallery, Monday to Friday 09:00-18:00 and Saturdays 9:00-1:00. APK Campus, Auckland Park., T. 011 5592099, www.uj.ac.za
Artisan Gallery, Ranging from contemporary fine art to jewellery and cutlery, the Artisan Art Gallery also showcases many of South Africa’s award-winning ceramicists., Morningside, T. 031 3124364, C. 0834434003, www.artisan.co.za Bellevue Gallery, Kloof, T. 031 7172785, C. 0829244718 Durban Art Gallery, Looking Forward: Our Lives in 2034’, Selected artists hosted by artSPACE Durban, Until 14/09/2014. ‘Quiet Place’ An installation of photography and poetry: Angela Bucklnad and Giovani Vio. Opens at 18h00, Until 26/10/2014, T. 031 3112264, www.durban.gov.za Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, ‘Year of the Horse’ Exhibition., A group of 15 artists., 1/10/2014 till 11/10/2014, Morningside, T. 031 3038133, www.elizabethgordon.co.za Bellevue Gallery, Watercolour Society 30/06/2014 till 18/07/2014, T. 031 717 2785, www.facebook.com/bellevuegallerykzn Gallery Umhlanga, Contemporary Umhlanga. T. 031 5612199
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Tamasa Gallery, A broad variety of contemporary KZN artists., Berea, T. 031 2071223 The African Art Centre, Exhibits the work of both young and established black artists, working in contemporary and traditional styles., Morningside, T. 031 3123804/05, www.afriart.co.za
Pietermaritzburg Tatham Art Gallery (Schreiner Gallery), ‘Retrospective Exhibition in the Schreiner Gallery’ and ‘passage at Tatham Art Gallery: Jean Powell’, Until 05/10/2014, Pietermaritzburg, T. 033 3922801, www.tatham.org.za
White House Gallery, Spring Exhibition, A variety of well known international and local artists will be on show., 03/09/2014, Illovo, T. 0112682115, www.thewhitehousegallery.co.za Yiull Damaso Artists Gallery & Studio, Ongoing group show, Jenny Mallon, Mansel-James, Caroline Bosch, Loyiso Mkize, Natus Rademeyer, Michael Madson & Yiull Damaso, Craighall Park, www.yiull.com, yiulldamaso@gmail.com
Pretoria Alette Wessels Kunskamer, Art gallery and art consultancy, specialising in SA art as an investment, dealing in Old Masters, and selected contemporary art., T. 012 346 0728, www.artwessels.co.za Art in the Park, Art works in watercolour, oil, pastel, acrylics, batik, sculpture, pottery and photography. C. 0716763600, www.art-in-the-park.co.za Association of Arts Pretoria, Year of the horse (an exhibition of oil paintings, sketches, sculpture and other media), Martin de Kock, Until 10/09/2014. ‘Putting the PRET back in Pretoria’ (an installation of sculptures and images of Pretoria), Carla Crafford and Guy du Toit, Until 10/09/2014. ’Crossing a red line (a selection of delicately hand-cut wooden sculptures), Danelle Janse van Rensburg, Until 17/09/2014, Nieuw Muckleneuk, T. 0123463100, www.artsassociationpta.co.za Centurion Art Gallery, A commercial satellite of the Pretoria Art Museum., T. 012 3583477, www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za/centurion Leonardo Gallery, Exhibition Premiere of Corlia Fouché, Heimeri Botes and Francois Coertze, Corlia Fouché Heimeri Botes Francois Coertze, 30/09/2014 till 25/10/2014, Moreletapark, T. 012 9970520, www.theleonardogallery.com Pretoria Art Museum, Open Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 to 17:00. Closed Monday and Public Holidays. Arcadia. St. Lorient Fashion Art Gallery, ‘Rooftop VI’ Contemporary totem poles. Curated by Gordon Froud. Artists: Gordon Froud, Lwandiso Njara, Yannis Generalis, Sybrand Wiechers, Izanne Wiid, Ian Relinghuys, Guy du Toit, Lothar BÖttcher, Elsa Ingerl and Setlamorago Mashilo., 31/08/2014 till 30/11/2014, Pretoria, Brooklyn Circle., T. 012 4600284, C. 0739466331, www.stlorient.co.za Telkom Art Collection, A collection featuring artworks by over 400 artists, some of them well established and some still up-and-coming., T. 012 3117260 UNISA Art Gallery, ‘Twenty/20 – A clearer vision, growing the Mandela Legacy’, T. 012 4415876, www.unisa.ac.za
KZ-Natal Ballito Imbizo Gallery, Work from leading South African artists., Ballito, T. 0329461937, www.imbizogallery.co.za
Durban Artspace durban, Different Situations’, Jabulani Cele, 29/09/2014 till 0710/2014. ’Liquid Light: Forms drawn from water’, Bernice Stott, 08/09/2014 till 27/09/2014 ’A very still life’, Jeannie Kinsler and Louise Jennings, 08/09/2014 till 27/09/2014. ’IEB Matric Art KZN Exhibition’, Hilton College, Michaelhouse, Our Lady of Fatima, Durban Girls’ College, Thomas More College, St. Marys’ DSG, St. Henry’s Marist, St. Patrick’s College, Epworth, Clifton College, Treverton College, 01/09/2014 til 06/09/2014, KwaZulu-Natal, T. 031 3120793, C. 0833009804, www.artspace-durban.com
Blue Caterpillar Gallery: Current exhibition of original oil paintings and handmade lithographs by acclaimed Spanish artist Didier Lourenço. View our collection from a wide range of artists online at www.artsales.co.za. 033-3871356. art@butterflies.co.za 37 Willowton Rd Pietermaritzburg
Nottingham Road Aladdin’s Art and Ceramics Gallery, Stained glass art., Nottingham Road, T. 033 2666460, www.aladdins.co.za Ardmore Ceramic Art, Feature in leading galleries and collections, including the Museum of Art & Design in New York, the Museum of Cultures in Basel, Switzerland, and the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Caversham Road, T. 033 9400034, www.ardmoreceramics.co.za
Umhlanga Rocks Makiwa Gallery, Makiwa Gallery, Lighthouse Mall,Chartwell Drive,Umhlanga Rocks,Fine South African Art, Original Paintings & Sculpture, Makiwa Mutomba, Tony De Freitas, Carla Bosch, Coral Spencer, Derric van Rensburg,Johan Smith, Kobus Kotze, Taya Maddock, Marlien van Heerden, Marlise le Roux, Ongoing, Umhlanga Rocks, T. 031 5611194, C.7824208271, www.makiwagalleries.com
Mpumalanga Graskop Artistic Journey Art Gallery, Workshops, Art classes and Art Gallery., Panorama Rest Camp and Chalets. T. 082 600 3441 Le Gallerie, T. 013 7671093
White River The Artists’ Press, Nnadipha Mntambo Lithographs, Monotypes and Lino Cuts., Beautiful prints by Nandipha Mntambo., Waterfield Farm near White River. T. 013 7513225, C. 0836763229, www.artprintsa.com The Loop Art Foundry & Sculpture Gallery, A collaboration and network for the avid art patron and collector as well as a full service facility for the artist., White River, T. 013 7582409, www.tlafoundry.co.za The White River Gallery, A collaboration of 6 local artists. Annalie Odendaal . Celeste Higgs . Everine Cason. Erica Schoeman . Ilona Petzer. Maria van Riebeeck Pienaar., White River, T. 0836758833, www.whiterivergallery.co.za
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spending time with his mentor, the late Adriaan Boshoff, that his work truly came to fruition. LIFETIME STUDENT OF IMPRESSIONISM From that moment on he ate, Born on the 12th of May 1958 in slept and thought only art. Florida. Even at an early age it was apparent that the youngster had Be Bert is fascinated by impresart in his soul. Like many young men sionism , a style or movement of the time, Berts’ dreams of be- in painting originating in coming an artist had to wait. France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with deAfter Matriculating from Florida High picting a visual impression of school, Bert took up a career with the moment, especially in Spoornet. 12 Years ago he could no terms of the shifting effect of longer contain his artistic streak and light and colour. His literary or Bert started painting. He started artistic style seeks to capture with the usual, flowers and land- a feeling or experience rather scapes, but it was only after than to achieve accurate
Bert van Wyk
depiction. The artist’s composition and clarity of structure and theme is subordinate to harmonic effects, characteristically using the whole-tone scale.Over the years his style has matured and grown to world class impressionist quality, and his popularity has grown with buyers and investors alike. He has become quite a prolific worker, working on between 5 to7 paintings at once, and the themes of his paintings are usually from photographs of family and friends, in the preferred medium of oil.
Going to Church, 500x400, Oil on board
Old car scene, 500x400, Oil on board
Violinist, 600x300, Oil on board
Dedicated to Colours
A day on the Beach, 1200x900, Oil on board
To shy to kiss, 600x400, Oil on board
Church in the woods, 230x175, Oil on board
ART TIMES | GALLERY LISTINGS: NORTHERN CAPE, NORTH WEST, WESTERN CAPE
Northern Cape Kimberley William Humphreys Art Gallery, Collection of 16th and 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Old Masters, British and French paintings, antique furniture and other objects d’art. Civic Centre, T. 053 8311724/5, www.whag.co.za
North West Lichtenburg
Brundyn+, Open, Chris van Eeden, 04/09/2014 till 25/10/2014. ‘Points et Itinéraires, Sidy Diallo, 04/09/2014 till 25/10/2014, Bo Kaap, T. 021 4245150, C. 0832120702, www.brundyngonsalves.com
Everard Read, Cape Town, Lost in the Dust’, John Meyer, 11/09/2014 till 25/09/2014, V & A WATERFRONT, www.everard-read-capetown.co.za, T. 021 4184527
Carmel Art, Dealers in fine art, exclusive distributers of Pieter van der Westhuizen etchings., Green Point, T. 021 4213333, www.carmelart.co.za
G2 Art, Permanent Gallery - Fabulous new work!, Cape Town CBD, T. 021 4247169, C. 0836436660, www.g2art.co.za
Casa Labia Gallery, ‘Interplay’, Anthony Abbott, 09/08/2014 till 07/09/2014. ‘Reflections on water and Aloes’, Eric Judd, 09/08/2014 till 07/09/2014, Muizenberg, T. 021 7886068, www.casalabia.co.za
Ghuba Gallery, Ongoing collection of new works and contemporary African art., Hout bay, T. 021 7900772, www.ghubagallery.com
Jonel Scholtz Art Gallery, Mielieland Exhibition is an on-going exhibition of South African artists in the heart of Mielieland country, Jonel Scholtz, Stan Polson, Isabelle le Roux, Maria M, Derick van Rensburg, Mariaan Kotze en Nic Oosthuizen, Lichtenburg, T. 082 8538621, www.jonelscholtz.co.za
Goodman Gallery Cape Town, Mikhael Subotzky, Until 13/09/2014, Woodstock, T. 021 4627567, www.goodman-gallery.com Heather Auer Art and Sculpture, Original paintings, sculptures and ceramics by Heather Auer and other SA artists., Simonstown, T. 021 7861309, www.heatherauer.com Hout Bay Gallery, Stunning new Artworks by Sarah Danes Jarrett, Anthony Johnson, Dave Robertson, Claude Chandler and many more. We are open 7 days a week. All welcome. Hout bay, T. 021 7903618, C. 0724478262, www.houtbaygallery.co.za
Potchefstroom North-West University Gallery, ‘Cathedra’, A group exhibition curated by Gordon Froud., Until 26/09/2014, NWU Potchefstroon Campus, T. 018 2994341
Infin Art Gallery, A gallery of work by local artists., Cape Town Central, T. 021 4232090, www.infinart.co.za
North-West University Botanical Garden Gallery, ‘A Parous Pilgrimage’, John Yannis Generalis, Until 26/09/2014, NWU Potchefstroom Campus
Infin Art Gallery, A gallery of work by local artists., Wynberg, T. 021 7612816, www.infinart.co.za
Hartbeespoort Dam Edwards Fine Art, Modern and Contemporary, Featuring works by William Kentridge, Marlene Dumas, Robert Hodgins, Cecil Skotnes and Edoardo Villa. Sculpture by Anton Smit., Xanadu, Hartbeesport. T. 076 472 9812., C. 076 472 9812
Iziko Michaelis Collection, Ongoing: Dutch works from the 17th–20th centuries in Iziko collections
Western Cape
Johans Borman Fine Art, Fine Art Gallery, Newlands, T. 021 6836863, C. 0825664631, www.johansborman.co.za
Iziko SA National Gallery, ‘Impressions of Rorke’s Drift - The Jumuna Collection’, Until 02/11/2014, Cape Town Central, T. 021 4674660, www.iziko.org.za
Cape Town 34FineArt, ‘Inventory14’, A selection of works by Osch, Jimmy C., Takashi Murakami, as well as local artists Norman Catherine, Asha Zero, Jade Doreen Waller and Lionel Smit, will be on show., Until 31/10/2014, Woodstock, T. 021 4611863, C. 0725367109, www.vgallery.co.za/www.34fineart.com
Clementina Ceramics, Showcase of contemporary South African ceramics featuring one-off works by Clementina van der Walt and complemented by designer crafts. Open Mon to Fri 9-5 Sat 9-3, Ongoing exhibition., Woodstock, T. 021 4471398. C. 0829250871, www.clementina.co.za
John Kramer Studio, John Kramer ‘New Work’, John Kramer is having a solo show at the UCT Irma Stern Museum. Tue-Friday from 10am-5pm and Sat from 10am until 2pm. info@johnkramer.net, 06/09/2014 till 27/09/2014, Rosebank, www.johnkramer.net
A Word of Art, Focus on art activism projects within communities in South Africa. Woodstock, C. 083 300 9970, www.a-word-of-art.co.za
Commune.1, ‘Groot Geraak’, Gordon Clark, 7/8/2014 till 10/9/2014. Solo Exhibition, Ayanda Mabulu, 7/8/2014 till 10/9/2014. ’False Priest’, Olivié Keck’s, 23/09/2014 ends 23/10/2014. ’Morning After Dark, David Lurie, 23/09/2014 till 23/10/2014, Cape Town CBD, T. 021 4235600, www.commune1.com
Kalk Bay Modern, ‘Urban Wonderland: Month of Photography 6’, Urban wonderland explores the reality of the built environment as processed within our imaginations, focusing on individual experiences of the South African urban landscape. Month of Photography 6 - World Design Capital 2014., 08/10/2014, Kalk Bay, T. 021 7886571, www.kalkbaymodern.com
Culture urban+contemporary Gallery, A selection of urban and contemporary works both local and international available at Culture Gallery. T. 021 4473533, C. 082 451 5780, www.culturegallery.co.za
Kalk Bay Sculpture Studio, Fine Art Bronze Foundry, Jean Tiran, Pete Strydom, Chris Bladen and Gilbert Banda., Ongoing, Kalk Bay, T. 021 7888736, C. 0731807209
Deziree Finearts, A Collection of Contemporary Colonial and African Oil Paintings., Deziree Smith, Ongoing exhibition., Fish Hoek, T. 021 7851120, C. 082 402 1879, www.dezireefinearts.co.za
Lindy van Niekerk Art Gallery, A selection of artworks by new and prominent SA artists and SA old Masters. Bellville, T. 021 9137204/5, www.artpro.co.za
Absolute Art Gallery, We stock superior quality art by the Masters, as well as contemporary artists., Bellville, T. 021 9142846, www.absolutart.co.za.
Die Kunskamer, Works by leading Artists, Irma Stern, Hugo Naude, Cecil Skotnes, Cynthia Villet, Norman Catherine, Hardy Botha, Bill Davis, Gail Catlin, Simon Stone, David Brown and Pierneef., Sea Point, T 021 4349529, www.diekunskamer.co.za
Lutge Gallery, Cape & architectural antiques, art & ceramics, tables designed by Allan Lutge from reclaimed wood., Cape Town, Cape Town Central, T. 021 4248448, www.lutge.co.za
ArtMark Gallery, ’The Beautiful Cape’., 8 established artists will show their appreciation of the Cape’s Land and Seascapes as well as the wonderful diverse animal kingdom we have the pleasure of sharing ‘The Beautiful Cape’ with. Open 7 days a week 9am to 5pm., 01/09/2014 till 05/10/2014, Kommetjie, C. 0823036798, www.artmark.co.za
Mogalakwena Gallery:
Donald Greig Gallery & Foundry: Private Gallery permanently exhibiting artworks of Donald Greig - internationally renowned sculptor of wildlife bronzes. The casting technique and bronze pour can be viewed in the foundry. Open Mon - Fri 09.30 - 17.30, Sat 09.30 - 13.00. 14 West Quay Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town . 021 418 0003, www.donaldgreig.com Eatwell Art Gallery, Exclusively exhibits the artwork of the Eatwell family. The artists, Lynne-Marie Eatwell, Eric Oswald Eatwell and Mags Eatwell. Noordhoek, T. 021 7892767, C. 0764999507, www.eatwellgallery.com
Artvark Gallery, CP Wessels and daughter Hannah Wessels designed and manufactured a sculptural mechanical lamp from steel, Kalk Bay, www.artvark.org T. 021 7885584, C. 0721498430,
EBONY Cape Town, ‘Zero Crossing’ My Exploration of the Space between Optical Illusion and Reality, Lars Fischedick, 04/09/2014 till 01/11/2014, Cape Town, CBD, T. 021 4249985, C. 0790859390, www.ebonydesign.co.za
Barnard Gallery, ‘Enlighten’, Ryan Hewett, 03/09/2014 till 14/10/2014, Newlands, T. 021 6711553, www.barnardgallery.com
Eclectica Art & Antiques, Purveyors of fine art, antiques and objet d’art, Wynberg, T. 021 7627983, www.eclectica.co.za
Blank Projects, ‘Black Dog White Bread’, Kerry Chaloner, 14/08/2014 till 13/09/2014, Woodstock, T. 0214624276, C.0721989221, www.blankprojects.com
Eclectica Modern, Pop/Abstract, Showcasing works by various artists, such as; Richard Scott, Russel Travers, Sarah Danes-Jarret., 25/08/2014 till 27/09/2014, 9A Cavendish Street, Claremont, T. 021 6717315, www.eclectica.co.za
Bronze Age, Bronze Foundry, Woodstock, T. 021 4473914, www.bronzeage.co.za
Sanlam Art Gallery, Permanent collection of South African art and a large exhibition space., Bellville, T. 021 9473359, www.sanlam.co.za SMAC Art Gallery, CT, Provides a platform to continually present exhibitions that assist in the process of reviewing and revising South African art. Cape Town Central, T. 021 4225100, www.smacgallery.com Sophea Gallery & Tibetan Teahouse, Various forms of fine art including photography, glasswork and digital art., Simonstown, T. 021 7861544, www.sopheagallery.com South African Jewish Museum, Interactive multi -media displays and engaging accounts of South African Jewish History., Cape Town Central, T. 021 4651546, www.sajewishmuseum.co.za South African Print Gallery, Work by leading South African artists., Woodstock, T. 021 4626851, www.printgallery.co.za South African Society of Artists, Art by leading South African artists., Cape Town Central, T. 021 6718941, www.sasa-artists.co.za StateoftheART Gallery, On the Exhibition Wall |’Tell Me A Story’ by Mila Posthumus. Mila Posthumus, 04/09/2014 till 20/09/2014. ’Contra Natura’ (Against Nature) by Werner Ungerer., Werner Ungerer, 04/09/2014 till 20/09/2014, Cape Town Central, T. 021 8014710. C. 0724709 272, www.stateoftheart.co.za Stevenson Cape Town, Zander Blom and Edson Chagas, Woodstock, T. 021 4621500, www.stevenson.com The Art Connection, The Art Connection: A portfolio of South African artists. Permanent exhibition at ‘The Gallery at The Bay Hotel’, Victoria Road, Camps Bay., priscilla@theartconnection.co.za., Kalk Bay, C. 0824636307, www.theartconnection.co.za The AVA Gallery - Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Artist in Residency Programme featuring : Jan-Henry Booyens’ Binary Humans, Until 25/00/2014, 35 Church Street, Cape Town, 8001, T. 021 4247436, www.ava.co.za
The Cape Gallery, ‘Persephone’s Garden: a solo exhibition by Judy Woodborne’, 04/09/2014 till 27/09/2014, Cape Town, T. 021 4235309, www.capegallery.co.za.
Raffel of Jane Alexanders GHOSTS. R50 a ticket. email to purchase a ticket 083 556 2540 gallery@new.co.za
ArtB Gallery, Bellville, ‘Vuleka competition’ -Open to anybody who has not had a solo exhibition in the past year. All mediums. Closing date for selection 4th September.Please see the website www.artb.co.za, All artists welcome. 17/09/2014 till 15/10/2014, Bellville, T. 021 9171197, C. 0837009669, www.artb.co.za
Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection, ‘/SCAPE - recent abstract paintings’ by Swain Hoogervorst & Alexia Vogel. Medium: Oil on canvas, linen and paper. Swain Hoogervorst & Alexia Vogel., 20/08/2014 till 13/09/2014, Gardens, Cape Town, T. 021 4246930, www.salon91.co.za. ’Distance’ Paintings by Kirsten Lilford and Sarah Biggs. Medium: oil on canvas & oil on paper., Kirsten Lilford & Sarah Biggs., 17/09/2014 - 11/10/2014
The Cabinet, Pop-up exhibitions and events that will showcase local and international design ideas., Cape Town Central, C. 0820844422, C. 0736985211. www.facebook.com/thecabinetcapetown
Allderman POP UP Gallery: THE ART OF OBJECTS by artists variety of established artists exhibiting side by side 11 - 24 September@The STUDIO Kalk Bay. 10am - 6pm The Majestic, 122 Main Road. Kalk Bay.
‘Thru the Window’, Variety of artists exhibiting in two spaces, thru the window. Hardy Botha, Anton Smit, Charisse Gardiner, Schalk van der Merwe, Gill Cowen, Gavin Risi plus others, 15/08/2014 til 30/09/2014, Newlands, C. 0835562540, www.alldermangallery.co.za
Rust-en-Vrede Gallery, Blom Waar Jy Geplant Is’, Hermien van der Merwe, 19/08/2014 - 11/09/2014. ’Who’s looking at Who’, Lisette Forsyth, 19/08/2014 11/09/2014. Music and Lyrics’ group exhibition, Dani Buch, Marie Stander, Theo Paul Vorster, Lisette Forsyth, Chris Denovan, Corlie de Kock, Vanessa Berlein, Elzabe Kritzinger, Anthony Holmes, Leigh Tuckniss, Brent Record, Alouette Ferreira, Alvira Ferreira, JP Meyer, Tarryn Gordon, Minien Hattingh, Brindley Pritchard, Angela Briggs, Nicola de Jager, Kelly John Gough, Frank van Reenen, Elize Vossgatter, Louis Nel, Noeleen Kleve, Grace Kotze, Anita Bodenstein-Booyens, Isaac Kosmides, Mila Posthumus, Juria le Roux, Brahm van Zyl, Leon Vermeulen and more., 16/09/2014 - 09/10/2014. The Collector of Dreams’, Margot Hattingh, 19/08/2014 - 11/09/2014, Durbanville, T. 021 9764691, T. 021 9764691, www.rust-en-vrede.com
‘The Signature of All Things’ An exhibition of paintings, assemblages & contemporary embroidery by Willemien de Villiers. The collection of work celebrates the shared memory of all living things. 7 August – mid September 2014. 021 424 7488 / 083 460 6460. elbe@mogalakwena.com www.mogalakwena.com Quincy’s Antiques Art and Collectables, Art, Antiques, Curios & Gifts., Rondebosch, T. 021 6851986 Red! The Gallery, ‘Contemporary Art Auction’. Wednesday 17/09/2014. A great selection of contemporary art will be going under the hammer. Auctioneer Philip Powell. View the auction catalogue online at www.redthegallery.co.za, David Kuijers, Derric van Rensburg, Andrew Cooper, Junior Fungai, Rick Becker, Michael Waters, Shelagh Price, to name a few., Steenberg, Tokai, T. 021 7010886, C. 0828081298 Rialto Art Centre Strand, Expert Art Framing., Strand, T. 021 8538061, C. 0823448804 Rose Korber Art, ‘Rose Korber Art has moved to Sea Point. Rose can be contacted on 021 4330957 or 0832611173. Also on her email roskorb@icon.co.za, Camps Bay, T. 021 4389152, C. 0832611173, www.rosekorberart.com Ryno Swart Art Gallery, Works by Ryno Swart, Simon’s Town, T. 021 7863975, C. 0735111796, www.artistvision.org
The Cellar Private Gallery, Dealing exclusively in original and investment art, offering works by a variety of renowned and upcoming SA artists., Bellville, T. 021 9134189, www.thecellargallery.co.za The Framery Art Gallery, Original South Africa and African work in all mediums., Seapoint, T. 021 4345022, C. 0781227793, www.theframeryartgallery. tripod.com/id1.html The Framing Place, Conservation framing, Framing of art, Block mounting and Box frames., Observatory, T. 021 4473988 The Lisa King Gallery, Specializing in top SA abstract/ contemporary art, sculpture and exotic glassware., Green Point, T. 021 4213738, www.lisaking.co.za The Lovell Gallery, De(re)tritus’, Vivien Kohler, 20/09/2014 till 01/11/2014, Woodstock, T. 021 4475918, www.lovellgallery.co.za The Studio Kalk Bay, Wildlife at Leisure, Whimsical Collection’s Dez Smith, 21/08/2014 till 3/09/2014. Exhibition by Claire Lowden, Claire Lowden, 4/09/2014 till 10/09/2014. The Art of Objects, Gill Aldreman and The Studio Kalk Bay, 11/09/2014 till 24/09/2014 Skulduggery, Collaboration of many different artists., 25/09/2014 till 08/10/2014, Kalk Bay, C. 0837782737, www.thestudiokalkbay.co.za UCT Irma Stern Museum, New Work., John Kramer, 06/09/2014 till 27/09/2014, Rosebank, T. 021 6855686, C. 0834232001, www.irmastern.co.za What if the World Gallery, ‘I was born yesterday’, Michael Taylor, 03/09/2014 - 04/10/2014, Woodstock Capetown, T. 021 4472376, C. 0764222387, www.whatiftheworld.com
Vivien Kohler 2013 winner SOLO exhibition
DE(RE)TRITUS! 20th September – 25th October Opening reception Saturday 20th September 11am
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The Loft, 139 Albert Rd Woodstock
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New Art Gallery in Umhlanga Rocks with Fine Art for the discerning collector. Paintings and Sculpture by Top South African Artists. Shop 5b, Lighthouse Mall, 14 Chartwell Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, KZN. Opening Hours Daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm +27 31 561 1194 info@makiwagalleries.com, www.makiwagalleries.com
ART TIMES | GALLERY LISTINGS:
WESTERN CAPE
Windermere House, The private art collection of Cape Town based artist Rachelle Bomberg. Artist available by appointment., Muizenberg, T. 021 7881333, www.artbomberg.com Whimsical Collection, Wildlife at Leisure, Deziree Smith, 21/09/2014 till 03/10/2014, Kalk Bay, C. 0824021879, www.whimsicalcollection.co.za
Bot River De Geheime Kelder, Prentjies van Botrivier, Group exhibition of local artists in Botrivier region. Artists will include Jean Midgley, John Barnard, Evets, Mtini, Tersia Muller, Gerald McCann and others. Coupled with that a children’s art competition as community project. Art competition will be judged by Sylvia de Villiers. The purpose of exhibition is to showcase talent of the region, 12/09/2014 till 13/10/2014, Botrivier Hotel, Main Road, C. 0823484539
Breede River Edna Fourie Gallery, Open Saturday 10:00 till 17:00. Wednesday and Sunday 10:00 till 13:00, McGregor, T. 0833025538, www.ednafouriegallery.co.za
Calitzdorp Kraaldoring Gallery, Ceramics by Clementina van der Walt and others. Mixed media, including photography by Albie Bailey. Gallery open by appointment only., Email and whatsapp only., Calitzdorp, T. 0825757969, C. 0829250871, www.clementina.co.za
Art in the Yard, Art is selected from upcoming, local and international artists., Franschoek, T. 021 8764280, C. 0834630392, www.artintheyard.co.za EBONY Franschoek, Artists on show: Dylan Lewis, Jacques Vrey, Cecil Skotnes, Hugh Bryne, Colbet Mashile, Zemba Luzamba, Jean Theron Louw, Larita Engelbrecht, Jessica Staple and many more. On display as well is the usual mix of great South African craft, ceramics and design. Franschoek, T. 021 8764477, C. 0825582221, www.ebonydesign.co.za Is Art, Contemporary art, Franschoek, T. 021 8762071, www.is-art.co.za The Gallery at Grande Provence, New works by Shany van den Berg, Louis Nel, Hanneke Benade & Claude Jammet, 01/09/2014 till 30/09/2014, Franschhoek, T. 021 8768630, C. 0825527262, www.finearts.co.za The Shop at Grande Provence, Photographs by Ernst Hegenbarth, Ernst Hegenbarth, 01/09/2014 till 30/09/2014, Grande Provence Estate, T. 021 876 8630, C. 082 552 7262, www.finearts.co.za
George Crouse Art Gallery, Original paintings by well known South African Artists: Anton Benzon, Carla Bosch, Maria, Gerrit Roon, Makiwa, Danielle Novella & many more. We deal exclusively in original SA Art, specifically investment art. George, T. 044 887 0361 Strydom Gallery, Selection of South African masters. Electronic exhibitions., George, T. 044 8744027, www.artaffair.co.za Wonki Ware, Di Marshall pottery, George, T. 044 8841883, www.wonkiware.co.za
Greyton Adele Claudia Fouche, Ongoing exhibition. Adele also offers workshops and retreats in this beautiful setting., T. 082 5224010
Mossel Bay
Miranda Combrink Studio & Gallery: Draaijakkals (Bat-eared Fox) Oil on canvas. Size: 1,5 x 1,3m Exhibition: ‘Draaijakkals’ in collaboration with the Endangered Wildlife Trust Part Festival, Prins Albert 18-24 September Marinda Combrinck 33 Andreis Pretorius Street Calitzdorp Cell: 079 968 1588 www.marindacombrinck.co.za Facebook: Marinda Combrinck Art
De Rust Portal Gallery, Selected contemporary artists, including Carl Becker, JP Meyer, Estelle Marais, Diane McLean and Hermann Niebuhr. Gallery hours flexible. De Rust, T. 082 2976977, www.art.co.za Village Art Gallery, Ongoing exhibition with work by artists Mariaan Kotze, Glendine, Diane McLean, Neels Coetzee, Duggie du Toit, Ann Gadd, Karien Boonzaaier, Bill Strapp, Estelle Marais, Kevin Standly, Ella, Marianne Vorster and Lana van Blerk, amongst others., De Rust, T. 044 241 2014
Clanwilliam Kunshuis, Art by leading South African artists., T. 027 4821940, C. 0836755606, www.kunshuis.co.za
Elgin The Gallery at South Hill, An elegant, modern & versatile venue in the heart of the Elgin Valley, just one hour’s drive from Cape Town, Elgin, C. 084 412 4107, C. 083 627 7950, www.facebook.com/pages/ Art-Event/410886465695179
Franschhoek Atelier at 1 unie, Private ongoing viewing of Contemporary Art and Sculpture by Johannes du Plessis by appointment. www.johannesduplessis.co.za, T. 021 876 4382 C. 082 579 6403, Franschhoek, johannes.dup@telkomsa.net
Artbeat Gallery, Pottery and sculpture, by Alex Potter., Mossel Bay, C. 0813565295, www.artandclaymosselbay.co.za Art@39Long, World renowned ‘Land Artist’ Strijdom van der Merwe exhibits documentation of his work during the “Great Brak Muse Event 21/09/2014 till 28/09/2014. Sept. Strijdom van der Merwe with Sheena Ridley,Susqya Williams,Mien Greyling,Helen Pfeil,Sonnette Olls and more, 24/09/2014 till 28/09/2014, Mossel Bay, C. 0825763338, www.artat39long.wozaonline.co.za
Hermanus Abalone Gallery, Forms and Shapes’, Sculptor Herman van Nazareth and artists with works on paper: Alta Botha, John Clarke, Elzaby Laubscher and AndreNaudé. 06/09/2014 till 15/10/2014, T. 028 3132935, C. 0847811864, www.abalonegallery.co.za Rossouw Modern Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery., 3 Harbour Road Hermanus, T. 028 3132222, www.rossouwmodern.co.za Village Art Gallery, Artist and owner Brian Robertson, who exhibits work in both oil and watercolour., Hermanus, T. 028 3163355, www.villageartgallery.co.za Walker Bay Art Gallery, View the wide selection of paintings, sculpture & ceramics by established as well as up-and-coming SA artists., Hermanus, T. 028 3122928, www.walkerbayartgallery.co.za
McGregor Edna Fourie Gallery, Ongoing exhibition which includes a permanent collection as well as works for sale- all by the artist Edna Fourie,, C. 0833025538, www.ednafouriegallery.co.za
Oudtshoorn ArtKaroo & Youngblood Gallery, September Exhibition, Chris Slabber Lisl Barry, 04/09/2014, Oudtshoorn, T. 044 2791093, www.artkaroo.co.za
Stellenbosch Art Gallery, An extensive selection of paintings, sculpture, handmade glass & ceramics by selected Western Cape artists, Stellenbosch, T. 021 8878343, www.stellenboschartgallery.co.za
Piketberg The Art Business Contemporary Gallery and Art Consultancy, Specialising in: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculptures end limited edition Artists’ books by South African artists. Piketberg, C. 0837396196
Plettenberg Bay Lookout Art Gallery, Featuring a wide variety of both new and well-loved artists, including Fiona Rowett, Jocelyn Boyley, Sue Kemp and Gail Darroll, amongst others., Plettenberg bay, T. 044 5332210 Old Nick Village, A selection of individual shops and galleries showcasing some of the best of South African creative manufacturers and fine artists., Plettenberg Bay, T. 044 5331395, www.oldnickvillage.co.za The White House Venue & Theatre, Exhibition venue., Plettenberg Bay, T. 044 5332010, www.whitehousevenue.co.za
Swellendam Kunstehuijs Fine Art Gallery, Representing a variety of established and up-and-coming South African artists., Swellendam, T. 028 5142905, www.kunstehuijs.com Die Steg Art Galery, Solo exhibition of new paintings by resident artist Marnitz Steyn. Swellendam, T.028 514 2521
Villiersdorp Dale Elliott Art Gallery, Gallery, Framing and a teaching studio for Art Courses., Villiersdorp, T. 028 8402927, www.daleelliott.co.za
Wellington
Prince Albert Prince Albert Gallery, Established in 2003, the gallery always has an eclectic mix of art on display. Prince Albert, T. 023 5411057, www.princealbertgallery.co.za
Riebeek Kasteel The Gallery - Riebeek Kasteel, Curated by Astrid McLeod, The Gallery features a selective mix of paintings, sculptures and ceramics by established and emerging South African artists., Riebeck Kasteel, C. 0836533697
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Dante’ Art & Decor, Waterstone Village Shopping Centre, Somerset West, T. 021 8518142
Dale Elliott Art Galleries, Leaders of the painting course concept in South Africa., Knysna, T. 044 3825646, www.daleelliott.co.za
Gallery 91, Collection incorporates scultpure, ceramics, functional art, paintings, etchings and photography., Somerset West, T. 021 8526700, www.gallery91.co.za
Knysna Fine Art, New works by John-Michael Metelerkamp and Frans Mulder., John-Michael Metelerkamp Frans Mulder, 01/09/2014 till 30/09/2014, Thesen House, T. 044 3825107, C. 0825527262, www.finearts.co.za
Wallace Hulley Gallery, Unique Collection of Watercolours, Oils and sculptures. By appointment only., Studio Spanish Farm, Somerset West, C. 0832684356, www.wallacehulley.com
Bay Gallery, Supporting excellent, local artists, many of whom are members of S.A.S.A. All mediums exhibited. Langebaan, C. 0733048744, www.baygallery.co.za
US Art Gallery, Regular temporary art exhibitions of national and international artists, as well as permanent exhibitions of the visual art collections, anthropological and cultural historical objects, and the University history. Stellenbosch, T. 021 8283489, www.usmuseum.weebly.com
The West Coast Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery, 52 Port Owen Drive, Port Owen, Velddrif, C. 0824606650, www.westcoastartgallery.co.za
Somerset West
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SMAC Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, T. 021 8873607, www.smacgallery.com
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A Different Drummer, Fine African Artefacts, 01/09/2014 till 30/09/2014, Knysna, T. 044 3825107, C. 0825527262, www.finearts.co.za
Shell, Sealife & Art Experience, Shells and More - a permanent exhibition of silk scarves, original oils, watercolours and constructions by Mosie Hope., Mosie Hope, T. 028 4357888, C. 0822960144, www.seashellhouse.co.za
Sasol Art Museum, Permanent collection of paintings, graphic works and sculptures, as well as an anthropological collection. Regular temporary art exhibitions of national and international artists. Stellenbosch, T. 021 8083691
Paarl Hout Street Gallery, Specialising in paintings and fine art by more than thirty SA artists. Paarl, T. 021 8725030, www.houtstreetgallery.co.za
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Rupert Museum, Showcasing the unique private art collection of Anton and Huberte Rupert., Stellenbosch, T. 021 8883344, www.rupertmuseum.org
Slee Gallery, Contemporary art gallery, Stellenbosch, T. 021 8873385, C. 0833033372, www.slee.co.za/gallery
The Robertson Art Gallery, We specialise in original art of more than 60 top South African Artists., Robertson, T. 023 6265364, C. 0829212697, www.robertsonartgallery.co.za
Sally Bekker Art Studio, Exhibition of Pastels by Marion Weymouth and Oils and Watercolours by Sally Bekker and Dave Croad., Knysna, C. 0823423943
Oude Libertas Gallery, Antieke Kuns: Ancient Art, Hettie de Klerk, Dianne Heesom-Green, Strijdom van der Merwe, Anton Bosch, David Walters, Renée Le Roux, Jake Aikman, Mila Posthumus, Nic Bladen, Anton Bosch, Tyrone Appollis, Judy Woodborne, Tania Babb, Laura du Toit, Lenie Harley, Vernon Swart, Hennie Meyer, Willem Pretorius with Bonsai, until 20/09/2014, Stellenbosch - c/o Adam Tas and Libertas roads, T. 021 8098412, C. 0824155609, www.oudelibertas.co.za
Rosenhof Art Gallery, Studio gallery of Lisl Barry. Diverse range of subjects done in oil: inspired by the Klein Karoo landscape and it’s people to water studies, among others., Baron van Rheede, T. 044 2722232, C. 0827696993, www.lislbarry.co.za / www.richardhenley.co.za
Willie Botha Sculpture Gallery, Permanent exhibition of work by Sculptor Willie Botha, Paintings by Pieter Vermaak, Johan Calitz and Shelley Adams., Hermanus, T. 028 3132304, C. 0827832663, www.williebothasculptures.com
LynnSchaeffergallery, Artworks and ceramics by SA artists including Derric van Rensburg, Ann Nosworthy, Darryl Legg and Lynn Schaefer., Knysna, C. 0721744907, www.lyndos.co.za.
La Motte Museum: The La Motte Museum offers a culturalhistorical experience featuring the estate’s history and architecture. Current exhibitions: Heritage collection of South African old master, JH Pierneef and contemporary exhibition of The Helgaard Steyn Awards. T 021 876 8850, E museum@la-motte.co.za, www.la-motte.com
Langkloof Sheena Ridley at Langkloof Gallery and Sculpture Garden meet the artist, learn about her mediums in which she works, and see where her inspiration comes from. Langkloof, C. 0835892881, www.ridley.co.za
Anne-Ghrett - Breytenbach Galery: Shadow of time / Skadu van tyd. 2 Aug - 10 Sept. Sharle Matthews, Estelle Marais and Diane McLean. Friends and working colleagues for more than 40 years, come together for the very first time in this group exhibition. The connections are tangible as the work compliments each other and speak the same language in their own genres. galery@breytenbachsentrum.co.za 083 415 0002 / 021 864 2988
Wilderness Beatrix Bosch Studio, Unique works in leather, paintings & photography can be viewed at her studio., Wilderness, T. 044 8770585, www.beatrixbosch.co.za
Liebrecht Gallery, Fine Art Gallery, Somerset West, T. 021 8528030, vineyardartists@gmail.com
Stellenbosch Art at Tokara, Wine-Made Art, Mid September to December 2014, Crest of the Helshoogte Pass Stellenbosch, T. 021 8085900, C. 0836751825 Art on 5, A studio gallery in the heart of old historic Stellenbosch run by 2 artists Maryna de Witt & Emzi Smit exhibiting their work & local ceramics. maryna@ adept.co.za Like us on Facebook, 7b Andringa street. T. 021 8877234, C. 0829091446 D-Street Gallery, Art: Psyche and Soul, Clare Menck, Jaco Benade, Elizabeth Miller-Vermeulen, Nicholaas Esterhuizen, Strijdom van der Merwe, Anton Smit, Lionel Smit, Peter van Straten, Shany van den Berg, Adriaan Diedericks, Ends 04/10/2014, Stellenbosch, T. 021 8832337, C. 0722194920, www.dstreetgallery.com
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The Cape Gallery, 60 Church Street, Cape Town seeks to expose fine art that is rooted in the South African tradition, work which carries the unique cultural stamp of our continent.
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A tiny black square is all Russian artist, Kasemir Malevich used to sign his paintings towards the end of his life. That small symbol encapsulated a subversive modernity in a manner that is still, nearly a century later, quite shocking. Malevich is perhaps not a name well known, unless Russian Constructivists are your bag, but the Tate Modern offers a sweeping retrospective of his work until 26 October. Although at the end of his life Malevich had returned to a blander version of his early figurative work, his iconic “Black Square” painting from 1915 is considered as decisive a moment in modern art as Duchamp’s urinal. Originally it was hung high up across a corner, in the place normally reserved for a religious icon. The Tate recreates this presentation, revealing how explosive this tiny painting was. The work was deemed so seditious that it was removed from public viewing by Soviet authorities in 1934 and not shown for another forty years. Malevich’s vision is so much part of our lives that it is not always possible to appreciate quite how ground-breaking it was. Incidentally, he made multiple versions of his painting, and the Tate shows a later version as the original is deemed too fragile to ever leave its Russian home. The exhibition shows the incredible variations in the artist’s work as he went from figurative to abstract and back again at the end of his life. It also makes one understand why only these geometric shapes that still look so incredibly fresh were included in the Royal Academy’s superb Russian exhibition in 2008. Malevich mirrored his country’s descent into a catastrophic war with confrontational jagged lines that throb with a modernity that other Great War memorials could never hope to achieve. This exhibition may not have been conceived alongside other 1914 commemorations, but it is the period in which Malevich made a definitive mark on modern art. He shifted boundaries 12
in our visual lexicon as decisively as the war did. A retrospective offers the full arc of a career, but seldom is there such a completed circle as the rather bizarre way Malevich returned to his early styles, both in the realistic way he paints his parents at the start and end of his life, and the rounded shapes of Russian peasants that return later as faceless tubular figures with none of the warmth of the early years. Remember Pacman? Pong? Even the gruesome Grand Theft Auto III looks quaintly dated. I never thought I would feel nostalgia for those first heady days of gaming, when computers were something you had on a desk and needed at least a foot behind them to accommodate the screen. The Barbican has tackled the changing world we live in with Digital Revolution: an immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and videogames (until 14 Sept). It is an impossible task, charting the use of technology from its stilted infancy to a total reliance on it in almost every aspect of art. Beginning with a cacophonic and dizzying display of early gaming in its original hardware, it then takes in the impact of computer graphics on films such as “Gravity”, where every single frame was modelled beforehand. The increasingly collaborative side of technology’s artistic endeavours includes some newly commissioned works on the show, but few of them are remarkable. A percussive space digitises music as an Egyptian hologram turns to look at you, another picks out a melody as your keyboard’s keys each light up a different country on the globe. Movement turns a body into coloured brush-strokes, or makes strange metallic creatures dance at your bidding in “Petting Zoo”. By far the most easily accessible piece is Chris Milk’s 2012 creation, “Treachery of Sanctuary” where the audience become part of a flock of birds, swooping in glorious flight and then
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transforming into decay. A large and spectacular piece, the changing shapes of birds offers more of a visual treat than Umbrellium’s much-touted laser show in the small theatre where viewers wander through a rather boring forest of laser lights that respond to movement. The Hayward’s recent light show offered far more inventive examples of light as an art medium. My young technical advisor was less impressed. ‘It was noisy, chaotic, not everything worked and the signs were impossible to read so you couldn’t figure out what was going on,’ was his pronouncement. True, but I would have thought that is a pretty accurate description of the digital world we live in right now. The Barbican isn’t the only one trying to make use of technology. The Tate offered an After Dark tour of its galleries for a few nights in August, as a prize in technological innovation, but this felt rather like watching the place from the security control room. When there is now so much on offer with filmed versions of exhibitions, why would anyone want to look at a blurry image of a great master? Dennis Hopper is best known for his cult movies, but before he made the original road movie “Easy Rider” in 1969, he spent years photographing the flowering of the Sixties. Hippies, bikers, riots and a host of impossibly young celebrities stare back at you in the Royal Academy’s Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album (until 19 Oct). The works have been beautifully curated for the show, with small vintage prints that are hung as they were first shown in 1970, before being boxed up in an attic to be discovered after his death. Some images look no more than the patterned quirks of nature that are now on every phone, but it is the narratives of ordinary people at an extraordinary junction in American history that makes this a beautifully nostalgic trip. SA BUSINESS ART. SEPTEMBER 2014
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OPPOSITE PAGE: » Header: Visitors to the Barbican’s Digital Revolution exhibition enjoying Chris Milk’s 2012 interactive spectacle, Treachery of Sanctuary. Photo: Nushin Elahi. THIS PAGE: COLUMN 1: A: Dennis Hopper. 26 June 2014 to 19 October 2014. Dennis Hopper. Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney and Jeff Goodman, 1963 » B: Dennis Hopper. Double Standard, 1961
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» C: Dennis Hopper. Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim at Their Wedding in Las Vegas, 1965. » D: Dennis Hopper. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1965 » COLUMN 2: A: Kazimir Malevich. Woman with Rake 1930 - 32. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia » B: Kazimir Malevich. Suprematism 1915. State Russian Museum, St Petersburg C: Kazimir Malevich. The Scyther (Mower) 1912. Nizhnii Novgorod State Art Museum (Russia)
» COLUMN 3: » A: Kazimir Malevich. Black Square circa 1923. The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. Installation photograph (c) Tate Photography » B: Malevich. Installation view Black Cross 1915. © Olivia Hemingway, Tate Photography » C: Installation shot of the Barbican’s Digital Revolution. Photo: Nushin Elahi » Read more at www.london-letter.com
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Roel Roelofsen: A Photographic Pioneer Gets His Due STEPHEN WELZ AND CO. - INVESTMENT ART EXHIBITION Just as Rodriguez was virtually unknown to Americans until the release of Searching for Sugar Man, world famous South African photographer Roel Roelofsen has been a non-entity to most South Africans – that is, until now. You might be surprised to know that he’s a Dutch-born photographer who broke all records for salon acceptances and won medals on every continent, yet never sold a slide or produced any printed images of his photographs to sell to the public. He was also a Johannesburg-based pioneer in photographic technique of derivation.
An active member of the Johannesburg Camera Club, Roelofsen developed a painstaking derivation technique, which involved copying the negatives of black and white photographs onto high-contrast line film, resulting in an image with black and white areas only. A number of these images could then be superimposed on one another and arranged to form a montage. The montage was then photographed, producing a single, black and white negative, which he then etch-bleached beore hand-painting colour onto the exposed area. This process was repeated in a number of colours, each colour on a new negative, so that the ultimate picture was the result of a montage of several layers of film. Roelofsen was known to have said: “Derivations are great fun but you’ve got to have determination and staying power. If you give up easily, don’t tackle this aspect of picture-marking art.” The urban settings of his work include iconic buildings in the Johannesburg CBD, such as the Trust Bank, Carlton Centre and Standard Bank. He also features places of industry, such as the Kelvin Power station in Kempton Park, as well as other public spaces. The Johannesburg railway station, Department of Health (then located in Benoni), and Germis-
ton Lake are all incorporated. The Twin Towers also feature in his body of work. Roelofsen’s works communicate a strong sense of excitement for the construction of skyscrapers: they are symbols of industry, modernity and a growing economy. This excitement is emphasised by the inclusion of his young children – the next generation, set to inhabit this urban metropolis. During the later years of the 1970s, Roelofsen shifted his focus away from photography and more towards painting, although he still lectured extensively on photography and his derivation technique. His slides have been in the family’s possession over all of these years. When prominent photographer Clint Strydom met Roelofsen’s son Hans and his wife Michelle, and saw the slides, he realised straight away that they were masterpieces. His advice to the family led them to approach Stephan Welz & Co., resulting in this exhibition of his work. Forty years after amassing over 600 salon acceptances, 56 awards and 33 gold medals from all over the world, as well as a four-star rating from the Photographic Society of America, Roelofsen is living quietly in Cape Town, but will be returning to Johannesburg via a retrospective of his works to be exhibited at the Stephan Welz & Co. Studio. Roel Roelofson: The Life and Works of a Forgotten Master will run from 2 – 26 October. This will be the first opportunity for the public to purchase a limited edition of prints produced from his colour slides. » The Studio is open Mon – Sat, 10h00 -18h00 and Sunday 10h00 – 16h00, Shop L38, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton. See: www.stephanwelzandco.co.za or call 0110266567 for more information.
French Ambassadorial Residence Auction PROVENANCE AUCTION HOUSE - AUCTION REPORT. The beautifully massive Sir Herbert Baker estate, ambassadorial residence of the French Embassy in Cape Town, was recently sold, and with a short time frame to market and co-ordinate, Provenance Auction House mandated to sell the contents and concluded this with a 91% sale rate. An 8000 square meter home on 1.1 hectares of land, ironically it was the small paintings [small in size, not quality or stature] that commanded the best prices. A delightful 15cm Peter Clarke landscape, dated 1960, sold for R92 000. Highlights within the small works of art, was an 18cm Johannes Meintjies that sold for R63 250, and a 24cm Maurice Van Essche for R103 500. Other substantial purchases were an early Stanley Pinker landscape for R575 000, a Jean Welz still life for R184 000 and a Carl Buchner Harlequin for R63 250. Amongst the bronzes, the star item was a magnificent Sydney Beck Penny Whistler, which sold for R184 000 to an ecstatic buyer, who was exceedingly animated once the hammer fell. It was not however, only art that exceeded all expectations. Furniture flew out the door, with late 10
19thC chests of drawers exceeding R20000 each, and an Edwardian low cupboard for R22 000, salon suites for between R16000 to R24 000, a small 19thC Dutch display for R39 250 as well as a French gilt console and mirror for R24 050. Amongst the smalls, highlights were a Noritake dinner service for R10925, a small incomplete silver canteen for R28 750, a late 19thC Famille Rose vase for R10 925 as well as a comprehensive collection of carpets, selling at an average of R16 000 a piece. The auction was exceedingly well attended. Situated in the majestic gardens, with the winter sun gloriously shining, the patrons were treated to a delightful experience, synonymous of a bygone era. Viewing took place over two days with a turnout well in excess of a 1000 people and Provenance recording a record registration number for the boutique house. Their following auction takes place at their premises, 6-8 Vrede Str. Gardens, on the 3rd September, titled Hemmingway’s, The Office, which will include a mass of nostalgic Edwardian office furnishings and accompaniments as well as desirable collectables. SA BUSINESS ART. SEPTEMBER 2014
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De Appel : Curiosity: 28 June - 14 September 2014: “Curiosity is the desire to uncover what lies beyond our present understanding of the world. Alongside wonder, which was traditionally considered the origin of philosophy, curiosity is valued because it leads us into new territories. But historically it has been condemned too as a form of distraction, an attraction to novelty for its own sake or a desire to unveil what is actually none of our business. Like the cabinet of curiosities, which mixed science and art, ancient and modern, reality and fiction, this exhibition refuses to choose between knowledge and pleasure. It juxtaposes historical periods and categories of objects to produce an eccentric map of curiosity in its many senses.” - Brian Dillon, curator.
MOMA: Designing Modern Women 1890–1990: 5 October 2013 – 5 October 2014: Modern design of the twentieth century was profoundly shaped and enhanced by the creativity of women---as muses of modernity and shapers of new ways of living, and as designers, patrons, performers and educators. This installation, drawn entirely from MoMA’s collection, celebrates the diversity and vitality of individual artists’ engagement in the modern world, from Loïe Fuller’s pulsating turn-of-the-century performances to April Greiman’s 1980s computer-generated graphics, at the vanguard of early digital design. Highlights include the first display of a newly conserved kitchen by Charlotte Perriand with Le Corbusier (1952) from the Unité d’Habitation housing project, furniture and designs by Lilly Reich, Eileen Gray, Eva Zeisel, Ray Eames, Lella Vignelli, and Denise Scott Brown; textiles by Anni Albers and Eszter Haraszty; ceramics by Lucy Rie; a display of 1960s psychedelic concert posters by graphic designer Bonnie Maclean, and a never-before-seen selection of posters and graphic material from the punk era. The gallery’s ‘graphics corner’ first explores the changing role and visual imagery of The New Woman through a selection of posters created between 1890 and 1938; in April 2014 the focus will shift to Women at War, an examination of the iconography and varied roles of women in times of conflict, commemorating the centennial of the outbreak of World War I.
BERLIN Daimler Contemporary: Conceptual and Applied III: Surfaces and Pattern: 04 April - 02 November 2014: Contemporary art in dialogue with 20th century architecture and design. Over the last ten years, the Daimler Art Collection has developed a focal point in the field of constructive, conceptual and minimalistic tendencies from the 1920s to the present day. A particular interest was taken here in artists who have worked on the borders between free and applied disciplines. ‘Minimalism and Applied I’ (2007) introduced fine artists who work within the transition to architecture, product and graphic design. In contrast with this, the second part of the series focuses on a dialogue between outstanding early exponents of architecture and furniture design with international contemporary art.
LONDON Tate Modern: Henri Matisse : The Cut-Outs : 17 Apr - 07 Sept 2014: Henri Matisse is a giant of modern art. This landmark show explores the final chapter in his career in which he began ‘carving into colour’ and his series of spectacular cut-outs was born. The exhibition represents a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see so many of the artist’s works in one place and discover Matisse’s final artistic triumph. In his late sixties, when ill health first prevented Matisse from painting, he began to cut into painted paper with scissors to make drafts for a number of commissions. In time, Matisse chose cut-outs over painting: he had invented a new medium. From snowflowers to dancers, circus scenes and a famous snail, the exhibition showcases a dazzling array of 120 works made between 1936 and 1954. Bold, exuberant and often large in scale, the cut-outs have an engaging simplicity coupled with incredible creative sophistication.
PARIS Jeu de Paume: Gilles Caron : The Conflict Within : 21 June - 2 November 2014: Curators: Michel Poivert, photography historian and university lecturer at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Jean-Christophe Blaser, curator at the Musée de l’Elysée. In the space of just a few years Gilles Caron, a passionate and audacious young journalist, made his mark in the world of photography breathing new life into a genre: photojournalism. He founded the photographic agency Gamma in 1968 with Raymond Depardon and rapidly made a name for himself by covering all of the period’s major conflicts: the Middle East, Vietnam, Chad, Northern Ireland, Biafra... Wherever there was fighting, he was there with his camera until one day in April 1970, 5 April to be precise, when he disappeared in Cambodia in a zone controlled by the Khmer Rouge. Although he was primarily known as a war reporter, Caron’s photography is also remarkable for the way he managed to capture the quintessential spirit of the 1960s: cinema and France’s Nouvelle Vague, fashion, music, the rebellious younger generation and politics are amongst his main subjects, those that inspired some of his most striking images. His extremely realistic account of the events of May 1968, in particular his famous photo of Daniel Cohn-Bendit confronting a CRS riot policeman, are indelibly fixed in our collective memory. In just a few short years, Caron managed to prove that he was one of photojournalism’s greats. The one hundred and fifty photos on show in this exhibition, “Gilles Caron. The Conflict Within“, present the work of a man who never ceased to question the purpose of his commitment.
Whitney Museum: Jeff Koons : 27 June - 19 October 2014: Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the postwar era. Throughout his career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between advanced art and mass culture, challenged the limits of industrial fabrication, and transformed the relationship of artists to the cult of celebrity and the global market. Yet despite these achievements, Koons has never been the subject of a retrospective surveying the full scope of his career. Comprising more than 120 objects dating from 1978 to the present, this exhibition will be the most comprehensive ever devoted to the artist’s groundbreaking oeuvre. By reconstituting all of his most iconic works and significant series in a chronological narrative, the retrospective will allow visitors to understand Koons’s remarkably diverse output as a multifaceted whole.
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Interview with Giles Peppiatt SA Art Specialist, Bonhams London
Giles Peppiatt is Bonhams’ Director of African, South African, Modern and Contemporary Art. After initiating their first ‘The South African Sale’ in London seven years ago, subsequent editions of this auction have clarified Bonhams as the leader of the market. The next will take place at Bonhams, London this October. The Art Times caught up with Giles Peppiatt for heritage month, to discuss Bonhams’ role in disseminating South Africa’s artistic history. AT: Mr. Peppiatt, your initiative has certainly done a lot to promote international interest in collecting South African art. How much international interest did you notice there was in collecting South African art before you initiated ‘The South African Sale’? What originally drew you to the idea? GP: In early 2006 we noticed that the prices for SA art were increasing and that there seemed to be growing interest in the market. So we took the decision that year to hold our first sale in 2007. We knew that there would be some international interest, but we had no idea that it would be so strong and sustained. AT:How would you compare the strength of the market for collecting South African art to that of say, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian art? What would you perceive is the South African art market’s level of maturity? GP: The market is much stronger and seems to be more international. This has been assisted by the very diverse SA diaspora. Through this dispersal of talent seeds of interest have been sown in SA art and they are now bearing fruit. We have many international SA and non-SA clients distributed across the globe. The market is now semi-mature, but I do think we will still see further growth in some areas. AT: Do you think South African art has the enough available stock, historical importance and patronage for the market to maintain its growth? GP: There certainly seems to be enough stock. The important thing is having fresh stock. New pictures excite collectors. The fact that SA does have an eminent artistic heritage is of importance in being able to present artworks with the correct contextual references.
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AT: To your knowledge, do art buyers presently prefer to buy within their local market or are they more likely to diversify? Tangentially, how much of Bonhams’ South African art would you say is purchased by South African collectors? GP: Our buyers are around 50% from SA and 50% from outside SA. So we have a healthy mix of both markets and each is important. Generally buyers will be happy to purchase wherever the work is presented. The impetus to buy that comes from the presented artwork is usually stronger than any perceived barrier that a distant market may present. AT: Given the rise in the price of artworks by Stern, Preller and Battiss on auction, whose art would you predict to be the next high-hitter? GP: This is an oft-asked question. Who will be the next hot artist? I find it very tricky to answer, but I still maintain that pre-1947 works by Gerard Sekoto are still underpriced. AT: Besides the global trend of online auctioneering, do you foresee any further areas of growth in the art auction industry? GP: The growth of the Contemporary Art behemoth seems unstoppable. So I think that the further areas of growth lie within this area. We have been holding very successful sales of Nigerian Modern & Contemporary Art in London and I think that with the growth of Nigeria as an economic powerhouse, this market can only grow further. AT: Lastly, what makes Bonhams UK so successful in getting some of the best hammer prices for South African art? What is the secret? GP: You’re right we have had some wonderful results for South African art and I am very proud that we hold the World Record prices for all the major SA artists; Stern, Preller, Pierneef, Sekoto etc. The secret is really just hard work by a dedicated team here in London. I also think that because we work in London, one of the two major world art hubs, we are exposed to much tougher competition than our rivals in SA and this does mean that we always go that extra mile to ensure we achieve the highest price for our clients.
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OPPOSITE PAGE Giles Peppiatt at the sale of Irma Stern’s “The Malay Bride” (sold for £1.2 million / R 21 million in October, 2013)
LEFT Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) “Harvesting at the Cape” oil on canvasboard 55 x 64cm (21 5/8 x 25 3/16in). £40,000 - £60,000
BELOW Alexis Preller “The Creation of Adam II” Signed and dated ‘Preller 68’ Oil and gesso on canvas 136.5 x 126.5cm £250 000 - £350 000
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PINKER DELIGHTS AT STRAUSS & CO’S SPRING AUCTION. STRAUSS & CO. - 13TH OCTOBER 2014 The rising interest in Stanley Pinker’s art is sure to attract buyers and viewers alike to Strauss & Co’s upcoming auction scheduled for 13 October 2014 at the Vineyard Hotel, Newlands in Cape Town when the artist’s OH AHA (R1,000,000 – 1,500,000) comes under the hammer. The market has seen phenomenal growth in his work since Strauss & Co broke the world record for Pinker in October 2012 when his Wheel of Life, a key work in the artist’s oeuvre, sold for R2,450,800. Identifying the subject of Girl in Sunglasses drew great media attention in February 2012, resulting in an astonishing R1,448,200, more than four times the estimates. Love triumphed in March 2014 when it reached R3,410,700 and Camping in the Kouebokkeveld, a major painting celebrating South Africa’s ancient and modern artists, sold in June this year for R2,728,320. Stanley Pinker is regarded as one of South Africa’s most significant artists and teachers, who is acclaimed as a mentor by many younger generation artists. As the subject of major museum exhibitions and catalogues as well as a
» Norman Clive Catherine (South African 1949-) “Sleepwalk” R6 000 – 9 000
» Stanley Pinker [1924-2012] OH AHA Oil on canvas 101 by 152,5cm R1,000,000 – 1,500,000
The repetition of ‘oh’, ‘aha’ and ‘haha’ creates a progression of sounds culminating in a frisky couple who dance by the light of the moon, their jiving embodying the syncopated rhythms of jazz. The Union Castle liner steaming into the distance alludes to a time when hopeful immigrants were arriving every week from post-war Europe with all the optimism of a better life in the sun. Areas of painterly application contrast with stencilled butterflies bringing the world of design into play. OH AHA brilliantly demonstrates Stanley Pinker’s sophisticated understanding of visual art, art history and of design as well as his consummate appreciation of the language of signs and of icons. Above an iconic Table Mountain a radiant sky heralds another memorable sunset over Cape Town. » For further information contact: Bina Genovese bina@straussart.co.za. Tel: +27 21 683 6560. Website: www.straussart.co.za
» Eben van der Merwe (South African 1932-) “Still Life Forms” R18 000 – 24 000
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Rudd’s promises an interesting and varied selection of South African contemporary art as well as European art in their forthcoming auction. South African Art includes works by Constance Penstone, Maurice van Essche, Maud Sumner, Edward Roworth, Pieter van der Westhuizen, Judy Woodborne, Penny Stutterheim, Robert Hodgins, and others. European & American Art will follow with works by the likes of Marc Chagall, Paul Cezanne and Charles D’Oyley John. Three 19thC German carvings of Saints, Matthew, Mark & Luke, which were found in a chapel of a Schloss in Southern Bavaria will be of interest to that curious collector. There are also some fine miniature oval portraits and silhouettes. Chinese, Japanese and European art and ceramics, 18thC glass, fine European and SA furniture, silver and gold, clocks and barometers as well as two African tribal art collections complete the sale. Viewing commences on Thursday 25th September and a fully illustrated catalogue will be available on www.rudds.co.za from the 16th September 2014. » Contact Rudd’s on +27 (0)21426 0384 or info@rudds.co.za for details.
Johannesburg, Monday 11 August 2014: Art and antiques from SA auctioneers are commanding record prices and attracting significant international interest. The trend has prompted wealth managers to pay new attention to art as a serious asset class. A Joan Miro aquatint print sold for R265 000 last week - more than double the pre-sale and an international record for this particular work. At the same auction by Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, a number of SA auction records were achieved. A Russell Flint crayon-and-chalk drawing fetched ten times its lower estimate, reaching a hammer price of R70 000 - an SA record for a work in this medium by Flint. A Henry Moore drawing of a woman sold for R110 000 - again more than double the pre-sale estimate. A Maud Sumner fetched R140 000 - 40% higher than the lower presale estimate. Daniel Rakgoathe’s original works sold for prices ranging between R16 000 and R28 000, significantly surpassing the pre-sale estimates of R3 000. “His work, along with other Rorke’s Drift artists such as Cyprian Shilokoe has been drawing strong interest and good results,” says Russell Kaplan. Kaplan explains that his catalogues get exposure on international auction sites Art Price and Artnet which drives international interest. AlphaWealth CEO, Kerry Fynn says that investment in art has proved to be an excellent diversification strategy, offering great returns over time. “The top end of the art market remains in good shape,” concludes Kaplan, adding that he is inviting consignments for the company’s next art and antique auction. » www.rkauctioneers.co.za
» South African School (Late 19th/Early 20th Century) A View of Table Bay with Shipping of Various Nations Watercolour and body colour on paper 34 x 70cm Estimate R 15 000 - R 20 000
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serious monograph, he commands critical attention and no serious collection is complete without his work. Stanley Pinker’s OH AHA is a multilayered work displaying all the wit, intelligence, humour and sensuality that has made his paintings so sought-after. The semantic word-play of the title conveys many meanings from ‘oh’ indicating surprise to ‘aha’ suggesting understanding, agreement or achievement. Following the discovery of ‘aha’ with the delight of ‘haha’ invokes both humour and the iconoclasm of the Dadaists. The inclusion of lettering is reminiscent of the Cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque but these are not merely formal elements. ‘Made in Japan’ alludes to the concerns regarding foreign imports and the debates around mass-production versus authenticity. Rich in multiple art references, the envelope intersected with lines and circles pays homage to artists like Suprematist painter and theorist, Kazimir Malevich and Russian Constructivist, Alexander Rodchenko, who were instrumental in ‘pushing the envelope’ of painting to question perception and illusion.
» Joan Miró “L’oustachi (Dupin, 1000)” Aquatint with cut out copper plates edition 27/50 123,5 x 86,9cm Sold for R 265 000
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Business Times Premium: The global art market rose in value by 17 per cent to a record US$7 billion in the first half of 2014, according to new industry figures. Artprice, a French company which tracks art sales worldwide, said that during the first six months of the year, art works sold at public auction totalled US$7.15 billion, up on US$6.11 billion for the same period in 2013. 10-15% annual yield attracts institutional investors and funds. “The art market is hungry,” Thierry Ehrmann, Artprice’s president and founder, said. “We have gone from 500,000 collectors in the post-war period to nearly 70 million ‘art consumers’ – art lovers and collectors – worldwide,” he said. The year 2013 was a record year for art, with sales worth US$12.17 billion following a drop in 2012 linked to a contraction in the Chinese market…*
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ART BUYING NOVICE? WHY ART FAIRS ARE WHERE YOU SHOULD START Vogue | Alexandra Brown: Vogue spoke to Melbourne Art Fair’s Barry Keldoulis. It’s no secret buying art online has seen an incredible uptake in recent years. Just take the talented CJ Hendry as an example. But there is no denying the simultaneous success and popularity of the art fair as the preferred venue for buying art.After the runaway success of Sydney Contemporary in 2013, Barry Keldoulis is lending his creative expertise to the Melbourne Art Fair, one of the world’s oldest art fairs. He believes its success lies in the bricks and mortar element. “I think art fairs are almost the physical manifestation of the internet in the sense that you can see works from all over the world all at once,” he says…*
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THE MURKY WORLD OF THE ART DETECTIVE The Times | Alexi Mostrous: The theft of artworks is now the world’s third most lucrative crime. Old Etonian Julian. Radcliffe tracks down stolen Picassos and Cézannes – so why is he such a controversial figure? Picasso’s Tête de Cheval is rehung in the Sprengel Museum, Hanover, four years after it was stolen: Jochen luebke In December 2007, an art exhibition opened in Pfäffikon, a small lakeside town in Switzerland, around 20 miles east of Zurich. The exhibition included 20 original Picasso paintings, as well as more than 150 etchings, prints and linoleum cuts by the artist, all of which had been loaned to the Pfäffikon cultural centre by the Sprengel Museum in Hanover. This type of arrangement is not uncommon across Europe; large museums and galleries will often allow their works to be shown in smaller provincial institutions…*
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TRICYCLE THEATRE ROW: IS CULTURAL ISOLATION EVER RIGHT? The Guardian | Dorian Lynskey: Ian McEwan, Pet Shop Boys and Elvis Costello are among those who have wrestled with the issue of a cultural boycott of Israel. Is such action ever justified or should art strive to build bridges between communities? Three weeks ago, UK Jewish Film began receiving anxious emails and phone calls from the Tricycle Theatre, the north London home of the UK Jewish film festival for the past eight years. It’s understood that the theatre board was making demands it had not made before. The board asked to be allowed to view in advance all of the films that were made with Israeli backing in order to approve their content. When the UKJFF dismissed this as censorship, the Tricycle conceded the point. But it refused to back down on another demand: that the festival should hand back the small percentage of its funding that came from the Israeli embassy…* * Access all these stories and more, stay in the know with the Art Times Daily News Report: www.arttimes.co.za
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