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JUNE 2009
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BLACK, WHITE AND SOME OTHER COLOURS TOO
A striking, and in its own way challenging portrait of artist Brett Murray in blackface introduces readers to the latest issue of Art South Africa, currently on shelves. The latest issue offers a compelling mix of irreverent fun and necessary pause.
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News
News in Brief, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
Curating the archive
Shortly before his departure from the Johannesburg Art Gallery, chief curator Clive Kellner staged a provocative exhibition that explored the diverse threads of twentieth century avant-gardism. Here he discusses his motivations
Clive Kellner, Colin Richards
Andries Botha's heavyweight sculpture of an elephant, a meditation on the coexistence of living things made from indigenous wood and galvanised steel, astounded Durban audiences when it was recently exhibited at the KZNSA Gallery
In the winter of 2006, Cecil Skotnes' 80th year, Alexandra Dodd visited this pioneering African modernist at his home in Cape Town. Skotnes, who passed away in April, talked about being the son of a preacher man, love, bosoms, apartheid, Polly Street, the violence of war and fighting a good fight
Composer and sound artist Philip Miller has made music for films, television, multimedia and live performance. A child prodigy who defied expectations by studying law, he talks about his various collaborations, Abu Ghraib and being unclassifiable
Titus Matiyane's large-scale maps recently returned to South Africa from a tour to The Netherlands and Mali. Measuring up to 46 metres, his drawings might offer the full picture but in person the artist remains an enigma
Dineo Bopape, Michael Taylor, Avant Car Guard, Chad Roussouw
Exhibitions
SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, LONDON THE GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE, CAPE TOWN MICHAEL STEVENSON GALLERY, CAPE TOWN MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA), NEW YORK MICHAEL STEVENSON GALLERY, CAPE TOWN ARTSPACE JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG NIROX SCULPTURE PARK, JOHANNESBURG ROOKE GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY, CAPE TOWN |
Back Issues
Back issues are available at the Bell-Roberts Publishing premises. Alternatively, you may order from here or by e-mail.
Painting focus for spring
"Painting is unforgiving, instantly revealing levels of integrity, which can be veiled in other mediums," states Lisa Brice in an interview with fellow painter Godfried Donkor in the spring edition of Art South Africa.
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When ideas take form:exhibitions and exhibition makers
Prompted by the a number of large-scale exhibitions in South Africa in recent months, the new winter edition of Art South Africa is devoted to exhibitions and exhibition makers.
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South African artists on seeing, thinking, making, living...
Writing in the December 2008 issue of Art South Africa, art historian Marilyn Martin lamented "the dearth of texts by artists" in recent times. The March 2010 edition of Art South Africa, which will be launched in Cape Town at Design Indaba Expo(February 26-28, stand B11), directly addresses this absence.
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Three Essays on Photography
The past decade has seen a number of South African photographers rise to local and international prominence. The Summer 2009 issue of Art South Africa, on shelf from December 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, profiles three highly awarded talents: Pieter Hugo, Mikhael Subotzky and the collaborative duo of Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
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Art, Architecture and Auctions
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Black, white and some other colours too
A striking, and in its own way challenging portrait of artist Brett Murray in blackface introduces readers to the latest issue of Art South Africa, currently on shelves. The latest issue offers a compelling mix of irreverent fun and necessary pause.
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Weighing the Africa in South Africa
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On artists and the environment
Artist profiles form the basis of the March 2008 issue of Art South Africa.
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On image making and writing
Three leading literary voices shape the content and tone of the summer edition of Art South Africa, available at leading bookstores from December 1, 2007.
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Following on a series of themed and polemical editions, the first issue of Art South Africa for 2007 takes a refreshingly open-ended approach.
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Focussing on sex, sexuality and eroticism in South African art
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SPECIAL ISSUE: The Pan-African Conversation
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The Picasso & Africa Debate
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JHB |
1 SEP - 30 NOV 2010, Graham's Fine Art Gallery
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JHB |
2 SEP - 10 OCT 2010, Nirox Foundation Project Space
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CPT |
1 JUN - 30 NOV 2010, Rose Korber
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CPT |
6 JUN 2010 - 31 JAN 2011, Iziko Good Hope Gallery
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MP |
1 SEP - 30 NOV 2010, The Artist's Press
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DBN |
1 SEP - 30 NOV 2010, African Art Centre
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NYC |
2 MAY - 19 SEP 2010, Jewish Museum New York
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8 JUL - 12 SEP 2010, Murcia
GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE, CAPE TOWN
EDITED BY CHRISTIAN NERF AND UG IMBERG (EDS)
MoCa
EDITED BY KATHRYN SMITH
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