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ISSUES
JANUARY 2007
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EROTICISM IN SA ART
Focussing on sex, sexuality and eroticism in South African art
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News
Experiments with rubber and metal
Don't be confused by the burning rubber tyres, smashed cars and painted white stones; it's not Protest Art. By Sean O'Toole
Although still relatively uncommon as a crime, the art of faking fine art is not entirely uncommon to South Africa. Kim Gurney looks at its history and also highlights some recent examples
Cameroonian artist Joel Mpah Dooh was in Johannesburg recently for the opening of his solo exhibition at Henri Vergon's Afronova Gallery. He spoke with Sean O'Toole
A slew of new cultural initiatives are redefining how we look at the past. By Kim Gurney
White a colour for special occasions
Racial privilege, more pointedly the amnesiac and hegemonic qualities of whiteness in South Africa, needs to be placed centre stage of national debates
by Wandile Goozen Kasibe
News, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
A man's world
Diane Victor speaks to Michael Smith about violence, ritualised violence and being confused for a man
The HIV/Aids pandemic in Africa demands a new vocabulary of engagement, particularly from photographers and visual artists concerned with representing its effect. In tracing the historical trajectory of photographer Gideon Mendel's activist work, Michael Godby also highlights the changing backdrop of making socially-committed photography in the era of HIV/Aids
Painter Tom Cullberg, better known for his emotionally weighted paintings of everyday objects, recently took a detour into the erotic. Peter Machen chats to him about 1970s porn and sublimated desire
Fragments of intimacy and love
Zanele Muholi's pictures are as much about reclaiming and redefining beauty and female sexuality as they are portraits of a defined sexual sub-culture, writes Hazel Friedman
How to throw a stone
How an absurd list of guidelines served as a corrective diversion for an artist fearing he was living an overly choreographed existence by Jose Ferreira decided
Not getting any?
One writer's search for dicks and cunts and other unmentionable things in contemporary South African art. By Stacy Hardy
Pictures of the Dead
Mary Corrigall discusses how South African artists employ the death and the maiden idiom to reveal the modus operandi that drives narrative and perpetuates stereotypical representations of women
Diane Victor's scenes of fleshy excess and her theatrical renderings of sex and perversion are about more than simple moralizing, writes Michael Smith – they are expressions of unbridled fascination and delight
The Body Politic
Denying the potential for external control and manipulation of the naked body, Berni Searle reclaims a space for the ideological discourses that produce it
Erotica in art needs to explore itself and its own purpose to avoid the trap of titillation, a characteristic that pornography is just so much better at fulfilling, writes Nadine Botha
Anton Kannemeyer, of Bitterkomix fame, utilises pornographic crudity to induce laughter at the pornographic crudity of banal politics, writes Gerhard Schoeman
Barthélémy Toguo and Senam Okudzeto, two respected artists of African birth, recently visited Cape Town for the opening of the group show Distant Relatives/Relative Distance at Michael Stevenson. Tracy Murinik chatted with them about work, life and love
Weighing Masculinity
Although brazenly humorous, Nicholas Hlobo's work deals with the often-painful experiences of homosexuality in a South African, argues Ruth Simbao
Exhibitions
BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Andries GouwsAFRICAN ART CENTRE, DURBAN JOãO FERREIRA GALLERY, CAPE TOWN JOãO FERREIRA GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Dorothee KreutzfeldtPARKING GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG STANDARD BANK GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Greg MarinovichEVERARD READ GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Hermann NiebuhrGALLERY ON THE SQUARE, JOHANNESBURG JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Joni BrennerEVERARD READ GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Kim LiebermanART ON PAPER GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Leora FaberTHE PREMISES, JOHANNESBURG Mbongeni ButheleziGALLERY 157, JOHANNESBURG PARKING GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Nicola GroblerERDMANN CONTEMPORARY, CAPE TOWN Norman CatherineGOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Omar Badhsa & Paul WeinbergDURBAN ART GALLERY, DURBAN WARREN SIEBRITS MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART, JOHANNESBURG Sam NhlengethwaART ON PAPER GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG INFORMATION CENTRE, MAKHADO Siobhan McCuskerTHE SUBSTATION GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG BLANK PROJECTS, CAPE TOWN KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANICAL GARDENS, CAPE TOWN MICHAELIS ART 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.
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 |
14 JAN - 13 FEB 2010, Brodie/Stevenson
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JHB |
14 JAN - 13 FEB 2010, Brodie/Stevenson
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WC |
3 DEC 2009 - 28 FEB 2010, Hout Street Gallery
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6 DEC 2009 - 25 FEB 2010, SMAC Gallery
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MP |
1 DEC 2009 - 28 FEB 2010, The Artist's Press
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21 NOV 2009 - 28 FEB 2010, Strydom Gallery
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3 DEC 2009 - 28 FEB 2010, Casa Africa
2 JAN - 14 FEB 2010, The National Museum of Modern Art
UNIVERSITY OF JHB ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
EDITED BY CHRISTIAN NERF AND UG IMBERG (EDS)
MoCa
EDITED BY KATHRYN SMITH
Bell-Roberts Publishing, Goodman Gallery Editions
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