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ISSUES
JUNE 2005
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News
The recent FNB Dance Umbrella not only showcased dance in all its diversity; it also offered Robyn Sassen a chance to confront a tricky question
Willem Boshoff has a well-developed sense of himself as a fiction, which made things difficult for novelist Ivan Vladislavic - he had to write a monograph on the artist
From 34 Long Street to Room 14, Graskop, Art South Africa profiles the country's new (or sometimes just improved) galleries
News, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
Prince Dube, curator of education at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, discusses some of the intricacies involved in curating Dumile Feni: A Retrospective
Dumile Feni's township work contains one of the more credible struggle oeuvres to come out of this country, writes Ivor Powell. But the artist also produced an erotically charged body of work that is inescapably celebratory in character
Leigh Voight's classically attuned art presents viewers with questions of a distinctively contemporary character, writes Sean O'Toole
Critics have dubbed The Lost City Entertainment Resort a colonial-style fantasy landscape. Jeanne van Eeden argues that the picturesque aesthetic is an important component of this perception
Mutual Heights, a former Art Deco office block retrofitted as an inner city living space, poses many unresolved questions for Sanford S. Shaman
As both noun and verb, the word neglect speaks about failure; the failure to give due and proper attention to somebody or something. Accepting that this troublesome word has the potential to be widely interpreted, Art South Africa invited a range of writers to offer their thoughts on neglect as it pertains to art production in South Africa. Jillian Carman, Mario Pissarra and Wilhelm van Rensburg each responded with a distinctive view.
Jiillian Carman, Mario Pissarra, Wilhelm van Rensburg
Exhibitions
THE PREMISES, JOHANNESBURG
JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
THE PREMISES, JOHANNESBURG
DAVID KRUT PROJECTS, JOHANNESBURG, JOHANNESBURG
JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
DIRT CONTEMPORARY, CAPE TOWN
GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
SASOL MUSEUM, STELLENBOSCH
BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN
ART ON PAPER GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
GALLERY ON THE SQUARE, JOHANNESBURG
GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
ERDMANN CONTEMPORARY, CAPE TOWN
OLD FORT, CONSTITUTION HILL, JOHANNESBURG
GORDART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN
GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN
THE SUBSTATION GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG
MICHAEL STEVENSON GALLERY, CAPE TOWN
Books
EDITED BY KATHRYN SMITH Bell-Roberts Publishing, Goodman Gallery Editions, 2005
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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
Bell-Roberts Publishing, Goodman Gallery Editions
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