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ISSUES
AUGUST 2007
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News
A Green Hill Far Away
Success in London, as opposed to New York, Paris or Berlin, has generally eluded South African artists. Kerryn Greenberg explores some reasons why
At the Centre of the Ripple
Dungamanzi, which means stirring waters in Vatsonga, is also the title of a groundbreaking exhibition of objects made in the Tsonga and Shangaan tradition. Robyn Sassen speaks to the team of curators about their strategy to engage art audiences
There are an estimated 9.5 million high net worth individuals globally, some of them South African. Sean O'Toole looks at how they're changing the shape of art collecting
Making Sense of the Pose
Africa Remix's first panel discussion included a number of artists represented in the exhibition. Their ambiguous responses prompted an open-ended conversation between Brenden Gray and Michael Smith
Brenden Gray, Michael Smith
Shortly after the opening of Africa Remix, a number of visiting artists from the continent and beyond participated in a public debate. Mary Corrigall reports
News, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
A Wheel in Motion
Nyaniso Lindi is a versatile printmaker whose repertoire embraces subtractive colour relief, collages and forays into multimedia, writes Robyn Sassen
Nyaniso Lindi is Art South Africa's eighth Bright Young Thing for 2007
This year's Venice Biennale, curated for the first time by an American, was a bit like its fast food culture: seductively big. Documenta XII, on the other hand, opted for a "slow food" approach. By Kathryn Smith
Artless Beast?
The animal/human relation in art explodes on scrutiny, splintering into brilliant, untidy fragments quite beyond what questions initially pricked our curiosity, writes Colin Richards in his detailed survey of humans, animals and art
Botched Taxidermies
The current relationship between humankind and animal is fraught. As a result, writes Siobhan McCusker, the visual depiction of animals has radically shifted
Haunted Territory
COLLEEN ALBOROUGH BALANCES SUBJECTIVE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION WHILE STILL ENGAGING THE VIEWER IN AN EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL MANNER, WRITES CATHERINE GREEN
Colleen Alborough is Art South Africa's ninth Bright Young Thing for 2007
In Perspective
Two recent Cape Town exhibitions, both showcasing a mix of local and international photography, highlight the importance of distinguishing between market and audience. By Rory Bester
Mediations on the Doubting, Playing Animal
EXAMINING THE PRACTICE OF DAVID ANDREW, WILLIAM KENTRIDGE AND COLIN RICHARDS, BRENDEN GRAY CONSIDERS HOW DRAWING BRINGS INTO VOLATILE INTERPLAY THE TENSIONS BETWEEN WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN AND ANIMAL
Speaking Dogs: Undoing the Human Art
Being in some sense an invention of humans, the dog is of particular interest since it occupies an indeterminate terrain between nature and culture, and tests the interstices between the knowable and the unknowable. By Lize van Robbroeck
Voices of the Family
Nelson Makamo speaks with Robyn Sassen about how the wisdom of his grandfather underlies his art making, which recently caught the eye of Italian collectors
Nelson Makamo is Art South Africa's seventh Bright Young Thing for 2007
The recent opening of the Goodman Gallery Cape is the talk of the art world. Michael Smith puts on his Adidas and investigates the implications.
2 views on Africa Remix from Rory Bester and David Brodie
Invisible Nature/ Invisible Africa
DAVID BRODIE OFFERS A DETAILED READING OF SELECT ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY PIETER HUGO, SANTU MOFOKENG, GUY TILLIM AND GRAEME WILLIAMS
Graeme Williams, Santu Mofokeng, Pieter Hugo, Guy Tillim
Pretoria has a long history of producing remarkable artistic talent, a fact that prompted Sipho Mdanda to investigate the city's contemporary art scene.
Exhibitions
Grahamstown National Arts FestivalGRAHAMSTOWN IZIKO SA NATIONAL GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Size TenJOãO FERREIRA GALLERY, CAPE TOWN
Books
One million and forty-four years (and sixty three days)EDITED BY KATHRYN SMITH SMAC, 2007
Uplifting the Colonial PhilistineJILLIAN CARMAN Wits University Press, 2007
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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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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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