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COMMENTS
A Death Threat for Brenden Gray
Why do I take your criticism so "intensely seriously"? I might come across as flippant, aggressive, a gossip (my words), not serious (masters of), subversive (yours, [...]
Robert Sloon
Dear Mr Gray
You may be unreeling but alas I am most ceratinly reeling with the rapid aboutfaces you seem to be making with reference to ArtHeat. Are we to take it from this post that you are now [...]
andrew lamprecht
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The first lesson for a photography student
is that subject matter does not make the picture. It is the way it is framed that makes it
compelling. The most banal subject can
make for a great picture if it is captured in the right way. David Goldblatt manages both, but Pieter
Hugo, I am afraid, relies far too heavily on the signifying power of his
subject matter to make his [...]
A group of friends and myself thought it
would be interesting to set up a small exhibition in a shopping mall, with
objects for sale and run a series of public events in the space. The concept "Empty Office", allows us to
occupy vacant commercial places and run art events there for people who
generally don't give a shit about art. Up to this point, in my estimation, the [...]
This week the Mail and Guardian carried an
article which said that there are attempts being made to remove Steven Cohen
from the high school art curriculum. In
my years as a high school art teacher, sitting in provincial cluster meetings, I
wondered how this group of mostly conservative art teachers would explain to
their learners why a man would tie found objects to his genitalia, or [...]
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JHB |
27 APR - 23 MAY 2008, WorldArt
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JHB |
3 - 24 MAY 2008, David Krut Projects, Johannesburg
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CPT |
1 - 31 MAY 2008, Whatiftheworld / Gallery
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CPT |
3 MAY - 7 JUN 2008, Erdmann Contemporary
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EC |
2 JAN - 8 JUN 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum
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DBN |
12 - 31 MAY 2008, ArtSpace Durban
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DBN |
15 MAY - 7 JUN 2008, ArtSpace Durban
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9 MAY - 7 JUN 2008, Artspace Berlin
GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE, CAPE TOWN
WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY, 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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