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JUNE 2006
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THE PICASSO & AFRICA DEBATE
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News
Forecast: Sunny Weather
The art market requires some unusual metaphors to account for spurts of growth. Kim Gurney investigates the recent rise in value of earlier twentieth century South African art
An advert showing the outline of a woman seated, her shape rendered using cut-up maps, has landed a Johannesburg advertising agency in hot water. Kim Gurney discusses the wider implications of the Gerhard Marx case
David Lurie's recent photographs of Table Mountain provide a way of looking at it that is neither spectacular nor merely ordinary or artlessly banal, writes Ashraf Jamal
News, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
Art critics have been described as failed artists, eloquent hucksters, partypoopers, misanthropes, even middle-class censors. But, asks Alex Sudheim, do any of these descriptions take into account the reality of being a critic?
"The crux of the exhibition Picasso and Africa is the dialogue between Picasso and the African continent – revealing the way in which this influenced and changed his artistic output, and showing his work in the company of classical African works of art."
Laurence Madeline and Marilyn Martin, preface to Picasso and Africa catalogue
Fashion photographer Koto Bolofo is due to exhibit in South Africa in July. Internationally acclaimed, his photography is firmly rooted in a late modernist expression. Also established as an independent filmmaker, his visual production reveals a unique poetic sensitivity
Exhibitions
JOãO FERREIRA GALLERY, CAPE TOWN THE PREMISES GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG |
Back Issues
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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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