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ISSUES
MAY 2007
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2007 WINTER EDITION
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News
Critics and investigative journalists have both had a lot to say about the African Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale. Kim Gurney explains why
Dirty laundry
The Dokolo scandal merely highlights the bankrupt promise of Venice, argues Mario Pissarra
A number of South African curators submitted proposals for this year's Venice Biennale, amongst them Colin Richards. The following is an edited extract of his proposal, entitled 'Punch-line: Hurt and Humour in Contemporary African Art'
After delays and a game of musical chairs, it finally happened. Kim Gurney looks at
What Cape 07 promised and then delivered
Heinrich Wolff of Cape Town architectural firm Noero Wolff Architects deservedly won this year's DaimlerChrysler Arts Award, writes Hannah Le Roux
Venetan Pie
So whats new?, Wonders Rasheed Araeen.
News, Investment Focus, Letters to the Editor
Features
A flicker of heroism
Officially, he is now Yinka Shonibare MBE. Sean O'Toole talks with the London-based artist about Verdi's operas, William Kentridge, dandyism and Saville Row
Black Steel on the Wheels of Chaos
Afrofuturism, an emergent artistic, literary and cultural aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy and magic realism, offers a productive detour off the identity politics highway, argues James Sey
Credo Mutwa: Time Unraveller
An ongoing anxiety in art circles about anything traditional has effectively written Credo Mutwa out of the narrative of South African art. Ruth Kerkham Simbao reconsiders the import of his visionary art and the dialogue it establishes with Afrofuturist thought
Emotional Exorcism
Pierre Fouché engages in part with issues of sexuality but does not want his work labelled for any specific audience, writes Kim Gurney. Pierre Fouché is Art South Africa's fifth Bright Young Thing for 2007
From all Angles Alone
Photographer Youssef Nabil is exhibiting his intimate, hand-coloured portraits in Cape Town in June. In this extract from his new book Sleep in my arms, artist Tracey Emin recalls her charmed first encounters with his work
Inside and Outside of History
Despite being a fugitive from the commercial art market, Jane Alexander enjoys a stellar international profile. It is something that sets her apart in the context of contemporary art in South Africa, writes Ivor Powell, although it has in no way diminished the sharpness of her observations
Notes on a Cultural Pirate
Candice Breitz's habit of appropriating the existing symbols of global consumer culture to create her video installations is best viewed as a form of cultural hijack and critique. It also suggests the clear affinities between her work and Pop art. By Laurie Ann Farrell
Lawrence Lemaoana's embroidered rugby balls and fantastical photomontages offer more than just ironic comments on the white man's sport. By Sean O'Toole. Lawrence Lemaoana is Art South Africa's fourth Bright Young Thing for 2007
What does Ruth do again?
After winning a big competition last year Ruth Sacks jetted off to the Canary Islands, then not long afterwards Paris. She talks to Sean O'Toole about her next big stopover: the Venice Biennale. Ruth Sacks is Art South Africa's sixth Bright Young Thing for 2007
Exhibitions
30 Years of Soweto PrintmakingJOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG ArrayART ON PAPER GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG MICHAELIS ART GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Churchill MadikidaIZIKO SA NATIONAL GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Dale YudelmanKZNSA GALLERY, DURBAN Dorothee KreutzfeldtJOãO FERREIRA GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Durant Sihlali: The Pioneering Years – 1952-1969WARREN SIEBRITS MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART, JOHANNESBURG Gimberg, Nerf, Sacks & YoungSMAC GALLERY, STELLENBOSCH Hlengiwe LushabaWITS THEATRE, JOHANNESBURG STEPHEN FRIEDMAN GALLERY, LONDON BELL-ROBERTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN Maja MaljevicOBERT CONTEMPORARY, JOHANNESBURG Mario BenjaminAFRONOVA, JOHANNESBURG Message and MeaningDURBAN ART GALLERY, DURBAN GOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Robert HodginsGOODMAN GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Roger BallenJOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG Shepherd NdudzoGALLERY MOMO, JOHANNESBURG Stephan ErasmusGORDART GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG VisibilityEVERARD READ GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL ARTS, CAPE TOWN
Books
Africa ComicsEDITED BY SAMIR S. PATEL 2007
Avant Car GuardJAN-HENRI BOOYENS, MICHAEL MACGARRY, ZANDER BLOM UNISA Press, Zander Blom, 2006
Revisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African ArtEDITED BY HAYDEN PROUD SA History Online, UNISA Press, 2006
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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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