Category Archives: Sculptor

WITHOUT MASKS Contemporary Afro-Cuban art

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

How fortuitous that the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) was able to unmask a collection of Afro-Cuban art at an exhibition coinciding with South Africa’s hosting of the soccer World Cup – and the spotlight falling on Africa.

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ART AND THE GAME. PART 2. Joana Vasconcelos

Posted on July 11, 2010 by

An unexpected delight during the soccer mania was the arrival on our shores of one of Portugal’s most influential artists, Joana Vasconcelos, together with the marvellous revolving Red Independent Heart, 2005, a site specific installation at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg.

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ALEXIS PRELLER: AFRICA, THE SUN AND SHADOWS

Posted on June 25, 2010 by

‘Whatever I am after is contained in an African shape …’ Alexis Preller[1] Reflecting on Alexis Preller’s extraordinarily visual life with Karel Nel… More often than not artworks at exhibition openings serve as a backdrop for a social event. The … Continue reading →

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WILLEM BOSHOFF: THE WORD ACCORDING TO BIG DRUID, knowing through seeing…

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

‘It is only through seeing that one can know: Druids like artists must see in order to know. It is through art that one learns first to look and then to see. It is important to recognise that it is … Continue reading →

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HALAKASHA: Art and Soccer

Posted on June 2, 2010 by

HALAKASHA* (*traditional South African celebratory cry of a goal being scored)

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Minnette Vári: Parallax

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

‘I am my own landscape’ Minnette Vári [1] At her latest solo exhibition at the Goodman Gallery (21 January – 13 February 2010), Parkwood, Johannesburg, Minnette Vári presented Parallax[2], a series of anamorphic images on paper and video work. Minnette … Continue reading →

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Alberto Giacometti: Who decides that it is art?

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Who decides that it is art? Who decides what it is worth? These two simple questions were put to me the other day as news services and the printed media splashed headlines ‘Giacometti, the new Picasso’ across their pages and … Continue reading →

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Minister beats porn drum while elephants languish in the quagmire

Posted on March 14, 2010 by

Imagine living in a country where one of the animals it is most famous for cannot be the subject of public sculpture because it is associated with an opposition political party.

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The curious case of the gallery walkabout

Posted on March 7, 2010 by

The latest fashion to hit the art scene is indeed the gallery walkabout as Melvyn Minnaar so aptly points out in his piece titled, The Artful Viewer: March 2010: Walk-about, talk-about in the The South African Art Times dated 26 … Continue reading →

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Continuity and discontinuity – Angus Taylor at Circa on Jellicoe

Posted on February 16, 2010 by

Angus Taylor has in recent years become synonymous with large scale rock and metal sculptures of the human form and centaurs. For his exhibition New Work at Circa on Jellicoe from 9 February – 24 March 2010 he uses a … Continue reading →

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