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Category Archives: FAVOURITE MUSINGS
Water, the [Delicate] Thread of Life
‘Water, the [Delicate] Thread of Life’, 29 July to 1 October 2011, sets out to navigate a course through the many wonders and complexities of water and to challenge the way we think about and respond to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in ART EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY, ART MARKET, ARTIST, CONTEMPORARY ART, CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART, FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICAN ART, SOUTH AFRICAN ART SCENE
Tagged David Goldblatt, Deborah Bell, Georgia Papageorge, Karel Nel, Marcus Neustetter, MARION DIXON, Mmakgabo Helen Sibidi, Norman Catherine, Penny Siopis, Simon Bannister, Standard Bank Gallery, Thomas Mulcaire, Walter Oltmann, Willem Boshoff, William Kentridge
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DIANE VICTOR – Transcend
With the sharpness of a scalpel artist Diane Victor slices through society’s posturing and pretenses to expose the unsettling, the disturbing and the unjust. She approaches each of her drawings, lithographs and etchings with uncompromising intensity and relentlessly explores the … Continue reading
ALEXIS PRELLER: AFRICA, THE SUN AND SHADOWS
‘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
Has William Kentridge gone ‘Huisgenoot’?
There I was in the company of good friends enjoying Johannesburg’s glorious weather and settling in for a leisurely lunch at a Greek eating establishment. Then out of the blue my good friend, a strategic branding and advertising guru, posed … Continue reading
Can a holy, virgin hermit not be my role model?
Last week I sent the following email to friends: ‘I knew I would have a role model somewhere. I just didn’t realise that it would be a virgin and a hermit!
Posted in ARTIST, FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Painter
Tagged FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Sister Wendy Beckett
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REMEMBERING ROBERT HODGINS (1920 – 2010)
‘I think there’s something of a split personality … outside the studio, I think I’m not much: a cheery bloke, full of anecdotes and jokes, wise saws and modern instances, light and agreeable on the palate. But the painter in … Continue reading
Posted in ART EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY, ARTIST, COLLECTING ART, CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART, FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Johannesburg, Painter, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY ART
Tagged AOP, Art on Paper, CONTEMPORARY ART, FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Johannesburg, painter, Robert Hodgins, South African artist, watercolours
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Minnette Vári: Parallax
‘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
Posted in ART EXHIBITION, ART GALLERY, ARTIST, COLLECTING ART, CONTEMPORARY ART, CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART, Drawing, Etchings, FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Johannesburg, Lithograph, New Media/video art, Painter, Sculptor, SOUTH AFRICA
Tagged FAVOURITE MUSINGS, Francisco Goya Los Caprichos, Goodman Gallery, Minnette Vari
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