Gerhard Marx at Goodman Gallery Like Kentridge, Marx is fascinated by way of seeing and how we make sense of perception. He worked with Kentridge on The Firewalker back in 2009. Remember that extraordinary work at the Joburg Art Fair – Gerhard Marx’s mosaic wall Vertical Aerial (weighing 3 tons and commissioned by Spier depicting […]
Read More »Umhlaba, Wits Art Museum I had a rushed visit to Umhlaba, the photographic exhibition marking the centenary of the 1913 Natives Land Act, which is currently showing at Wits Art Museum. Because of the topic – the contested nature of land and landscape in South African society, this exhibition cannot be anything but tough and […]
Read More »Live HD screenings of National Theatre Productions, Exhibitions on Screens, and the New York Met Opera Season We are so privileged in Johannesburg to have access on our doorsteps to world-class productions (quite literally). If an air-ticket to London is out of the question (let alone R600 odd for a theatre ticket) then make sure […]
Read More »What’s on at the galleries The dust has begun to settle after the Joburg Art Fair and everyday life can return to gallery staff and their publics. There are several recently opened exhibitions and several which are opening in the next couple of weeks. Exhibitions which are already showing include: Pieter Hugo’s Kin Stevenson’s […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster nominated a provincial finalist in the 2013 Lilizela awards The new national tourism and travel awards programme resulting from the merging of the AA Accommodation Awards and the Imvelo Awards [for Responsible Tourism] is backed nationally by the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Grading Council of SA [TGCSA]; and locally by […]
Read More »What’s On: September 2013 There are a number of interesting exhibitions on at the moment in Joburg and the Parks galleries. Spanning thirty-five years of Simon Stone‘s work, from 1978 – 2013, this retrospective at the Standard Bank Gallery only has another week before closing on the 14th September. Stone uses recognizable imagery in his […]
Read More »Art exhibitions: What’s On My walking buddy isn’t around this Saturday so I’m going to get an early start and hit the Parks art galleries. There is a lot on with some interesting walkabouts as well. In Birdhaven at In Toto there is an group exhibition entitled Cache including work by Michael Meyersfeld, Jane […]
Read More »SA’s 12th official language: sign language to catch a minibus taxi A couple of years back I wrote a blog about using minibus taxis to get around Joburg and the kind of local knowledge that is required to do so. I included an image of the cover of Susan Woolf’s book of taxi signs […]
Read More »Mandela capture site with Marco Cianfanelli’s sculpture I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a Fine Arts and Art History student at Wits many years back and have followed his career with great interest. I was of course well aware of his monumental sculpture of Mandela constructed at the site of […]
Read More »Our early winter fare at the Parks galleries is very varied with lots of different genres and styles in evidence. Just above the mantel piece is an exhibition of works by Karin Preller which opens at Artspace on Wednesday 5th June. The one liner description of the show is: ‘Seeing things differently: the immutable presence […]
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