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Cape Town Art Fair 2015
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ART TIMES7 SA Art Times Media Highlights
8 Cape Town Art Fair
11 PPC Imaginarium Category Winners
12 100 Greatest SA Artworks Series
14 Interview with Pay Pather for Infecting the City
16 Artists’ Birthdays
GALLERY GUIDE
20 Alice Elahi Retrospective
26 The Story Weavers of the Boland – Book Reviews
28 Gallery Listings
32 Gallery Buzz
BUSINESS ART
14 International Gallery Show Buzz
12 Three VIP Art Fairs
8 Auction House News
6 Business Art Media Highlights
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South African artist, William Kentridge was
awarded an honorary doctorate in Literature
from the University of Cape Town on 18
December 2014. His speech (which can be
listened to in full via http://www.uct.ac.za/
dailynews/?id=8942) so inspired us that we
thought we’d share some of the best parts
with you here:
“One can think of the studio as place
where the world is invited in, in the form
of images pinned on the walls, newspaper
headlines, photostats, photographs. One
then takes these fragments of the world,
shatters them, rearranges them and then
they are sent back out into the world.
There is a peripheral vision of all these
different fragments – and in addition to this
peripheral vision there is also a peripheral
thinking. Taking fragments of ideas from the
things you’re looking at and hoping, through
the activity of making, drawing, filming or
walking, that these fragmentary ideas will
connect and that from these peripheries, a
clarity will emerge.”
“The easy lesson of SA is that our
strength comes from vulnerability rather
than power. Relish the state of fragmentation
we are in. Find the pleasure and beauty of
unexpected connections. Keep a sharp eye
for the day’s event, but a keener feeling for
the longer unfolding. Be kind: understand
that everyone is involved in their own titanic
struggle. Seize the contradictions, listen to
the periphery,” he concluded.
Kentridge inspired
Kentridge reveals the lessons he learnt from his “life in the studio”.Photo by Michael Hammond, Courtesy UCT
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SA ART TIMES | FEBRUARY 2015
The 2014 Cape Town Art Fair recorded
exceptional gallery sales, exciting art talks
and networking and which drew both
international and local lovers of art, buyers
and gallerists. It was an unprecedented
success. The third edition of Cape Town
Art Fair (Thursday 26 February to Sunday
1 March 2015) will present a diverse
selection of only the finest contemporary
art from Africa and its diaspora. Organisers
Fiera Milano, one of the largest exhibition
companies in the world, is leading the way
towards becoming the top international art
fair on the African continent.
For the duration of the fair, the V&A
Waterfront and participating galleries from
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kenya,
Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Italy, Hungary, the UK,
and more, will form part of a dynamic Art
Route; a four day celebration of all things
art. Conveniently, shuttle busses and the
V&A Waterfront canal boat will ferry visitors
to and from the various art installations and
exhibits across the V&A campus and further
afield.
The main art celebrations will take place
at the V&A Waterfront, from its vantage
point at the Waterfront on the yacht basin,
in between The One & Only Hotel and The
Aquarium, which boasts views of Table
Mountain and the awe inspiring soon to
be MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary
Art Africa), based in the silos. MOCAA
is currently under construction and will
be ready by 2016. Cape Town Art Fair
will illuminate the city along its newly
established Art Walk. The Cape Town Art
Fair’s walk extends from the One & Only
Hotel, past the naval ship SAS Somerset
– which will form part of a dazzling light
installation – through North Wharf up to
the Bascule Bridge … allowing visitors
to amble alongside the yacht basin while
enjoying the finest art exhibits, art in public
places, panel discussions, book signings,
talks, performance artists and festival of
the moving image in art, in one of the most
beautiful settings in the world.
In 2015, the Italian and South African
collaboration is stronger than ever before.
Fiera Milano presents The Italian Focus, a
spectacular line-up of highly acclaimed and
carefully selected Italian galleries, artists and
curators alike.
Guest curator, critic and author, RoseLee
Goldberg, will be curating significant African
live performance artists. Based in NYC,
internationally acclaimed Durban born
curator Goldberg found Performa which
is a 10-year old organisation dedicated to
exploring the critical role of live performance
art.
The 2015 Cape Town Art Fair is held
during an important time on Cape Town’s art
and design calendar, when the Mother City
welcomes the Art and Design Week which
includes the celebrated Design Indaba, Guild
Design Fair and the South African National
Gallery Programme.
Cape Town Art Fair 2015
Image Courtesy Cape Grace Hotel
Influential and original contemporary Pan African artists will be showing their cutting edge work at Cape Town Art Fair. Visitors can look forward to a thought-provoking selection of art seldom seen on such a large platform by such a varied selection of artists. The representation of artists and galleries from across the African continent together with the work by international galleries and artists will unite top local and international galleries under one roof.
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Galleries represented at
Cape Town Art Fair 2015 include:
There will also be installations at Chavonne’s Battery Museum in partnership with Zeitz MOCAA, not to mention the launch of
their new exhibition at The Zeitz MOCAA Pavilion at Bascule Bridge.
CAPE TOWN ART FAIR – Thursday 26 February to Sunday 01 March, the Avenue, V&A Waterfront.
Opening Times:Thursday 26 February 2015 10h00 – 20h00
Friday 27 February 2015 10h00 – 20h00
Saturday 28 February 2015 10h00 – 20h00
Sunday 1 March 2015 10h00 – 18h00
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Everard Read, Cape TownNigel Mullins, “Overcome Irrationality
& Pessimism” (detail)
Salon91Kirsten Beets, “The lonely lifeguard”
(detail)
Lizamore & AssociatesMandy Coppes-Martin “Ignorance is
bliss” (detail)
Sulger-Buel Lovell - England “17.240kg landscape” (detail)
The South African Print Gallery Joshua Miles, “Ice Cream
Evening” (detail)
JOHANS BORMAN FINE ARTRobert Hodgins, “Sir Anthony Blunt”
(detail)
APALAZZOGALLERY - ItalyEdson Chagas, “TipoPasse” (detail)
Galleria Continua - Italy, China, France Pascale Marthine Tayou
“Sauventeur (Passport vendor 1)”
Tiwani Contemporary – England “Simone Leigh, Kingston”
First Floor Gallery Harare – Zimbabwe Richard Butler Bowdon
Bonne, “Vivante” (detail)
Barnard GalleryAlexia Vogel, “Teich” (detail)
Commune1Marlene Steyn, “The handsome pool
party” (detail)
Stevenson Robin Rhode “The Point
of Vanishing” (detail)
WHATIFTHEWORLDJohn Murray, “Laager” (detail)
Worldart Kilmany-Jo Liversage “Erjon” (detail)
David Krut ProjectsDeborah Bell, “Parsifal” (detail)
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ROBERT HODGINS: TWO SCULPTORS AND A COLLECTOR [DETAIL]PPC Imaginarium Awards:
Exhibitions & Winners PPC Imaginarium Awards is an aspiring awards
programme aimed at promoting and supporting
emerging creative talent in South Africa. The
Imaginarium is organised annually for emerging
South African artists and designers within six
categories. The Award is unique in its combi-
nation of offering financial benefits, mentoring,
workshops, exhibition opportunities and promo-
tion in the media.The programme thrusts PPC Ltd into the limelight
as one of the biggest supporters of the arts fraternity in
our country. This is fitting for a company that has con-
tributed to the growth and development of South Africa
for more than a century. It is another demonstration of
PPC’s recognition that art and design are major con-
tributors to innovation. Innovation provides solutions to
the key issues facing people, communities, countries
and the world.
The first Imaginarium Awards exhibition consists of
the work of the 96 finalists selected nationally from
477 shortlisted submissions. The announcement of the
winners in each category took place on 22 February
2015. Winners in each category received a cash prize
of R50 000.00. They are:
Architecture:Winner: Ayanda Ntsingana (Cape Town)
Runner-up: Phelelani Mthembu (Durban)
Merit Award: Taswald Pillay (Gauteng)
Film:Winner: Anri and Andre Coetzee (Durban)
Runner-up: Rowen Smith & Roland Reed (Cape Town)
Merit Award: Sumaiya Bhayat (Durban)
Fashion:Winner: Bokong Lehobe (Stellenbosch)
Runner-up: Mishka Lombardi (Stellenbosch)
Merit Award: Luxolo Jita (Port Elizabeth)
Industrial Design:Winner: Bolton Martin & Tyndall Craig (Johannesburg)
Runner-up: Riaan Diederichs (Pretoria)
Jewellery:Winner: Chris van Rensburg (Pretoria)
Runner-up: Sunet Ferreira (Pretoria)
Merit Award: Denise Andrews (Pretoria)
Sculpture: Winner: Chiliza Mhlonishwa (Durban)
Runner-up: Lee Burgers (Stellenbosch)
Merit Award: Bosman Karma (Pretoria)
An exhibition of the finalists’ work is currently open
to the public at the UJ Art Gallery, Johannesburg until
13 February 2015. The exhibition will then be on
display at the Design Indaba Expo at the International
Convention Centre in Cape Town from 27 February
until 1 March 2015. A preview cocktail function is
organised by the Design Indaba for the evening of
Thursday 26 February. During this event the overall
PPC Imaginarium winner will be announced and a cash
prize of R100 000.00 awarded. For those who miss it
at the Design Indaba, the exhibition will be at Young
Blood Gallery, Cape Town from 5 to 21 March.
Bokong Lehobe - Fashion Cedrick Kwata - Sculpture
Denise Andrews - Jewellery
Zelda Stroud - Sculpture Riaan Diedericks - Industrial DesignJenny Nijenhuis - Sculpture
Marina Walsh - Sculpture
ART TIMES ART AWARD WINNERS
Disasters of Peace (2001 - ongoing)Perhaps the most incisive and biting graphic works
made in South Africa for decades, Diane Victor’s
‘Disasters of Peace’ is a seminal suite of work by the
artist. A long running series which has been published
in stages, the works are recognizable immediately as
her draughtsmanship and detailed mark-making. The
subject matter is belied by their modest scale, but
the imagery is hard hitting, graphic, challenging, and
has proven controversial on a number of occasions
when exhibited. Academic Elizabeth Rankin, now
based in New Zealand wrote about the series in the
TAXI series book, TAXI013-Diane Victor, (David Krut
Publishing, 2008, Johannesburg; p 43.) that “Victor
has spoken of how her art provides a way of working
through troublesome images that lodge themselves
persistently in her memory. Each print in ‘Disasters of
Peace’ is drawn from a record of incidents that she
has been compiling, particularly distressing as they
do not necessarily attract a great deal of attention in
the media, both because of the tragic frequency of
such aberrations, and because people would rather
not think about them. They form a compelling critique
of social issues – corruption in the public domain,
transgressions in private life – that confirm Victor’s
observation that “society does not need a state of
war to commit small atrocities, just as horrific as any
in sanctioned war.”
‘Disasters of Peace’ is still considered by Diane
Victor to be an ongoing series of work. She began
with the publication in 2001 and 2002 of 16 etchings
from highly detailed small plates made over an
almost three year period. When they were exhibited
in 2003 at Goodman Gallery, she wrote: “This series
of 16 small plates are responses to incidents and
actions, reported in our local media, of the increasing
and continuous acts of social and criminal violence,
the ongoing unnecessary deaths in our society. The
initial inspiration for the series was taken from Goya’s
series of etchings, ‘The Disasters of War’ made in the
early 1800’s as a direct response to the atrocities
of the Franco/Spanish peninsular war of that time.”
The works are still sometimes a shock to see again,
unwelcome reminders for most viewers, of gruesome
violence, unimaginable depravities and cruelties, or
appalling acts of brazen skulduggery, painstakingly
etched in minute detail, and accorded a care in
their execution which seems incongruous. Many of
the incidents depicted are familiar enough to spring
back into the mind, no matter how unwelcome,
and yet have largely been perceived to have gone
unpunished, unsolved, or swept beneath the
proverbial carpet.
Victor thought then that she would over the next
year or two, “finalise this series of etchings” but
Diane Victor
All images: Diane Victor, Disasters
of Peace Series, 2001 – (ongoing),
Etching, 30 x 35 cm, Edition of 25.
Courtesy the artist, Goodman Gallery Cape
Town and Johannesburg
From left to right:Top:All for the Right Price
In Sheep’s Clothing
Blind Justice
Middle:Glue Boys
Mind the Gap
Glass Houses and Fence Sitters
Bottom:She Was Killed Like a Goat
An Easy Wind Up
Blind-Rise
subsequently found that the ongoing ‘Disasters
of Peace’ series promised material for additional
reflection, and was a necessary focus on issues of
human interaction and contacts so disturbing as to
remain tragically relevant, as did the need to highlight
the unabated stream of violent abuses in our society.
After three distinct bodies of scathing works, all
currently on view at Iziko South African National
Gallery in Cape Town, the artist believes the series
should go on, and will return to it in future. These
are images which seek to use satire, exquisitely
fine details, black humour, and sinister, horrifying
provocation in conjunction, to not allow us to forget,
to stimulate outrage and debate, and to confront the
viewer with the urgency of addressing the issues
depicted. Their bravely frank content command
attention and will give them an important place in our
art history.
By Neil Dundas – Senior Curator, Goodman Gallery;
for Diane Victor and the SA Art Times
Go and see: ‘Disasters of Peace’ is currently on
exhibit as part of ‘Ink, Paper, Politics: The Agency
of Print as Social Critique’ at Iziko South African
National Gallery until 10 February 2015.
See more of the series there, or online at:
http://www.goodman-gallery.com/exhibitions/135
Penny Siopis
Patience on a Monument: ‘A History Painting’ (1988)
In “Resistance Art in South Africa”, Sue Williamson relates that prior to
South Africa’s democracy, generations of state-sanctioned History textbooks
projected a strongly biased view in favour of the European settlers.
Conversely, their indigenous neighbours were characterised as “lazy/
stubborn/treacherous” servants, “hewers of wood and drawers of water”.
This prejudiced perspective was carried forward by the school curriculum,
without the marginalised being allowed to contradict it with their own texts.
The background of Penny Siopis’s “Patience on a Monument: ‘A History
Painting’” is a collage of painted textbook cut-outs. Close inspection
reveals depictions of Saartjie Baartman and Jan Van Riebeeck, SEMI naked
tribesmen, Boers and British redcoats. “We were brought up on those
stereotyped images of colonised and colonisers,” Siopis relays. “Our textbook
stories were illustrated by them, and we copied them for our history projects”.
Siopis’s painting allows these prejudiced representations to overlap and
intermingle in busy confusion so that it is not obvious where one scene ends
and another begins. Interpretation of events is left to the painting’s viewer. As
history is subjectivity, so no two parties will view an event in the same way.
A black woman towers over the confused mass as she sits on a mound of
waste. Various objects stand out in the refuse as artefacts of human culture,
science and sustenance; things of intellectual and biological value; symbols
progress. Seemingly discarded by the crowd below, they have been collected
and turned into a ‘monument’. Guarded by the woman, the mount allows her
to escape the chaos below and wait for its end.
The bitter-tasting lemon that she peels in her hands may refer to the bitter
plight of black women in South Africa’s history. The peeling action itself may
in turn allude to shedding layers of misrepresentation under which her people
suffer down below.
One breast exposed, she is reminiscent of the central figure in Delacroix’s
iconic painting, “Liberty Leading the People” (1830), but while Liberty actively
leads a revolution, Patience peacefully protests in her waiting. Patience
preserves the forgotten remnants of societal progress, while all other figures
are distracted by the clash of cultures in which they find themselves. Painted
during what some have called South Africa’s darkest hour, she is a beacon of
hope for histories yet to be written.
By Lyn Holm
Go and see: See the artwork under discussion, “Patience on a Monument:
‘A History Painting’”, up close at Iziko South African National Gallery
in Cape Town until 23 March. Thereafter Penny Siopis’s retrospective
exhibition will move to Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, in April.
Penny Siopis, “Patience on a Monument: ‘A History Painting’”, 1988, oil and collage on board, 180 x 200cm
Image Courtesy: Artist and Stevenson, Cape Town and Johannesburg
SOURCES CONSULTED:» Penny Siopis. 2013. NLA Design and Visual Arts: https://nladesignvisual.wordpress.
com/2013/08/03/penny-siopis/.
» Sue Williamson. 1989. Resistance Art in South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip, 20.
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BE PREPARED!Infecting the city
Infecting the city strikes again from the 9th to the 14th of
March! This lively public arts festival reclaims the streets,
theatres and galleries of Cape Town every year, bringing its
citizens performance and visual art that is both innovatively
off-beat and socially-engaging. What is more, the festival
prides itself in being free and accessible to all.
We spoke to curatorial master-mind, Jay Pather, about
the history of ITC what this year’s infection will bring:
AT: How did Infecting the City start and how have you
watched it evolve over the years?
JP: The sponsors of the Spier Summer Festival wanted to
create something that was accessible to the general public,
not just the paying public. This was in 2006. Brett Bailey and
I were asked to reconfigure it and we came up with the idea
of public space performances in the city based on several
public art works I had created in Durban in late nineties.
The first iteration curated by Brett and I was a smorgasbord
of work followed by three years of thematically driven work
curated by Brett. In my tenure in the last three years our
calls for work have not asked for work around particular
themes. I introduced the idea of following a series of works
on routes to make it easier to navigate and develop a sense
of anticipation and procession as the throng of people
gather more passers by who simply join in. I’ll never forget
the moment when Athi Patra Ruga’s performances at the
Long Street Baths had hundreds of people queuing down
Long Street waiting to get in, and then chatted about the
work late into the night. Animated engagement in odd
spaces at surprising times was unique then.
AT: The programme for ITC usually includes a mixture of
theatrical performance art, dance, music and installation art
- often asking the audience to participate in its offerings. Is
the festival exploring any new creative avenues this year?
JP: I now head a team of four curators as part of a process
of opening the curation to new takes on this infection. So
that’s an important step in the evolution of the festival. This
invitation to curators allows for a range of perspectives on
engagement with the city.
AT: What other strange and wonderful highlights can you
recommend we look out for?
JP: There is a great deal of participatory works, one in which
audiences will have to watch intriguing late night spectacles
through apartment windows with a pair of binoculars. There
is a day where audiences will be asked to explore city on
their own with a map locating various works. There are
many international collaborations as well. GIPCA will run a
parallel symposium based on innovative art practice, where
international speakers will explore examples from all over
the world.
AT: Last year’s Cape Town festival was absolutely
phenomenal – a world-class event that really placed South
Africa’s performance art on the map. The quality was
no doubt inspired by Cape Town’s status as World
Design Capital for 2014. How will the festival be different
post-2014?
JP: I don’t think the World Design Capital was necessarily a
particular milestone, though an awareness of the city as in
the ‘eye of the world’ was a challenging notion. I do believe in
the axiom that the more local one gets, the more universally
relevant one becomes. It’s not just capitulating to the ‘local
is lekker’ cliché but addressing some drastic issues of local
importance. I think it is important to sometimes avoid the
stare of the world and get on with dreaming about here
and fixing all that is wrong here. Issues of poverty, race and
economic inequality should occupy the artist here as much
as art about art occupies the middle classes of Europe.
Guessing what the world might want to see or hear and
recreating these impressions ignores that which we come
up against every day in South Africa, and creates a kind of
bubble, an unreality which can be alienating.
AT: Public art has quite recently become a topic of
controversy in Cape Town due to mixed-feelings towards
Michael Elion’s Spectacles on Sea Point promenade and
Christopher Swift’s “SunStar” on Signal Hill. The media
storm that erupted around these two sculptures seems to
have sensitised the general public towards public art. Do
you think that this exposure to public art will draw more
people to ITC? Also, do you expect there will be negativity
possibly directed towards some of the ‘weirder’ happenings
around the city?
JP: Yes, the exposure would certainly have made more
people aware of the possibilities and limitations of public
work. Would it draw more people – I think it might. I think
that the fact that the Festival is temporary allows people
in the main to give it a chance. I may eat my words but
I trust that these debates sharpen us as a nation to the
wide range of opinions and subjectivities out there. Public
art is extremely risky and putting yourself out there takes a
certain amount of courage and/or foolishness. How else, I
guess, to break the mould of the malaise of neutral political
correctness. Public art is a large, exposed moving target.
It’s important to understand that engagement is the focus.
It would be sad if this exposure paralyses artists rather than
galvanizing them.
JP: Why do you think an exposé of performance and visual
art is important for South Africa?
JP: Truth, integration, hope, dreams: all in short supply in
the day to day life of an average South African.
AT: How can our readers stay informed about ITC events?
JP: The Infecting the City website: http://infectingthecity.
com/2015/
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Christiaan Diedericks 13 February 1965 –
Artist and poet, Diedericks completed his Masters in Fine
Arts Cum Laude at the University of Pretoria in 2000. He has
exhibited his monoprints, etchings, lithographs, paintings
and drawings extensively throughout Southern Africa and
internationally. Among numerous grants, residencies and
awards, in 2006 Diedericks was the winner of the coveted
Kanna award at the ABSA KKNK festival in Oudtshoorn.
He also appeared on television show, “The Apprentice”,
on SABC 3 in 2005. In 2013, he and Elton Faber opened
Diedericks/Faber Fine Art, an Artists’ Collective/Gallery
based in Cape Town and Johannesburg
» Christiaan Diedericks. 2012. Biography. Chris Diedericks
website: http://chrisdiedericks.co.za/about/.
South African Artist Birthday of the Month: Erik (Frederik Bester Howard) Laubscher 3 February 1927 – 22 May 2013
Born in Tulbach, Laubscher’s father was physician with a strong interest in psychiatry. His mother was the
daughter of an Edinburgh music professor. In 1940, Laubscher’s primary school art teacher identified his
artistic talent. However, when Laubscher applied to study art at UCT, he was rejected and told that it was
“because he could not draw”. He instead took private arts lessons with Belgian painter Maurice van Essche,
who persuaded him to study in London. Afterwards, he studied in Paris where he fell in love with a young
French artist, Claude Bouscharain. They married in Cape Town in October 1951. Laubscher sold paint for 15
years in order to support his young family. He later become the founder of the Ruth Prowse Art Centre and
was its director for 25 years. Now he is best known for his vibrant abstract landscapes and still-life paintings.
During a prominent career of 60 years, he represented South Africa at São Paulo and Venice Biennales.
His work was also included in many major collections; but his crowning achievement was becoming the
first living artist to fetch over R1 million for a painting at a South African auction, in 2009. Laubscher died
peacefully in his sleep at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife, son Pierre and daughters Michèle Human
and Francesca Gayraud-Laubscher.
» Fiona Chrisholm. Artist Erik Laubscher, dies (23/05/2013), Cape Times: http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/artist-erik-laub-
scher-dies-1.1520672#.UtPxS_QW30s.
Norman Rockwell 3 February 1894 – 8 November 1978
Born in New York City in 1894, Rockwell became a
celebrated caricature-style illustrator of everyday American
life. While still in his teens, he became the art director of the
official Boy Scouts of America publication. At 22, Rockwell
painted his first cover for ‘The Saturday Evening Post’. Over
the next 47 years, 322 Rockwells would appear on the
magazine’s cover. In 1943, inspired by President Franklin
Roosevelt’s address to Congress, Rockwell painted the
“Four Freedoms” series, which toured the US and through
the sale of war bonds, contributed over $130 million to the
war effort. Between 1963 and 1973, he painted scenes of
social justice and space exploration for ‘Look’ magazine. In
1977, he received his country’s highest civilian honour, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
» About Norman Rockwell. 2014. Norman Rockwell Museum
website: http://www.nrm.org/about-2/about-norman-rockwell/.
Claudette Schreuders 6 February 1973 –
Schreuders was born in Pretoria and lives and works in
Cape Town, where she graduated with a MFA from Michaelis
School of Art. Soon after graduating she was snapped up
by a leading international gallery in New York. Schreuders
has revolutionised the traditional use of wood carving and
enamel paint. Her work deals with her Afrikaner family
history and status as woman and mother living in a new
South Africa. Schreuders’ most famous public commission
to date is the South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Commission at Cape Towns Waterfront.
» Claudette Schreuders. 2015. Stevenson
website: http://www.stevenson.info/artists/schreuders.html.
» Claudette Schreuders. Biography. 2012. Claudette Schreuders
website: http://www.claudetteschreuders.com/bio/.
John Ruskin 8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900
John Ruskin was one of the most influential and dynamic
art writers and thinkers of the Victorian and Modern era.
From an early age Ruskin was an avid reader and universal
scholar who was had the means to travel and become
inspired by the world at large. He wrote on subjects ranging
from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature
to education, and botany to political economy. Ruskin was
the main force behind the Pre-Raphaelite movement and
painter, J.M.W Turner. At 51, Ruskin was appointed the first
Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford. His lectures were so
popular that they often had to be given twice and were then
published.
» John Simkin. 2014. John Ruskin. Spartacus Educational
website: http://spartacus-educational.com/Jruskin.ht.
Carol Brown 26 February -
Carol Brown is one of SA’s leading art writers and curators,
based in Durban. She covers a hugely dynamic and diverse
portfolio of art and writing projects. She was director of the
eThekwini Art Gallery/Museum (Durban Art Gallery) until
2006. Since leaving to establish her curatorial consultancy
called Curate.A.Space, she has been a consultant to the
Constitutional Court of SA Art collection, the Joburg Art
Fair, the Ifa Lethu Foundation, the Moses Mabhida Stadium
art collection, the International Convention Centre Dbn art
collection, Artworks For Change USA, and the French/SA
Seasons.
» About Carol Brown. 2014. Carol Brown
website: http://www.carol-brown.com/about.html.
Ansel Adams 20 February 1902 – 22 April 1984
Adams was born in San Francisco. His grandfather founded
a prosperous lumber business. Later in life, Adams would
condemn that industry for depleting the redwood forests. In
1916, following a trip to Yosemite National Park, he began
experimenting with photography. His iconic black-and-
white images became known for promoted conservation,
and helped to establish photography among the fine arts.
His famous line goes, “When words become unclear, I shall
focus with photographs. When images become inadequate,
I shall be content with silence.” In 1974, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York hosted a retrospective exhibit
of Adams’ work. He died of a heart attack at the age of 82.
» Ansel Adams Biography. 2015. The Biography.com website:
http://www.biography.com/people/ansel-adams-9175697.
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International Artist Birthday of the Month:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919
The warm sensuality of Renoir’s soft, painterly style made his works some of the most frequently-reproduced
in the history of art. The artist was born in Limoges, France, the son of a tailor and a seamstress. He started
out as a porcelain painter’s apprentice and drew in his free time. In 1862, he began studying art with Alfred
Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet. He then won acceptance into the prestigious annual Paris Salon
exhibit in 1864 and 1865. While his Salon works helped raise his profile in the art world, Renoir struggled
to buy his paint, often depending on the kindness of friends, mentors, and patrons. Renoir met Lise Tréhot,
a seamstress who became his model. Some reports say she gave birth to his first child, in 1870, but Renoir
never publicly acknowledged his daughter. After escaped the French-Prussian war through dysentery, he
and some of his friends (including Pissarro, Monet, Cézanne and Edgar Degas) exhibited their works on their
own, in 1874. This became known as the first Impressionist exhibition. In 1890 he married Aline Victorine
Charigot, with whom he had three sons. Around 1892, Renoir developed rheumatoid arthritis. He painted
during the last twenty years of his life, even when arthritis limited his movement and paralysis in his hands
required him to have a b rush strapped fingers. He lived long enough to see one of his works bought by the
Louvre in 1919, a tremendous honour for any artist. Renoir died that December.
» Pierre-Auguste Renoir Biography. 2002. Pierre-Auguste Renoir – The Complete Works website: http://www.pierre-
auguste-renoir.org/biography.html.
» Pierre-Auguste Renoir Biography. 2015. The Biography.com website: http://www.biography.com/people/pierre-
auguste-renoir-20693609#final-years%20.
THE ART TIMES WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE ALL MEMBERS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S VISUAL ART COMMUNITY BORN IN FEBRUARY, INCLUDING:
Eugene Marais, Ivan Muller (1 Feb) | Albie Bailey (2 Feb) | Diane McLean (4 Feb) | Gavin Calf (6 Feb) | Richard John Forbes (8 Feb) | Dirk Adriaan Meerkotter (9 Feb) | Charles Levin, Elsibe
Loubser McGuffog, Senzeni Marasela (11 Feb) | Charles Maggs (12 Feb) | Julan Julan Briant (14 Feb) | David Robert Lewis, Frans Claerhout, Leonard Shapiro (15 Feb) | Pitika Ntuli, Anne
Graaff (18 Feb) | Susan Grundlingh (19 Feb) | Carine Zaayman (20 Feb) | Fiona Couldridge, Lynette Bester, Fred Scott (21 Feb) | Cate Wood Hunter (22 Feb) | Greta Mcmahon (23 Feb)
| Catherine Moss (26 Feb) | Sarah Richards (28 Feb)
FAMOUS, INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS BORN IN FEBRUARY:
Takashi Murakami, Thomas Cole (1 Feb) | Fernand Léger (4 Feb) | Franz Marc (8 Feb) | Robert Morris (9 Feb) | Max Beckmann, Joan Mitchell (12 Feb) | Grant Wood (13 Feb) | Charles-
François Daubigny (15 Feb) | Max Klinger (18 Feb) | Constantin Brancusi (19 Feb) | Horace Pippin (22 Feb) | Tom Wesselmann (23 Feb) | Richard Hamilton, Winslow Homer (24 Feb)
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Painting a landscape that is disappearing as fast as
Africa’s wildlife has been a life’s mission for Pretoria-
based artist Alice Elahi, who holds a major retrospective
at the Pretoria Art Museum from February to April. With
over a hundred watercolours and oils on show which
have previously been in the artist’s collection, visitors
will be able to enjoy a vision of Africa that is seldom
captured today. The occasion will be marked by the
launch of a limited edition book on the artist.
For nearly fifty years Elahi has recorded the African
landscape, often at its most stark and elemental. Her
watercolours are painted in situ, as she documents the
moods of the country she knows so well. They cover an
area from the Cunene River in the north to the coves
and bays of the Cape in the south. At its heart are
wilderness areas where man’s impact is not yet felt.
The artist’s natural affinity with the sea has meant that
the Namibian Skeleton Coast’s wild and inaccessible
shoreline has been a favourite subject, although other
themes include flower studies and her early beach
studies with figures.
Alice Elahi was born in Cape Town over 80 years
ago, but settled in Pretoria with her Iranian husband
and children in 1958. Trained as a painter in London
with a Polish artist, Ruszkowski, she seriously returned
to art in 1968 when she was one of the winners of the
Sanlam New Signatures Award. That was followed in
1972 with her first solo show in Sunnyside, which was
the first of many exhibitions in Pretoria, Johannesburg,
Cape Town and Namibia.
Turning her back on the commercial art world when
her youngest daughter died tragically over 20 years
ago, Elahi chose instead to bring her vision of Africa to
her growing and loyal following. Exhibiting at her home
studio and determined to keep her prices within the
reach of the man on the street, she still became one
of the very few artists able to support herself entirely
on her painting, and as she always says, “I have such
fun doing so!”
Her oils and watercolours are included in the Pre-
toria Art Museum permanent collection. The late Dr
Albert Werth, then museum director, wrote an article
on her in the publication Our Art 4 in which he said
“(Her work) is simultaneously realistic and abstract,
and possesses both power and beauty.”
Elahi’s work is also in other public collections
including Foreign Affairs and South African embassies
in Teheran and Tel Aviv, the consulate in Munich and
the International Monetary Foundation in Washington
DC. A trio of desert paintings which will be on show at
the Art Museum were for many years in South Africa
House in London. Elahi has represented South Africa in
overseas group exhibitions and has work in private col-
lections across the globe. A retrospective of her work
was held at the University of Pretoria in 1988. This is
the first time she has exhibited in a public space since
her 1994 exhibition Cape to Cunene at the Pretoria
Art Museum.
Alice Elahi – Landscape through an Artist’s Eyes, a Retrospective runs from 7 February until 26 April
2015 in the North Gallery of the Pretoria Art Museum.
Top: Alice Elahi, “Wild Surf” (detail), 1998, watercolour
Left: Alice Elahi with daughter and editor of her book,
Nushin Elahi, at the opening of Alice’s 2010 exhibition
Right: Alice Elahi painting at various locations
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Eastern CapeAlexandriaQuin Sculpture Garden This is a permanent exhibition of the sculpture of Maureen Quin, Permanent, Alexandria, T. 046 6530121, [email protected], www.quin-art.co.za
East LondonAnn Bryant Art Gallery main gallery, Karoo - Untouched, This photographic exhibition by journalist Linda Sparg explores the pristine beauty of the Kommadagga area of the Karoo, near Somerset East. Untouched indicates that the photographs have not been manipulated or Photoshopped, 12/02/2015 until 28/02/2015, Southernwood, T. 043 7224044, [email protected], www.annbryant.co.za
Port ElizabethArtEC - EPSAC Community Art Centre The gallery shop has what you need to plan for the year. Calen-dars, notebooks, stationary and other stationary, T. 041 5853641, [email protected], www.artecpe.co.za
Galerie NOKO We serve as an art advisory and con-sultancy sounding board to art collectors and the art community at large, 109 -111 Russell Road, Richmond Hill, T. 041 5822090, [email protected] / [email protected], www.galerienoko.com
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum 2014 Biennial Exhibition, Various artists, 29/10/2014 until 23/02/2015, Park Drive Central, T. 041 5062000, [email protected], www.artmuseum.co.za
Underculture Contemporary Fortunes Remixed, Group Exhibition, 14/01/2015 until 06/02/2015, 98A Park Drive, Central, T. 0413730074, [email protected], www.underculturecontemporary.co.za
Free StateBloemfonteinOliewenhuis Art Museum Wolf in sheep’s clothing, A solo exhibition by Ann-Marie Tully, 05/02/2015 until 15/03/2015, Waverley, T. 051 0110525 ext 611, [email protected], www.facebook.com/ OliewenhuisArtMuseum
Gallery on Leviseur The Aesthetics of Violence, Jaun van Wyk, 08/01/2015 until 17/02/2015, Westdene, C. 082 835 2335, [email protected], www.gallery-onleviseur.co.za
GautengJohannesburgAbsa Art Gallery Review, Group exhibition by a number of artists. Work will be sold via silent auction, 02/02/2015 until 27/02/2014, Absa Gallery, 161 Main Street, T. 011 3505139, [email protected],www.absa.co.za
Alice Art Gallery A French Affair, Isabel Le Roux, 01/03/2014 until 14/03/2015, Ruimsig, T. 011 9581392, [email protected], www.aliceart.co.za
Art Afrique Gallery Contemporary Art Gallery, Sandton, T. 011 2927113, [email protected], www.artafrique.co.za
Artist Proof Studio Specialises in printmaking,Newtown, T. 011 4921278, [email protected], www.artistproofst udio.co.za
Bayliss Gallery Of Black and White and Other Things, A variety of artists including, Anna Liebenberg, Craig Muller, Kobus Rossouw, Willem Truter and more, 18/01/2015 until 08/02/2015, Norwood, T. 011 4830891,[email protected], www.baylissgallery.co.za
Cherie de Villiers Gallery Dealers in fine paint-ings and sculptures by leading South African artists,Sandton, T. 011 3255395, [email protected],www.gallery.co.za
CIRCA on Jellicoe A selection of works, includ-ing bronze sculpture, paintings and giclee prints byNorman Catherine, 2 Jellicoe Avenue Rosebank,[email protected], www.circaonjellicoe.co.za
Crouse Art Gallery A variety of South African artists. From new talent to old masters all year long, Florida, T. 011 6723821, [email protected], www.artdealers.co.za
Diedericks/Faber Fine Art Grace Kotze,Jonathan Gecelter, 04/02/2015 at 18h00, Melville, T. 011 7263638, [email protected], www.dieder-icksfaberfineart.com
Everard Read Under an African Sky, Paul Augusti-nus, February until March 2015, 6 Jellicoe AvenueRosebank, T. 011 7884805, [email protected], www.everard-read.co.za
Ferreira Art Gallery Kobus Louw, New arrivals of Kobus Louw masterpieces. Open 7 days a week, while-u-wait framing service, garden setting Terrace Café, hairdresser, salon and nailbar. Collection point for Kidshaven, Bryan-ston, T. 011 7063738, [email protected], www.ferreiraart.com
Fifth Avenue Fine Art Next Auction 10am, Sun-day 8th February 2015, Preview, Friday 6th February 2015 - 9am to 5pm, 404 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall Park, T. 011 7812040, [email protected], www.5thaveauctions.co.za
ART TIMES GALLERY LISTINGS
Gallery 2 Various artists, 03/02/2015 until 28/02/2015, Parkwood, T. 011 447 0155,[email protected], www.gallery2.co.za
Goodman Gallery Other People’s Memories, Vari-ous artists, 28/01/2015 until 28/02/2015, Parkwood,T. 011 788 1113, [email protected], www.goodman-gallery.com
Graham’s Fine Art Gallery Colour Works, Jennifer Morrison, 22/01/2015 until 18/04/2015, Bryanston,T. 011 4637869, [email protected],www.grahamsgallery.co.za
Halifax Art Specialising in Contemporary Art, Parkhurst, C. 0827846695, [email protected], www.16halifaxart.co.za
Helen Wallace DayExhibitions: The Upper Deck Gallery, Pletten berg Bay; Bamboo Gallery, Melville, Johannesburg; Sharon Samson Gallery, Illovo, Johannesburg; Henry Taylor Gallery, Sandton, Johannesburg; The Turbine Hall Art Fair 2013, Johannesburg
Enquiries to: [email protected]+27 083 458 6040
In Toto Gallery Vista, Laurel Holmes, Belinde Fourie and Karin Draymond, 29/01/2015 until 02/03/2015, Birdhaven, T. 011 4476543, [email protected], www.intotogallery.co.za
Johannesburg Art Gallery Hours: 10:00 to 17:00, Tuesday to Sunday, Joubert Park, T. 011 7253130, [email protected], www.gauteng.net/attractions/entry/johannesburg_art_gallery/
Lizamore & Associates Gallery A.M. (After Mid-night), Ronèl De Jager, 05/02/2014 until 28/02/2015, Parkwood, T. 011 8808802, [email protected], www.lizamore.co.za
outoftheCUBE …
09 – 28 February 2015 outoftheCUBE current exhibitions: ‘Mint Prints’. Malcolm and Ros Christian will celebrates the 30 year anniversary of the opening of their Press by releasing prints in mint condition from the The Caversham Press Private Collection. They are drawn from four specific aspects of the Press’s working life between 1990 and 2005. See more https://www.facebook.com/outofthecube?ref=hl
Res Gallery From the Chapel to the Shrine, Vasco Mahnica, 07/02/2015 until 14/03/2015, Parkwood,T. 011 8804054, [email protected], www.resgallery.com
Standard Bank Galler y An exciting exhibition space situated in the heart of downtown Johannesburg.It has become one of the city’s foremost fine artvenues, T. 011 6311889, arts @standardbank.co.za, www.standardbankarts.co.za
Stevenson Found Not Taken, Edson Chagas, 11/11/2014 until 06/02/2015, Scenes of a Roman-tic Nature, Deborah Poynton, 12/02/2015 until 20/02/2015, Braamfontein, T 011 4031055/1908, [email protected], www.stevenson.info
UJ Art Gallery Monday to Friday 09:00-18:00& Saturdays 9:00-1:00, APK Campus, AucklandPark, T. 011 5592099, [email protected], www.uj.ac.za
The White House Gallery Exhibition featuring works by Brian Joffe, 04/03/2015 until 18/03/2015, Illovo,T. 011 268 2115, [email protected], www.whg.co.za
Pretoria
Northern CapeKimberleyWilliam Humphreys Art Gallery Collection of 16th and 17th Century Dutch and Flemish Old Masters,British and French paintings, antique furniture and other objects d’art, Civic Centre, T. 053 8311724/5,[email protected], www.whag.co.za
North WestPotchefstroomNorth-West University Gallery Voices of the Drylands, Prof. Attie Gerber, 05/02/2015 until 27/02/2015, NWU Potchefstroon Campus, T. 018 2994341, [email protected]
North-West University Botanical Garden Gallery The Beginning, Rowland Daniel, 05/02/2015 until 27/02/2015, NWU Potchefstroom Campus, [email protected]
Western Cape
Cape TownAllderman POP UP Gallery The gallery specialises in pop up exhibitions. We are presently exhibiting in the Newlands quarter. [email protected]
Art B Gallery Bellville, Member’s Exhibition,Members have the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work, 11/03/2015 until 01/04/2015, Bellville, T. 021 9171197, [email protected], www.artb.co.za
Barnard Gallery Surface: Emerging Painters, Sarah Biggs, 04/02/2015 until 19/03/2015, Newlands, T. 021 6711 553, [email protected], www.barnard-gallery.com
Bronze Age Bronze Foundry, Woodstock, T. 021 4473914, [email protected], www.bronzeage.co.za
Brundyn+ We are a contemporary art gallery based in Cape Town dedicated to developing significant andcutting edge South African contemporary artists, Bo Kaap, T. 021 4245150, [email protected], www.brundyngonsalves.com
Carmel ArtPieter van der WesthuizenNew edition of 8 landscape printsView at www.carmelart.co.za
Level 0Cape Quarter Square27 Somerset RoadGreen Point Cape Town
Casa Labia Gallery Seeking Eden - In Bloom III, Group Exhibition, 10/12/2014 until 22/02/2015. Afrodite Nina van der Westhuizen 28/02/2015 until 29/03/2015. Zero Kabelo Kim Modise 28/02/2015 until 29/03/2015. Muizenberg, T. 021 7886068, [email protected], www.casalabia.co.za
Catherine Timotei Art Catalyst: Paris 2015, Cathe-rine Timotei Abstract Expressionism, 15/02/2015 until 28/02/2015, Hotel 15 on Orange, Cape Town. Near Cape Town Museum, [email protected], www.catherinetimotei.com/
Adèle Oldfield MA (Fine Arts)
Fine Artist based in Johannesburg.Working in a variety of media.Throughout her work, the artist explores the notion of the feminine and its various associations. Please contact on: 082 838 9243 [email protected] available for viewing at art.co.za
Alette Wessels Kunskamer Art gallery & art consul-tancy, specializing in SA art as an investment, dealing in Old Masters, & selected contemporary art, T. 012 346 0728, [email protected], www.artwessels.co.za
Association of Arts Pretoria More than 20 galleries & artist’s studios have joined the Pretoria Art Meander which launched in September. See website for details, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Nieuw Muckleneuk, T. 012 3463100, [email protected], www.artsassociationpta.co.za/news.html
Centurion Art Gallery The Centurion Art Gallery is a commercial satellite of the Pretoria Art Museum,Moreletapark, T. 012 3583477, [email protected], www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za/centurion
The Leonardo Gallery You will be able to linger and enjoy the art in its true form and get to experience the joy of acquiring a work of art that you can relate to,Arcadia, Pretoria, T. 012 9970520, [email protected], www.theleonardogallery.com
St. Lorient Fashion & Art Gallery We are a lifestyle gal-lery offering guests a broad selection of designer fashions, accessories as well as artworks by leading and emerging South African artists, Pretoria, Brooklyn Circle, T. 012 4600284, [email protected], www.stlorient.co.za
UNISA Art Gallery Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Permanent Art Collection. Open Tuesdays to Fridays: 10:00 - 16:00. Closed on Public Holidays, Unisa Muck-leneuk Campus Kgorong Building Ground Floor Pretoria, www.unisa.ac.za/gallery, Muckleneuk, T. 012 4415683, [email protected], www.unisa.ac.za/gallery
KZ Natal
BallitoImbizo Gallery We are fine art consultants providing a one-stop service to private and corporate clients. We have a wide selection of abstract, contemporary, landscape, nude, tribal and wild life art, Ballito, T. 032 9461937, [email protected], www.imbizogallery.com/
DurbanArtspace Durban Human Nature, Kevern Sandalls, 19/01/2015 until 14/02/2015. South Beach John Robin-son 19/01/2015 until 14/02/2015. Outpost Anthony Mor-ton 16/02/2015 until 06/03/2015. (Re)Viewed Terry King 16/02/2015 until 06/03/2015 KwaZulu-Natal. T. 031 3120793, [email protected], www.artspace-durban.com
Durban Art Gallery Dreams and Visions, Joel Mbuyisa, February until March 2015, T. 031 3112264, [email protected], www.durban.gov.za
PietermaritzburgTatham Art Gallery An exhibition of selection of art-works from the permanent collection acquired since 1994 are displayed in all areas of the Gallery. It will remain up until June this year. 09/12/2014 until 30/06/2015, Piet-ermaritzburg, T. 033 3922801, [email protected], www.tatham.org.za
Umhlanga RocksMakiwa Gallery Fine Art Gallery. Fine South African Art, orig-inal paintings & sculpture. Shop 5B Lighthouse Mall,Chartwell Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, T. 031 5611194, [email protected], www.makiwagalleries.com
Mpumalanga
GraskopLe Gallerie Restoration, Maria Koch, Gustavo Vink, Anica, Jana Branca, Wendy Malan, Michael Heyns, Cor-nelius Bosch, Christian Nice, Munro, Gerrit Pitout, Roema Photography, 01/01/2015 until 31/12/2015, T. 013 767 1093, [email protected], www.legallerie.co.za
NelspruitThis & That Art Framing & Decor We are a Gallery and permanently have Art on Exhibition. Odette Powell, Charl Bru-wer, Mariaana Zwaan, Meike Tejema, Anthony Housell, Dawie Fourie, Debbi Swart, Wietske Smit, Pamela Armitage, Nelspruit, T. 013 7571238, [email protected], www.showme.co.za/nelspruit/lifestyle/this-that-art-and-framing/#position
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Commune.1 Refugium, Luke Kaplan, 15/01/2015 until 07/02/2015,Solo exhibition, Elize Vossgatter 19/02/2015 until 26/03/2015, Wale Street, Cape Town, T. 0214475918, [email protected], www.commune1.com/
Diedericks/Faber Fine Art Theo Kleynhans, David Theron, 29/01/2015, Woodstock, C. 0824981417, [email protected], www.diedericks-faberfineart.com
Deziree Finearts A collection of Contemporary Colonial and African Oil Paintings, Fish Hoek, T. 021 7851120, [email protected], www.dezireefin-earts.co.za
Die Kunskamer Works by leading artists, Irma Stern, Hugo Naude, Cecil Skotnes, Cynthia Villet, NormanCatherine, Hardy Botha, Bill Davis, Gail Catlin, Simone Stone, David Brown & Pierneef, Sea Point, T. 021 4349529, [email protected], www.diekunskamer.co.za
Donald Greig Gallery & Bronze Foundry
Introducing the new and exciting Gift Range. We have launched a miniature wildlife gift range – each bronze brings out the character and beauty of Africa’s wildlife. Open Mon – Fri 09.30 – 17.30, Sat 09.30 – 13.00. 14 West Quay Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town . 021 418 0003, www.donaldgreig.com
Eatwell Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Lynne-Marie Eatwell, Eric Oswald Eatwell & MagsEatwell, 13/02/2015 until 28/02/2015, Noordhoek,T. 021 7892767, [email protected],www.eatwellgallery.com
EBONY Cape Town A Different Perspective, A group show including paintings, prints, photographyand multi media pieces by Justin Dingwall andThando Hlope, Jean - Claude Moschetti, Ferdi-nand Kidd, Vuli Nyoni, Rentia Retief, Rachelle Hugo,Olaf Bischoff and Zondi David Skosana, 05/02/2015 until 03/03/2015, Cape Town, CBD, T. 021 4249985, [email protected], www.ebonydesign.co.za
Eclectica Art & Antiques Purveyors of fine art, antiques & objet d’art, Wynberg, T. 021 7627983, [email protected], www.eclecticaartandan-tiques.co.za/
Eclectica Modern Gallery An eclectic mix ofcontemporary art by a variety of wellknown artists. Peter Pharoah, Simon Jones, Sarah Danes-Jarrett, AmosLetsoalo, Hardy Botha, Lolly Hahn-Page, Vincent da Silva and many more, 9A Cavendish Street, Clare-mont, T. 021 6717315, [email protected],www.eclecticaartandantiques.co.za/modern
Erdmann Contemporary We are pleased to announce that Erdmann Contemporary will be hosting Hannalie Taute’s next solo exhibition, Cross My Heart, which opens on 10 February 2015, Gardens, T. 021 422 2762, [email protected], www.erdmann-contemporary.co.za
Everard Read Obscura, Lionel Smit, 04/02/2015 until 18/02/2015, V & A Waterfront, T. 021 4184527,[email protected], www.everard-read-capetown.co.za
34 Fine Art Mark-Group exhibition, Sir Peter Blake, Goncalo Mabunda & Lizabeth Eva Rossof &also includes Mr. Brainwash, Jade Doreen Waller,CEET, Skyler Grey, Norman Catherine, Pegasus, Bambi & more, 23/12/2014 until 14/02/2015, Woodstock,T. 021 461 1863, [email protected],www.34fineart.com
Gallery F [PaPa] Chapter Two, Juhan Kuus, Billy Monk, Obie Oberholze,r Pierre Croquet, RashidLombard, James Soullie, Gunther Komnick, IanDifford, Roy Zetisky, Ginger Odes & MichelleLoukidis, 05/03/2015 until 15/03/2015, Cape Town,C. 0835948959, [email protected],www.galleryf.co.za
Goodman Gallery The Poetry in Between:South-South, Curated by Carolyn H. Drake,20/01/2015 until 28/02/2015, Woodstock, T. 021 4627567, [email protected], www.good-man-gallery.com
G2 Art We are a permanent gallery in the Cape Town CBD. Offering a diverse range of painting, mixed media and sculpture by artists including, Jimmy Law,Cornelia Stoop and David Riding amongst many others,Cape Town, T. 021 4247169, [email protected],www.g2art.co.za
ART TIMES GALLERY LISTINGS
Heather Auer Art & Sculpture Gallery Quayside Centre. Wharf Street,Simon’s Town7975 South AfricaTel/Fax +27 (0)21 7827321Mobile +27 (0)827792695www.heatherauer.comwww.auerhausammeer.com Bronzes and paintings by well known South African artists.
Hout Bay Gallery We welcome you to a burst ofkaleidoscopic colour of artworks by talented South African Artists and Sculptors. Artworks by Sarah Danes Jarrett, Koos De Wet, David Kuijers, Russell Travers, Sam Allerton and many more, Artworks by Sarah DanesJarrett, Brett Shuman, John Catlin, David Staude, Natasja De Wet, Sam Allerton and many more.Open every day, all welcome., Hout bay, T. 021 7903618, [email protected], www.houtbay-gallery.co.za
In-Fin-Art - Picture Framers & Art Gallery
Expert adviceExtensive range of moulding profilesCustom made hand-finished frames Conservation framing with museum glass Original art by local contemporary artists 9 Wolfe St, Wynberg Tel: 021 761 2816 [email protected] www.infinart.co.za
Iziko Michaelis Collection Rembrandt in South Africa: Pioneer Printmaker of Humanity and Modernity, 03/10/2014 until 28/02/2015, [email protected],
Iziko SA National Gallery Symbols of South African Cultures, 24/09/2014 until March 2015, Cape Town Central, T. 021 4674660, [email protected], www.iziko.org.za
Johans Borman Fine Art SAADA Cape Town Fair, 13/02/2015 until 15/02/2015,Cape Town Art Fair 201526/02/2015 until 01/03/2015 NewlandsT. 021 683 6863 [email protected]
Kalk Bay Modern Gallery - Art on Paper VI
We will be hosting the first exhibition of the year Art on Paper VI from 18 March to 8 April.Some of the Artist that will be on display include Sam Nlengethewa, William Kentridge, Maja Maljevic, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Beezy Bailey, Anton Kannemeyer, Conrad Botes, Deborah Bell and many more established and up-and-coming artists.136 Main Road Kalk Baywww.kalkbaymodern.co.za
Red Room
Overlooking the mountainous valley of Hout Bay sits a Red Room,home to an art-savvy red gorilla. Swing by and adventure into the world of Robert Hodgins, Walter Battiss, Diane Victor, Edoardo Villa, Jan Neethling and many more.62 Mount Rhodes Drive, Hout Bay071 602 1908 www.redroomart.co.za
Rose Korber Art Rose Korber has recently relocated from Camps Bay to Sea Point. Artists available include William Kentridge, Deborah Bell, Sam Nhlengethwa,Claudette Schreuders, Robert Slingsby, Richard Smith and Willie Bester. Sea Point. T. 021 4330957 [email protected]. www.rosekorberart.com
Ryno Swart Art Gallery A selection of work for sale by Ryno Swart, Simon’s Town. T. 021 [email protected]. www.artistvision.org
Rust-en-Vrede Gallery Connections. Various artists. 10/02/2015 until 05/03/2015. Durbanville. T. 021 976 4691. [email protected]. www.rust-en-vrede.com
SAADA Antiques Fair Gala Opening 12 February 2015.. Cape Town Art Fair, The Lookout - V& A Waterfront. 13/02/2015 until 15/02/2015. Visit www.saada.co.za for all our deets. . . .
The South African Society of Artists (SASA) 2015 Merit Exhibition from 10.00am to 5.30pm daily, in the Sanlam Hall at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. The Merit Exhibition is a prestigious exhibition for members who achieved excellent results at the previous y ear’s Annual Exhibition Selection. Entry to the exhibition is free but entry fees to the gardens apply. The exhibition will be opened by well-known Cape Town narrative realist painter John Meyer at 6pm on Friday 6 February. For more information or an invitation to the opening please call 021 671 8941 or email [email protected]. 06/02/2015 until 19/02/2015. Cape Town.
Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection
18 February – 14 March 2015“Night Watch” A solo exhibition of recent paint-ings by Gabrielle Raaff.www.salon91.co.za91 Kloof St reetCape Town
Salon91 Contemporary Art Collection
18 March – 18 April 2015“Mindgame” An exhibition of abstract painting and sculpture by Andrzej Urbanski.www.salon91.co.z91 Kloof Street, Cape Town
Sanlam Art Gallery Permanent collection of South Afri-can art & a large exhibition space, Bellville. T. 021 9473359, [email protected]
Kalk Bay Sculpture Studio Fine Arts Foundry & Sculpture Studio. Jean Tiran, Pete Strydom, Gilbert Banda & Chris Bladen, Ongoing. Kalk Bay. T. 021 7888736. [email protected].
Lesley Charnock Art Gallery A selection of work by Lesley Charnock and Helen van Stolk. Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands - open 7 days a week, C. 0824241033, [email protected], www.lesleycharnock.com
Lindy van Niekerk Art Gallery
Dealers in Contemporary South African Fine Art (& the Old Masters) and picture framing.114 Kendal Rd, EversdalDurbanville, 7550T. 021 975 [email protected]
Lutge Gallery at Spier
Ceramics,art,photographs,Cape antiques & contemporary furniturecreated from reclaimed indigenous wood.
www.atSpier.lutge.co.zaJonkershuis,Spier Wine Farm,Stellenbosch
Mogalakwena Gallery
Sewing a History of Healing – Mogalakwe-na Gallery, 3 Church Str, bet Adderley Str & St George’s Mall, Cape Town, 8001. OPENS: Thurs, 6 Nov 5pm - 9pm. Until 18 Dec 2014 Group exhibition of Textile Art created by Mogalakwena, Heartworks, Willemien de Villiers, Sally Scott, Ronel Jordaan, Celia de Villiers, Gina Niederhumer, Keiskamma, Woza Moya. Opens Thurs, 5 Feb at 6pm - Thurs, 30 April 2015.Enquiries Ingrid Holman (021) 424 7488 or www.mogalakwena.com. 5th February, WOMAN ZONE launching their First Thursday Open Mic Storytelling Sessions at Mogalakwena. You are invited to join us at the Gallery from 6.30 to tell and listen. [email protected] or 083 431 9986. www.womanzonect.com
Quincy’s Antiques Art and Collectables Art, Antiques, Curios & Gifts. Rondebosch. T. 021 6851986. [email protected].
Red! The Gallery Gallery is situated in theConstantia winelands area in Cape Town.Featuring work from South Africa’s best contempo-rary and emerging artists, including works by Andrew Cooper, David Kuijers, Wakaba Mutheki and DonnaMcKellar to name a few. Steenberg, Tokai. T. 021 7010886, [email protected], www.redthegal-lery.co.za
21 JANUARY – 14 FEBRUARY 2015SOLO EXHIBITION BY SARAH PRATT
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SA ART TIMES | FEBRUARY 2015
SMAC Art Gallery, CT C-Stunners & Black Mamba. Cyrus Kabiru. 29/01/2015 until 14/03/2015. Cape Town Central. T. 021 4225100, [email protected], www.smacgallery.com
South African Jewish Museum Interactive multi-media displays and engaging accounts of South African Jewish History, Cape Town Central, T. 021 4651546, [email protected]. www.sajewishmuseum.co.za
South African Print Gallery Work by leading South African artists. Call for consignments for prints by leading SA Artists, Woodstock, T. 021 4626851 [email protected], www.printgallery.co.za
South African Society of Artists Art by leading South African artists, Cape Town Central. T. 021 6718941, [email protected], www.sasa-artists.co.za
StateoftheART Gallery Affordable. Original. Contempo-rary. A diverse selection of works on show by emerging art-ists including Floris van Zyl, Janet Botes, Claude Chandler, Chris Denovan, Mila Posthumus & Maria Patrizi. Cape Town CBD. T. 021 8014710, [email protected]. www.stateoftheart.co.za
Stevenson Space Minding. Olafur Eliasson. 22/01/2015 until 28/02/2015. To whom it may concern Kemang Wa Lehulere 22/01/2015 until 28/02/2015, Woodstock, T. 021 4621500, [email protected], www.stevenson.info
The AVA Gallery Greatest Hits 2014, A curated exhibition with artworks selected from the Michaelis School of Fine Art UCT, Ruth Prowse School of Art and Stellenbosch University Graduate exhibitions, 29/01/2015 until 20/02/2015, 35 Church Street, Cape Town, 8001, T. 021 4247436, [email protected], www.ava.co.za
The Cape Gallery Vigour: awakening ancient vitality, Derek Drake, 01/02/2015 until 28/02/2015, Cape Town, T. 021 4235309, [email protected], www.capegallery.co.za.
The Framing Place Conservation framing, framing of art, Block mounting and Block frames, Observatory,T. 021 4473988, [email protected]
THE d’VINE art ROOM at New Heritage Gallery In the courtyard of historic HERITAGE SQUARE, these 2 boutique galleries feature art; photography; sculpture and mixed media. With owner-curated, new exhibitions on a monthly basis, and the participating artists on hand, the shows are interactive and edgy.Heritage Square (inner courtyard), 100 Shortmarket Str (cnr Bree), Cape Town (027) 0711915034 [email protected] www.newheritagegallery.com
The Lovell Gallery We specialize in multidisciplinary contemporary African art that is both innovative and collect-able, Woodstock, T. 021 4475918, [email protected], www.lovellgallery.co.za
The Studio Kalk Bay Light Sculptures, Norman Hanna, 12/02/2015 until 25/02/2015, Kalk Bay, [email protected], www.thestudiokalkbay.co.za
UCT Irma Stern Museum Drawings of Artist’s Studios by Austrian artist Linde Waber. Woodblocks by guest artist & fellow Austrian, Alice Goldin, This event celebrates the 75th birthday of Linde Waber & the 90th birthday of celebrated poet Friederike Mayrocker, 07/02/2015 until 21/02/2015, Rosebank, T. 021 6855686, [email protected], www.irmastern.co.za
What if the World Gallery A platform for a new gen-eration of emerging South African contemporary artists. Viewing Hours: Tues - Fri 10.00 - 17.00, Sat 10.00 - 14.00 or by appointment, Woodstock Capetown, T. 021 4472376, [email protected], www.whatiftheworld.com
Bot RiverDe Geheime Botrivier De Geheime Kelder has now become De Geheime Botrivier. We are the now in the oldest building in Botrivier and are now telling the forgotten secrets of Botrivier with art and collectibles of the area . Sharing the Overberg experience with visitors from all over . A new angle and experience with an old world feel and charm-Botrivier Hotel, Main Road, C. 0823484539 [email protected], [email protected] [email protected]
De RustPortal Gallery Selected contemporary artists, including Carl Becker, JP Meyer, Estelle Marais,Diane McLean and Hermann Niebuhr. Gallery hours flexible, De Rust, T. 082 2976977, [email protected], www.art.co.za
Franschhoek Atelier at 1 unie Private ongoing viewing of Contem-porary Art and Sculpture by Johannes du Plessis by appointment, Franschhoek, T.021 876438 2, [email protected], www.johannesduplessis.co.za/
Slee Gallery Contemporary art gallery, Stellenbosch, T. 021 887 3385, [email protected], www.slee.co.za/gallery
SMAC Art Gallery In Search of.., Musa N. Nxumalo, Opening 05/02/2015, Stellenbosch, T. 021 887 3607, [email protected] [email protected], www.smacgallery.com
Stellenbosch Art Gallery An extensive selection of paint-ings, sculpture, handmade glass & ceramics by selected Western Cape artists, Stellenbosch, T. 021 8283489, [email protected], www.stellenbosch-artgallery.co.za
Art at Tokara Walking the Line. Curated by Julia Meintjes Fine Art, Lucas Bambo, Dan Rakgoathe, Siphiwe Zulu, Colijn Strydom, Jean de Wet, Collen Maswanganyi, Fancy Stitch embroiderers, 19/01/2015 until 30/04/2015, Stellen-bosch, T. 011 788 0820, [email protected], www.juliameintjes.co.za
The Kraal GallerySouth Africa’s premier hand weaving artists. Hand weaving is our passion (est 1973 by the Daniel family). Commissions welcomed for silk and wool wall hangings, tapestries, rugs of all sizes locally and globally. Enquiries: 021 8562130/ 021 8833881.Proudly Hand-woven, Socially Responsible, Environmentally [email protected]
US Art Gallery Regular temporary art exhibitions of national and international artists, as well as permanent exhibitions of the visual art collections, anthropological and cultural historical objects, and the University history, Stellenbosch, [email protected], www.usmuseum.wee-bly.com/index.html
D-Street Gallery Art - (de)code - (re)phrase, Vuli Nyoni, Elizabeth Miller Vermeulen, Judy Woodborne, Elizabeth Gunter, Clare Menck, Strijdom van der Merwe, Dot Vermeulen, Marie Stander as well as Sharle Mathews, Karlien de Villiers, Peter van Straten, Shany van den Berg, Marinda Combrinck, 30/01/2015 until 28/02/2015, Stellenbsoch, T. 021 8832337, [email protected], www.dstreetgallery.com
Wellington
Anne-Ghrett – Breytenbach Galery
Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 09h00 - 17h00Saturday - 10h00 - 13h00Anne-Ghrett Erasmus, 14 Burger Street,Breytenbach Sentrum, Wellington021 - 864 2988 / 083 415 [email protected]@breytenbachsentrum.co.za
WildernessBeatrix Bosch Studio Beatrix Bosch artworks now on permanent display at the Wilderness Hotel, Garden Route, Wilderness, T. 044 8770585, [email protected], www.beatrixbosch.co.za
Port OwenWest Coast Art Gallery Dot Dixon, Elmarie Smit, Des Kleineibst, Marius Maartens, Johanette van Deventer, Marie Prinsloo, Yvette Molenaar, Jen Wingrove, Mariette van Jaarsveld, Christophorus, Anne Roberts, Jannie Jordaan, Port Owen, Velddrif, T. 022 7832453, [email protected], www.westcoastartgallery.co.za
VilliersdorpThe Dale Elliott Art Gallery Feel free to visit the exquisite gallery based in the heart of the Overberg. Showcasing Dale and Mel’s latest works. Open 7 days a week & where they conduct their acclaimed painting courses from their studio complex, As well as: Elliott Art Gallery at The Knysna Log-Inn Boutique Hotel, Gray Street, Knysna, Villiersdorp, T. 028 840 2927, [email protected], www.elliottartonline.wordpress.com
Art in the Yard Currently we have a mixed show of local and international artists, Franschoek, T. 021 8764280,[email protected], www.artintheyard.co.za
EBONY Franschoek Contemporary and South African masters such as Gerard Sekoto, William Kentridge, George Diederick During, Ivan Mirkovic, Sibusiso Duma. New work by Mischa Fritsch, Bill Ainslie, Kevin Collins, Jenny Schnei-der and the usual mix of hand crafted ceramics., Ebony is exhibiting at: SAADA (Antique Art & Design Expo) at the Lookout V&A Waterfront, 13/02/2015 until 15/02/2015, Franschoek, T. 021 8764477, [email protected], www.ebonydesign.co.za
IS Art Black Oystercatcher paintings by Cornelia Smook (Snyman). Ceramics of the sea by Ralph Johnson, 15/02/2015 until 31/03/2015, Franschhoek, T. 021 8762071, [email protected],
The La Motte Museum
Offers a cultural-historical experience featuring the estate’s history and architecture.Current exhibitions: Heritage collection of South African old master, JH Pierneef and contempo-rary exhibition of The Helgaard Steyn Awards 1987-2013.Experiences: Historic Walk – Wednesdays & Sculpture Walk – Thursdays (10:00-11:00 bookings essentialT 021 876 8850, E [email protected], www.la-motte.com
The Gallery at Grande Provence, Grootbos A selection of the latest two and three dimensional works by Arabella Caccia, including a 10 m long painting of Grootbos, 07/02/2015 until 13/02/2015, Alleen A Selection of two and three dimensional pieces by Shany van den Berg 08/02/2015 until 03/04/2015 Franschhoek T. 021 [email protected]/franschhoek-news-and-events/gallery-news.html
The Gallery at Grande Provence The Shop at Grande Provence, Fine tribal artefacts and new jewellery by Ilse Malan, Ongoing, Grande Provence Estate, T. 021 8768630, [email protected], www.gran deprovence.co.za/gallery-and-art-franschhoek/The-Shop.html
THE GALLERY AT GRANDE PROVENCE
Ecce Homo – An Exhibition of CharcoalDrawings by Ruan Huisamen
Opening: 14 February at 11:00. Main Road Franschhoek, Western Cape T + 27 ( 0) 21 876 [email protected]
THE GALLERY AT GRANDE PROVENCE
as is so was – A selection of sculpture by Adriaan Diedericks
Opening: 14 February at 11:00.Main Road Franschhoek, Western CapeT + 27 ( 0) 21 876 [email protected]
GeorgeCrouse Art Gallery Various Artists, Christiaan Nice, Makiwa, Maria, Walter Meyer, Gerrit Roon, Anton Benzon, Ella, Este Mostert, Charmain Eastment, Diane Erasmus, Bea, Carla Bosch, Daily 08h00 to 18h00, George, T. 044 8870361, [email protected], www.artdealers.co.za
Wonki Ware Di Marshall pottery. South African Dinner-ware and Table Accessories, George, T. 044 8841883, [email protected], www.wonkiware.co.za
Hermanus Abalone Gallery Works on Paper - Art Impres-sions, Various artists, 06/02/2015 until 15/03/2015,Hermanus, T. 028 3132935, [email protected], www.abalonegallery.co.za
Walker Bay Art Gallery View the wide selection of paintings, sculptures & ceramics by established as well as up-and-coming SA artists, Hermanus, T. 028 312 2928, [email protected], www.walk-erbayartgallery.co.za
Willie Botha Sculpture Gallery Permanent exhibition of sculptures by Willie Botha. Paintings of old masters as well as emerging artists, Hermanus, T. 028 3132304, [email protected], www.williebothasculptures.com
Rossouw Modern Art Gallery Featuring fineartworks from a select group of talented South Afri-can artists on the whitewashed walls of a fisherman’scottage, Hermanus, T. 028 313 2222, [email protected], www.rossouwmodern.com
KnysnaKnysna Fine Art A Different Drummer, Fine African Arte-facts, 01/02/2015 until 28/02/2015. B.Y.O.I.D. - Bring Your Own IdentityA group exhibition of recent work by Phillemon Hlungwani, Dylan Lewis, Angus Taylor, Elizabeth Balcomb and others.26/02/2015 until 20/03/2015Thesen House T. 044 382 [email protected]
Great Brak RiverArt@39Long Artists on show: Mien Greyling,Susqya Williams ,Sheena Ridley, Sonnette Olls, Fiona Rowett, Helen Pfeil, Cheryl Traub Adler and more. Ceramics by Clementina, Hennie Meyer & more, On going exhibition, Great Brak River, C. 0825763338, [email protected], www.artat39long.wozaonline.co.za
OudtshoornArtKaroo Fine Art by artists from the Karoo, Oudtshoorn, T. 044 2791093, [email protected], www.artkaroo.co.za
PaarlHout Street Gallery Specialising in paintings and fine art by more than thirty SA artists, Paarl, T. 021 8725030, [email protected], www.houtstreetgallery.co.za
Plettenberg BayThe White House Venue & Theatre Exhibition venue, Plettenberg Bay, T. 044 5332010, [email protected], www.whitehousevenue.co.za
Prince AlbertPrince Albert Gallery Established in 2003, thegallery always has an eclectic mix of art on display, Prince Albert, T. 023 541 1057, [email protected], www.princealbertgallery.co.za/
Riebeek KasteelThe Gallery - Riebeek Kasteel Summertide, Group Exhibition of paintings and ceramics, January until February 2015, Riebeck Kasteel, C. 0836533697, [email protected], www.galleryriebeek.co.za 0836533697, [email protected],www.galleryriebeek.co.za/
RobertsonThe Robertson Art Gallery We specialise in original art of more than 60 top South African artists, Robertson, T. 023 6265364, [email protected], www.rob-ertsonartgallery.co.za
Somerset WestDante’ Art & Decor, New Nicole Pletts. Always in demand, come and check out her new pieces before they go!, Somerset West, T. 021 8518142, [email protected], www.danteartgallery.co.za/index.php
Liebrecht Gallery A custom built fine art gallery in the CBD of Somerset West, Somerset West, T. 021 8528030, [email protected], www.liebrecht-gallery.com
StellenboschOude Libertas Gallery The gallery is open to the public free of charge. New exhibitions every six weeks, Stellen-bosch - c/o Adam Tas and Libertas roads, T. 021 8098412, ou–[email protected], www.oudelibertas.co.za
Rupert Museum A selection of 20th Century South African Art, JH Pierneef’s Johannesburg Station Panels, Modern French Tapestries and International Sculptures, Irma Stern, Jean Welz, Cecil Higgs, Maggie Laubser, Anton Van Wouw, Willie Beste,r JH Pieneef, Lucas Sithole & many more, Stellenbosch, T. 021 888 3344, [email protected], www.rupertmuseum.org
Sasol Art Museum Permanent collection of paintings, graphic works and sculptures, as well as anthropological collection. Regular temporary art exhibitions of national & international artists, Stellenbosch, T. 021 808 3690,
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6 Steven Carter
7 Rushay Booysen & Ryan Allen
8 Mkhonto Gwazela, Banele Loyiso & Dolla Sapeta
9 James Vlok & Jennifer Vlok
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10 Haim Menashehoff paints a portrait of Julia Engelhorn
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AMSTERDAM Late Rembrandt | Rijksmuseum
12 February 2015 - 17 May 2015The world’s largest ever, brings together more than 90 paintings, drawings and prints from
the world’s leading museums and private collections to showcase Rembrandt at the height
of his power. Emerging from the shadow of tragic personal losses and financial setbacks,
Rembrandt produced some of his finest work in his final years. By experimenting with paint
and light, he achieved an unparalleled emotional depth, leading to his most daring, individual
and intimate works.
Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age | Hermitage Amsterdam
29 November 2014 - 15 December 2016Thirty enormous 17th century group portraits have been brought together for the first time.
These “brothers and sisters” of the Night Watch are unique in the world and rarely seen
due to their size. They show us regents, archers and merchants from all different classes,
backgrounds and religions, standing shoulder to shoulder like brothers.
BERLINPictures Galore & Collecting Mania – Advertising in MiniatureJewish Museum Berlin | 4 December 2014 - 31 May 2015The Jewish Museum Berlin continues its series of exhibitions on consumer and economic
history with this exhibition about advertising. The starting point is a comprehensive
collection of advertising stamps – stamp-sized images used mainly for corporate and
product advertising that were donated to the museum by a private collector. Before the
First World War, millions of these stamps were in circulation, sparking a veritable “collecting
mania”.
Niina Vatanen: Beyond the Visible Surface | C/O Berlin – Amerika Haus
24 January 2015 – 10 April 2015The exhibition focuses on Vatanen’s exploring the photographic archives of the Finnish
amateur photographer Helvi Ahonen. Vatanen’s intervenes in this material by adding forms,
lines, and swaths of color to the surfaces of the photographs and by post-processing the
negatives, manipulating the darkroom development process, and creating double exposures
and digital collages to shift the focus and open up new contexts and levels of meaning.
LONDONRichard Serra | The Gagosian Galleries
11 October 2014 – 28 February 2015The Gagosian Gallery on Britannia Street will exhibit four large-scale steel sculptures. The
Gagosian Gallery on Davies Street will exhibit a 5-meter long work on paper, Double Rift #2
(2011). A travelling survey of Serra’s drawings was on view at three major museums in the
USA (2011–12). He has participated in Documentas (1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987), and
Venice Biennales (1980, 1984, 2001, and 2013).
Julio Le Parc | Serpentine Sackler Gallery25 November 2014 - 15 February 2015The first major exhibition in the UK by Argentinian-born artist Julio Le Parc (1928, lives in
France), who is known for creating artworks that dynamically animate and transform space
through light. Featuring seminal installations and interactive works from the early 1960s to
the present day, Le Parc’s playful and mesmerising exhibition transforms the Gallery and
actively involves visitors.
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NEW YORKBill Morrison: Compositions & Re-Compositions | MoMA
14 October 2014 – 31 March 2015Bill Morrison’s comprehensive, mid-career retrospective and accompanying
installation. The visuals for his works are constructed from early silent dramatic
films and found footage stock, and the soundtracks are made in tandem with
composers and musicians. Morrison often uses decomposing 35mm nitrate film
as a metaphor for the frailty of the human body, as well as an illustration of the
simultaneously ephemeral and enduring nature of the human spirit.
Painting Music in the Age of Caravaggio | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
20 January 2015 – 5 April 2015The period during which the three paintings on view in the exhibition – Caravaggio’s
The Musicians, Valentin de Boulogne’s The Lute Player, and Laurent de La Hyre’s
Allegory of Music – were created witnessed the birth of opera and the promotion
of the solo voice performed by professional singers rather than amateurs. The
exhibition pairs paintings with musical instruments similar to those depicted, and
an audio component allows visitors to hear music played on them.
SOURCES: » http://artnews.org/cityexhibitions.php?city=London
» http://portraitgalleryofthegoldenage.com/
» https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en
» http://www.co-berlin.org/
» http://www.jmberlin.de/main/EN/homepage-EN.php
» http://www.moma.org/
» http://www.metmuseum.org/
» http://www.visitmuseums.com/
» http://en.visitparisregion.com/events-paris/exhibitions/maurice-de-vlaminck-1876-1958-329980.html
PARISSonia Delaunay | Museum of Modern Art, Paris
17 October 2014 – 22 February 2015The first major Sonia Delaunay retrospective in Paris since 1967, the Musée
d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris brings together three recreated environments
and over 400 works: paintings, wall decorations, gouaches, prints, fashion items
and textiles. This monographic exhibition highlights her work in the applied arts,
her distinctive place in Europe’s avant-garde movements and her major role as a
pioneering abstractionist.
Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) | The Grognard Studio, Rueil-Malmaison
30 January 2015 – 25 May 2015Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) is a tribute to this wild and surrealist artist. His
work consists of more than 80 paintings, ten graphic works, pottery works and
illustrated books, from museums and private collections – including Godelieve
de Vlaminck, the artist’s daughter. All of these elements reveal his love for
nature and the countryside, as well as the masters, like Van Gogh, André Derain,
Cézanne and even Pablo Picasso.
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BUSINESS ART AUCTION HOUSE NEWS
This year, under the direction of the international event promoter Johnessco Rodriguez, Opus Eventi has the honour to present, as part of its repertoire (on production), three of the top events: the sixth edition of ART MONACO; the special edition of ART IBIZA; and the first edition of MC ART Miami.
We all know the number of contemporary art shows has increased in the past two years worldwide. Unfortunately, not all emerging shows are capable of providing value in both sales and prestige to the exhibitors and partners supporting them. That is why ART MONACO and ART IBIZA focus on keeping an exclusive by invitation policy. An international exposure, however, guarantees the participation of VIP personalities, potential buyers and exhibitions.
From July 9 to July 12, 2015, a new sumptuous venue will be created right in the middle of the business district, known as the “playground of the rich and famous”. The Principality of Monaco will artistically transform 5,000 m² into a contemporary and modern art show – Art Monaco’15.
Monaco is one of the most prestigious places in Europe and one of the most coveted markets in the world. With its prosperous lifestyle, ceaseless flow of golden champagne and multi million pound yachts gleaming in the Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco breathes glamour. That is why Art Monaco is all about quality rather than quantity and is renown today as THE ONLY international attended contemporary art fair in the French Riviera. Its own style and image differentiate from the other 275 art shows produced worldwide since 2009. During this four-day event, the city-state will serve as host to more than 70 select galleries from around the globe. The fair will welcome 10,000 exclusive visitors and benefit from a visibility in over 52 countries. A VIP reception will kick off the event, followed by three full days of vernissage-style exhibits open to the public with a few private showings.
This July promises to be more grandiose than ever with Art Ibiza occurring from July 16 to July 19. Surrounded by some of the most pristine waters in the Mediterranean and fine white sand beaches, the island
of Ibiza is certain to expect a worldwide attendance of important individuals with great buying power, art collectors and celebrities flocking the event with style.
Dedicated to showcasing contemporary and modern art in an elegant and glamorous flare, this special edition of Art Ibiza is surely not to be missed. Art and culture enthusiasts will find themselves being enchanted over outstanding artwork that will take your breath away. To be held in one of the most splendid centres of the island, the art fair will be presented in a form of high class and luxury exposition.
Art Ibiza’15 will be a special opportunity for those wishing to buy or sell art collections or those who simply wish to be taken aback by one of a kind inspirational art creations presented in a variety of styles.
“Our shows are not for the faint of heart (or light of wallet).”, says Opus Eventi C.E.O. & art fairs’ director Johnessco Rodriguez, “We focus to attract art collectors, art creators and art lovers with a higher buying power (UHNWI), that will add value to our VIP guest list year after year”.
Art Monaco, for instance, has welcomed Royalty such as H.S.H. Prince Albert II, Empress Farah Pahlavi, S.A.R la Princess Marie Gabrielle de Savoie, T.R.H. Prince and Princess Charles of Bourbon of the Two Sicilies, Madame la Baronne Danièle Courcelle von Prohaska, Baron & Baronne Renald de Meester de Betzenbroeck, Baron et Baronne Roland Gillion Crowet, Baronne de Masy, H.S.H. Prince of Montenegro and other personalities that such as Mme JalehKhosravani, Mr. Giovanne Randonini, Charles et Catherine Napoleon, M. Paul Sarkozy, Lady Monika Bacardi, Didier DesChamps and some Hollywood stars, just to mention a few.
Aiming to offer a greater value to all participants, our three events will also serve as film sets for the up-coming Hollywood movie “The Curator” as part of the Platforms for large corporations, business leaders, international media, renowned galleries, established and emerging artists, as well as art collectors and art lovers. Art Monaco, Art Ibiza and MC ART MIAMI will share the same value for both entertainment and culture that are catered only towards those who enjoy living with the pleasure of exclusivity and luxury.
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ART MONACO VI - July 9 to 12, 2015 ART IBIZA Special Edition - July 16 to 19, 2015 MC ART MIAMI - December 3 to 6, 2015
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Strauss & Co., Cape Town
Modern and Contemporary Art Headlines Strauss Auction
Some of the very best in South
African and international modern
and contemporary art is on offer at
Strauss & Co’s upcoming auction
scheduled for 16 March 2014 at the
Vineyard Hotel, Newlands in Cape
Town, including key contemporary
works by globally recognised artists
such as Berlinde De Bruyckere, Nam
June Paik, Huang Gang, William
Kentridge and Penny Siopis.
De Bruyckere, who was the solo
artist in the Belgian Pavilion at the
55th Venice Biennale in 2013,
curated by J M Coetzee, conceived of
Schmerzensmann III (R2 500 000 -
3 500 000), as a powerful reflection
on humanity. Internet Dweller:
mpbdcg.ten.sspv (R800 000 -
1 200 000), was produced in 1994
by Nam June Paik, who associated
with Joseph Beuys and John Cage
and participated in the Neo-Dada
movement, Fluxus, of which Yoko
Ono was also a member.
Vladimir Tretchikoff’s sensational
Zulu Maiden tops the local list at
R1 900 000 – 2 200 000.
A rare early portrait of his son,
Joseph, by Wolf Kibel (R1 500 000 -
2 000 000), Alexis Preller’s Mapogga
Wedding (R800 000 - 1 200 000)
and two paintings by Jacob Hendrik
Pierneef, the impressive Wild Pear
Trees (R600 000 - 900 000) and the
rare casein, Storm Clouds and Trees
(R350 000 - 500 000) are all major
works. Robert Hodgins in J’accuse
(R700 000 - 1 000 000) provides a
brilliant dissection of the notorious
Dreyfus Affair. Medley by Walter
Battiss at R700 000 - 900 000
should excite the kind of bidding
that saw Medley No 1 knocked
down for R1 250 480 on Strauss’s
Johannesburg auction in June 2014.
Amongst the works by top South
African artists, Ed Young’s Arch
(R450 000 - 550 000) is set to fly.
Along with Berlinde De Bruyckere’s
Schmerzensmann III, this will be on
view in the foyer of the Vineyard Hotel
from 20 February 2015.
Adding the sales reported on page 8 to the tables in the December-January SA Art Times, the final value of the auction market in SA art for 2014 comes out at about R280m (2013: R332m), of which R103,3m, or 36.9% is in Joburg (R90.1m, 27.1%); R81m, or 28.9% in Cape Town (R126.2m, 38,0%); and R95.8m, or 34,2% (R116m, 34.9%) in London. In terms of market share, Strauss grossed R146m, or 52.2% (R150.5m or 45.3%) – the first time anyone has got over 50% since I have been compiling these figures – Bonhams R95.8m or R34.2% (R116m, 34.9%) and Stephan Welz & Co R38.2m or 13.6% (R65.8m, 19.8%).– Michael Coulson for the SA Art Times
Alexis Preller, “Mapogga Wedding”signed and dated ‘52,oil on canvas60 by 50cmR800 000-1 200 000
Penny (Penelope) Siopis, “Pine”acrylic, ink and glue on canvas laid down on board160,5 by 206cmR500 000-700 000
Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff, “Zulu Maiden”signed and dated 56, oil on canvas75 by 85,5cmR1 900 000-2 200 000
William Joseph Kentridge, “Head”signed and dated ‘91, gouache, charcoal and collage on paper149 by 120cmR800 000-1 200 000
With sales exceeding $18 million in 2011
Bonhams is the global market leader in
South African Art. We hold the world records
for all the major South African artists with
the highlight being the $5 million sale of
Irma Stern’s “Arab Priest”. As proved by the
successful auctions, this field is no longer
of purely domestic interest. Modern South
African Art has been propelled into the front
lines of the global art market and is still
producing exceptional prices. The South
African Sale will be held at Bonhams in
London (New Bond Street) on 18 March
2015. Here are some highlights of this
upcoming auction:
Bonhams, London
Irma Stern, “Fisherman, Madeira”93 x 67cm, £300,000-500,000
AUCTION HOUSE NEWS BUSINESS ART
Irma Stern Fisherman, Madeira
Stern painted the present lot during a three month visit to Madeira
in 1931. This was a difficult period in the artist’s life. Anti-Semitism
was on the rise in her native Germany, and her marriage to Johannes
Prinz was on the verge of collapse. Far from elevating her depressed
spirits, Madeira only served to remind Stern of an earlier lost love, the
Portuguese novelist Hippolyto Raposo. Shortly after arriving on the
island, she suffered a nervous breakdown.
Stern’s Madeira paintings often reflect her anguished mental state.
‘Fisherman’ is no exception. The man’s careworn expression and dark
circled eyes convey an exhaustion that is beyond physical.
Stern exhibited these works in Cape Town in 1935. The critic,
Edward Roworth was moved to comment on their “sinister” colours and
“hectic, feverish atmosphere”. In spite of her self-proclaimed “fantastic
agonies”, Stern was incredibly prolific in Madeira. She later said she
only left the island as she needed a rest from the “intensive work” she
had been doing.
Since its creation, ‘Fisherman, Madeira’ has been recognised as one
of Stern’s finest oils, achieving the highest price at auction in 1975.
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef The bush camp of Anton van Wouw
Godfather, tutor, mentor and friend: the sculptor Anton van Wouw was
many things to the painter J.H. Pierneef. Pierneef spent his formative
years in Van Wouw’s studio at Pretoria. Here, he absorbed the older
artist’s belief in the fundamental importance of drawing and close
observation. FransOerder and Pieter Wenning were frequent visitors to
the studio and often involved Pierneef in their artistic debates.
Pierneef shared Van Wouw’s love of nature and the artists spent
much time sketching together out in the veld. This oil depicts one
of these excursions. The intimate scene conveys the ease of their
relationship. The artists’ painting coats have been casually suspended
from a tree outside their tent. To the left, Van Wouw and his wife share
tea or coffee with the first Mrs Pierneef, freshly brewed on the camp
stove beside them.
The painting is a touching testament to a relationship that spanned
over half a century and inspired some of South Africa’s greatest
artworks.
Some more highlights from the upcoming South African Sale:
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, “The bush camp of Anton van Wouw”51 x 66cm, £120,000-180,000
Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser, “Landscape with houses and figures”, signed ‘M. Laubser’ (lower right), oil on board, 44.5 x 50cm, £25,000-35,000
Sydney Alex Kumalo, “Imbongi”, signed ‘S KUMALO’ and numbered ‘1-3’, Bronze, 94cm high (excluding base), £30,000-50,000
Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi), “Male Torso”, Tallix foundry mark (back of right leg), Bronze, 148cm high, £70,000-90,000
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BUSINESS ART AUCTION HOUSE NEWS
Stephan Welz & Co.
Monumental Pierneef to be Auctioned
A monumental Pierneef titled “Landscape,
Waterberg”, which is one of the largest works to
appear at auction in South Africa for a number of
years by the artist, is one of the top works to go under
the hammer at the Stephan Welz & Co. Fine Art and
Design Auction in Constantia, 17 - 18 February. In this
painting, estimated at R1.1 - R1.6 million, Pierneef
captures what would have been a familiar scene to
the artist – including his magnificent rolling clouds.
Previously sold by Stephan Welz & Co. in 1992, the
work has been in the same collection since 1991.
Pieter Hugo Naudé’s “Washday beside the Hex
River” is estimated at R600 000 – R900 000. Sold
previously in 1991 for R77 000, then an auction
record for the artist, this is “without doubt the best
Naudé the company has ever handled,” said Gary
A good result in Cape Town and a fair return in Joburg in its
last 2 sales of the year gave Stephan Welz & Co. a relatively
high market share but still left the total SA art auction
market in 2014 some 15% down on 2013.
When final figures were published several weeks after
the event, the firm grossed approximately R12.6m in
its October Cape sale; almost 90% of the low estimate
of R14.1m. Only 8 of the top 14 estimates went. These
included R2.27m for Irma Stern’s “A View of Saldanha Bay”
(est R1.6m-R2.2m) and R1.08m for a Pierneef landscape
(well below est R1.4m-R1.8m).
The sale started on an upbeat note with the collection
of the late Peter Clarke. Of 122 lots, 110 sold (90.2%)
for R789 000, almost double the low estimate of about
R410 000. In the rest of the afternoon session, 149 of 196
lots sold (76.0%) for just under R1.6m, 120.2% of the low
estimate of R1.3m. Half the10 photographs in the evening
session sold, grossing R297 000 (est R333 000) and in the
major session 68 of 110 (61.8%) for R9.9m, 82.7% of the
low estimate of R12.0m. This adds up to a total of 333 of
438 lots sold (76.3%).
Other sales from the top 14 lots were R739 000
for a Sydney Kumalo bronze of St Francis of Assisi (est
R300 000-R400 000); R296 000 for a William Kentridge
Iris etching (est R250 000-R350 000); R171 000 for
Kumalo’s bronze “Laying Figure” and R148 000 for his
“Horse” (both est R80 000-R120 000).
Results for the Joburg sale were less impressive, only
six lots topping R100 000. The gross of R5.15m was about
R1m less than the corresponding sale of 2013. In the
afternoon, 77 of 142 lots sold (54.2%) for about R535 000
(68.9% of the low estimate of R775 000) and in the evening
74 of 133 (55.6%) for about R4.6m (53.0% of the low
estimate of R8.7m), making a total of 151 of 275 lots sold
(54.9%) for about R5.15m (54.5% of the low estimate of
R9.49m).
Only half of the top 10 estimates sold, headed by
R1.25m for a Skotnes painted wooden panel (est R1.3m-
R1.7m). Then came R364 000 for Francois Krige’s “Blue
Cranes” (est R350 000-R450 000); and R216 000 for
Conor Mccreedy’s semi-abstract expressionist “Dancing
Ballerina & the Limmat Swan” (est R200 000-R400 000).
Stephan Welz & Co. ends 2014 wellBy Michael Coulson for the SA Art Times
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, “Landscape,
Waterberg”, signed and dated 1923, oil on
board, 134 by 94cm
Literature: Welz, S. A., Art at Auction in South
Africa: The Art Market Review 1969 to 1995,
Art Link, Johannesburg, 1996, illustrated
on p 130
R 1 100 000 - R 1 600 000
Peter Clarke, “In the Pineapple Season”, signed
and dated 11.4.1962, tempera on paper,
36 by 26,5cm
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist
R 280 000 - R 380 000
Shean, Head of the Paintings Department at Stephan
Welz & Co. in Cape Town. Naude was regarded as
South Africa’s first professional painter and the first
open air painter to adapt the skills he acquired in
Europe for the South African landscape.
A number of works by one of the country’s most
important black artists, Peter Clarke (1929-1994),
will also be on offer. “In the Pineapple Season” was a
personal favourite of the artist. It was never exhibited
or sold until the owner purchased the work privately
from Clarke. Stephan Welz & Co. achieved a world
record for Clarke’s “Landscape with Sheep” selling
for R784 000 in October 2014. This indicates that
the market for Clarke’s work is steadily growing, his
work becoming sought after in private and secondary
markets, both locally and internationally.
Stephan Welz & Co. Fine Art and Design Auction:The Great Cellar, Alphen Estate, Alphen Drive,
Constantia; 17 - 18 February 2015.
Pre-auction viewing: (open to the public)
11 - 15 February, 10am – 5pm.
Catalogues are available from the Cape Town and
Johannesburg offices and on our website
www.stephanwelzandco.co.za
For more information, contact 021-794-6461 or
e-mail [email protected]
Pieter Hugo Naudé, “Washday Beside the Hex River”, signed, oil on canvas laid down
on board, 54,5 by 72cm
Literature: Welz, S. A., Art at Auction in South Africa: The Art Market Review 1969 to
1995, Art Link, Johannesburg, 1996, illustrated on p 120
R 600 000 - R 900 000
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On the couch with Cape Town Art Fair’s
Liza DyasonStill in its early years, the Cape Town Art
Fair is fast establishing itself as a world-
class event. This year, Cape Town Art
Fair is embracing a ‘campus’ approach,
with multiple venues around the V&A
Waterfront. This is reminiscent of the
world’s other leading fairs. Liza Dyason
has been involved in producing the Cape
Town Art Fair from its inception in 2013.
We caught up with her to hear how the
Cape Town Art Fair started and how it
influences the South African art market.
AT: How did the idea of producing an art fair
in Cape Town originally come about?
LD: Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa – the
company that owns and runs the Cape Town
Art Fair – felt that the time was right to
create a contemporary art fair on the African
continent. They then approached me to help
assist in producing the fair that we visualised
would become part of an incredible art
ecosystem within Cape Town.
AT: The art fair has grown from a small,
single-venue art fair to a large ‘campus
style’ event. How do you see the fair growing
in the future?
LD: Our campus concept stretches all
along the yacht basin and along one of
the most scenic locations in the city. It is
unique to the African continent and on par
with international art fairs. Our international
art fair model presents a great opportunity
for collectors to access the market in one
space. Cape Town Art Fair is establishing
itself as the leading art fair on the continent.
AT: This year’s art fair is somewhat different
from previous years’ in that an international
selection of galleries will be represented
alongside the South African names. Why has
Fiera Milano Exhibitions Africa decided on
this approach?
LD: Visitors may look forward to art that is
presented by some of Italy’s most respected
galleries. We also have work from galleries
as far and wide as Hungary and the UK.
Cape Town Art Fair is set to become ‘the
international fair set on the African continent’
where both international and South African
art may be acquired.
AT: It will be wonderful to have the (art)
world come to South Africa and have South
African galleries be placed among prominent
international galleries. However, the structure
of this year’s art fair means that there will be
fewer South African galleries represented
than previously, and only the most prominent
art galleries will gain exposure. Do these
select galleries represent the diversity of
South African art?
LD: In selecting art from both local and
international galleries we have sought advice
from curators, critics and advisors. We believe
that Cape Town Art Fair 2015 is presenting
notable contemporary art from the African
continent and international galleries.
AT: This year you have invited international
performance art curator, RoseLee Goldberg
as a guest speaker. Is this part of a strategy
to graft the Cape Town Art Fair onto the
leading international art fair circuit? Are
there any other ways you hope to elevate
Cape Town Art Fair?
LD: RoseLee Goldberg brings with her
a wealth of experience, creativity and a
critical eye. Together with our local curators,
producers and speakers we are hoping we
are growing Cape Town Art Fair into the
‘must visit’ fair on the continent. Yes, we
will always be hoping to elevate Cape Town
Art Fair and it shows how far we have come
in the 18 months since the first edition in
October 2013.
AT: Fiera Milano is an international company.
To what extent is Cape Town Art Fair locally
produced?
LD: We have brought together a variety of
local and international guests and speakers,
artists and curators to collaborate with our
international partners. For the most part the
fair is proudly African.
AT: Given the exciting prospect of Cape Town
Art Fair in collaboration with Zeitz MOCAA,
the V&A Waterfront and Chavonnes Battery
Museum, what other exciting collaborations
with Cape Town’s cultural community would
Cape Town Art Fair possibly pursue?
LD: There is a talks programme hosted
by speakers within the art world. Beyond
the Art Avenue itself, The Cape Town Art
Fair is also connecting its visitors with
participating galleries in Woodstock and the
CBD. Cape Town Art Fair also coincides with
accompanying attractions: the celebrated
Design Indaba, a multidisciplinary festival
that champions the creative sectors held
at the Cape Town International Convention
Centre (CTICC) and the Guild International
Design Fair, with its array of limited edition,
collectible local designers.
Photo: Alix-Rose Cowie / http://10and5.com/
William Joseph Kentridge(South African 1955-)
DUTCH IRIS (FIRST VERSION)hand coloured etching with aquatint
signed, dated 1992 and numbered 4/30 in pencil in the margin
sheet size: 120 by 91cmSOLD R893 760
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