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I weaseled my way into the private opening of this show at Alliance Francaise last night - and it was fantastic. We really did get to see work from a lot of names previously unknown, they were actually mostly young (and all emerging), and the show, on the whole, was made up of a diverse group of art and artists that worked really well together in the space
Some of the highlights were works and performances by Andrew Milne (aka Mr Orange, pictured), Boitumelo Donna Kukama, Alexandrea Ross and Dinkies Sithole - among others. I highly recommend checking out the public opening at their Parkview place on Moday.
This month’s artthrob is Mos Def one you will not want to give a miss. Aside from the usual array of tidbits, there’s not a bad overview of new media work at the Kebbles, by Charles Maggs; he does more describing and explaining than critical discussion, but that’s still way ahead of the curve, so I’m pleased.
Then there’s Jay Pather’s Fragments from a remembered diary: my stay in New York City for the ‘Personal Affects’ exhibition, September 2004. Is it just me, or does he get cooler by the day? Jeez, he’s smart.
Finally, Carine Zaayman gives us another few websites to check out, this time straying a bit further into unchartered territory (tho I did admittedly like that time she featured this blog).
Nice.
