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21 March 2007 by nathaniel

SAarts Cape Town Manifestation 2007

Â SAarts Emerging

As part of XCape, Cape 07’s artists-led fringe exhibition, SAarts will exhibit works by selected artists and writers who have been featured on the site in the past year as well as artists to be featured in 2007.

The SAarts Emerging Exhibition: Cape Town 2007

will open on the

27th of March at

Vega, The Brand Communications School,

2nd Floor Satbel Building

Cnr De Smidt & Somerset, Green Point,

Cape Town

If you are in the area please join us for the opening at 6pm on the 27th or for the two workshops we will be giving on the 28th and 29th of March from 10am till 12pm.

Artists to be featured on the exhibition include:


Lester Adams	Shane de Lange Anticube OneSmallSeed:Review	Ismail Farouk www.sowetouprisings.com www.ismailfarouk.com

Dean Henning and Rike Sitas http://www.thesoundofand.co.za/decay	Lawrence Lemaoana Players of Colour	Anthea Moys Stuart: Profile

MTKidu MTKidu’s My Space	Vaughn Sadie	Mary Sibande

Zach Taljaard www.art.co.za	Rat Western www.ratwestern.com	Asha Zero

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16 March 2007 by nathaniel

EXHIBITION_GIMBERGNERFSACKSYOUNG

Stellenbosch is centrally situated between two freeways, the N1 and N2, 45 minutes from Cape Town, 20 minutes from the International Airport.

From Cape Town International Airport / N2:
Take N2 towards Somerset West
Take Exit 33 (Baden Powell) to get onto R310 to Stellenbosch
Drive approx 15km to T-junction
Turn right to Stellenbosch
At the 2nd set of traffic lights turn right into Dorp Street
Drive up Dorp Street until you reach a big traffic circle that you go 180Â° across, pass the second small circle and take first left after that into Andringa Street. Take first left into Church Street. The De Wet Centre is on the right hand side – entrance to gallery in walkway between Hohsl Jewellers and Leotana Outdoors.

From N1
Take exit 39 off N1 onto R304 to Stellenbosch
Travel 15km to the town
Continue straight along Bird Street until you reach T- junction
Turn left into Dorp Street
Drive up Dorp Street until you reach a big traffic circle that you go 180Â° across, pass the second small circle and take first left after that into Andringa Street. Take first left into Church Street. The De Wet Centre is on the right hand side – entrance to gallery in walkway between Hohsl Jewellers and Leotana Outdoors.

Oh, and my contribution to the show’s book:

nathaniel stern sings

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15 March 2007 by nathaniel

The Upgrade! Johannesburg and WSOA Digital Arts present: James Webb

via atjoburg:

Upgrade! Johannesburg is proud to present:

The Art of Sound – James Webb presents his major gallery installations and
radio projects

James Webb is a leading South African sound artist with a growing
international reputation. He will discuss the challenges of his large-scale
sound installations including Prayer (2002); The Black Passage (2006) and
Autohagiography (2007); his collaborative radio projects including A
Compendium of Imaginary Wavelengths (2004) and works in progress such as
Beau Diable (2007).

The Digital Soiree
Friday 16 March 15:00 – 17:00
Convent Seminar Room
University of the Witswatersrand
Johannesburg
All Welcome!

Read the profile of James Webb by Carinne Zaayman on Artthrob.

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15 March 2007 by nathaniel

Sasol Wax 2007 semi-finalists announced

Kind of modelled on the Turner prize, this competition works by open nomination for mid-career South African artists, then 10 semi-finalists are chosen by committee based on their work to date, 5 out of those will get a R20,000 budget – from proposals – to make a work or series (the stipulation from their funders being the piece or pieces have something to do with wax: be it medium, process or concept), and finally a winner gets about R130,000 at the launch of said culminating exhibition.

Last year’s show had mixed reviews, some criticising many of the pieces as fairly lame (tho everyone agreed that winner, Jeremy Wafer, had a very moving piece), others saying it was a schmoozfest for the elite. Me? I thought that given how little support there is for the arts in SA, how much money was thrown at it, how it was NOT engulfed by PR to fix a wrong-doing, like the Kebbles, and finally, how well it ran for its very first year of life (more than we can say for aforementioned Kebbles), it was great that it happened, and am glad to see it only get better from here on out. (Tho I also have higher hopes for Clive van den Berg’s – the second curator of the Kebbles – new project with Spier.)

Sasol’s semi-finalists were announced yesterday, and it’s an impressive list:

Sue Williamson, Prof. Keith Dietrich, Lien Botha, Avasone Mainganye, Noria Mbasa, Andrew Verster, Mbongeni Buthelezi, Wayne Barker and Walter Oltmann and Usha Seejarim.

Could be a really interesting year for them.

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13 March 2007 by nathaniel

AVANT CAR GUARD

Ha. Is this Joburg’s answer to trans-cape07-notabiennale?

AVANT CAR GUARD

AVANT CAR GUARD secure funding from the World Art World. 2007

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13 March 2007 by nathaniel

Work in Progress: David Krut Arts Resource Opens a New Space on Jan Smuts Avenue

david krut workshop

Via DKW:

David Krut Arts Resource is a vibrant and ever-evolving organisation. Our latest venture is the opening of a brand new project and exhibition space at 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg. The new space, David Krut Projects, is an extension of the well-established David Krut Arts Resource up the road that incorporates a printmaking workshop, bookstore and headquarters for David Krut Publishing. Once David Krut Projects is operational, the printmaking workshop will extend into the former gallery at 140 Jan Smuts Avenue. We will sell our own books as well as a range of art titles from other South African publishers and Tate Publishing in both venues.
David Krut Projects will host exhibitions and art-related events every few weeks. The space will officially open on Saturday the 17th of March with an exhibition of prints by Bruce Backhouse. Upcoming shows include an exhibition of photographs by Angela Buckland and an interactive installation by Johan Engels and Robert Whitehead. Please join us fro these events and watch this space for more newsâ€¦