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I’ve got some great photos of the Kebble works from during set-up, but have promised our courageous curator, Clive, that I would publish nothing until ofter the opening, so as not to ruin the surprise. The show is, admittedly, leaps and bounds superior to last year’s; all artists on board should be proud to play a part. I can’t wait to hear who wins, and see the catalogue!<\/p>\n
In the meanwhile, Franci Cronje and I are crashing at Bridget Baker’s place (pictured above, in her bath), which is a great li’l pad over in Greenpoint (too bad she’s not here to join us! Is, instead, over on some fancy shmancy – well-deserved – residency\/exhibition in Belgium).<\/p>\n
SO, yesterday, we did the gallery circuit a bit. Bell-Roberts was a cool space, tho I guess I was expecting something bigger and more buzzy, given how much great print media (I’m talking mags here, peeps) comes out of there. I looked jealously on the art SA back issues I cannot afford right now; one year in (I used to complain) they don’t seem as expensive for ‘what you get’ as they used to. Comix, Bru was on show.<\/p>\n
SANG (south african national gallery) had several fab exhibitions, most of which gave me a tad more insight into SA contemporary art history. I was especially intrigued by all the Colin Richards work in their collection (big surprise that I like him), and a place called home<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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I must have missed the boat on the above James Ford painting, holiday time in cape town in the twentieth century<\/i>. The sweet smell of irony pushes me to say more, but I refrain, and only smile over the rainbow. Sheer brilliance, I tell you.<\/p>\n
We also tried to hit the Castle’s Democracy X<\/i> show, but it was too damn pricey. We got as far as M Stevenson Gallery (Walter Oltmann’s stuff was sharp), and ran into Gordon Froud there. This quickly digressed (progressed?) into alcohol and crit bitch sessions of grandeur (we did hit a handful more galleries on the way….).<\/p>\n
I like Cape Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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