implicit art

Looks like printer Ricardo Fornoni (damned if I know his surname, but a really nice guy who I used to chat to all the time at Krut) – who does fine art inkjets for many of Joburg’s digital elites – is opening South Africa’s first gallery dedicated solely to emphasizing collaboration, experimentation and digital art: Resolution Gallery. It’s a commercial gallery, located right in the center of Johannesburg’s gallery district (near Krut, Siebrits, Goodman, etc), so couple the fact that it’s viable with some of the text on their site, and it’s a pretty exciting venture:

Resolution promotes and sells digital media artifacts, from limited edition prints to interactive installations….

We curate thematic exhibitions that draw together local, international, established and up-and-coming artists to collective benefit….

We see our gallery as a stage, a meeting place and a laboratory.

A stage where the public has the chance to meet artists and experience digital art.
A meeting place where networks are formed and potential is generated around the work we exhibit.
A laboratory where we host those experiments that spark new potential in the relationships between technology and art.

Their first show, “Montage” – limited edition prints that combine digital techniques with traditional processes – opens next week and includes South African artists Roger Ballen, Dinkie Sithole, Wilma Cruise, Rob Machiri, Gavin Younge, and Spanish artist Manolo Belzunce. More info.

Good luck Ricardo – it’s a great initiative and deserves support, and I hope any Joburg locals that still read this blog will head over and check it out on 13 November, 18h30. Hat tip to Christo for letting me know about the new space.