Candice Breitz: Extra! opens at the Iziko South African National Gallery this evening at 6pm. Having premiered at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg Extra! is the first comprehensive survey exhibition of this Berlin-based artist’s work ever to take place in her home country. Commissioned by Standard Bank, the exhibition presents a selection of existing works, including Breitz’ seminal  works Mother + Father  and FACTUM, as well as a new body of work which makes its international debut in Extra!.  Read More…

 

 

Artist Proof Studios in Johannesburg celebrates its 21st anniversary this year with a 10-day festival of exhibitions and workshops showcasing works by three generations of APS-affiliated artists. Ten South African artists who have worked with APS, including William Kentridge and Colbert Mashile, will collaborate on and exchange print portfolios with a group of Boston-based printmakers who have acted as mentors to APS artists and staff since the inception of the organization in 1991. This process will culminate in an exhibition that surveys this relationship titled the Boston-Joburg Connection: Collaboration and Exchange at Artist Proof Studio, 1983-2012, which will be hosted at the Tufts University Art Gallery, in Boston. This exciting collaborative event will be curated by art historian Professor Pamela Allara, who will also be in Johannesburg for one month while she guest-curates the international section of the exhibition Coming of Age, which opens at the Johannesburg Art Gallery later this year. Read more…

 

 

 

After several years frolicking in a paddock abroad, Candice Breitz has joined the Goodman Gallery’s stable. Though certainly not the first white mare to be taken over by the Goodman, she brings to the stable some distinguishing qualities, which are sure to give her the edge in races. Though diminutive in stature, she exhibits far more intelligence than many Thoroughbreds from even the best bloodlines. Her pelt is light and glossy; I’ve seen how some people want to stroke it. This is no doubt from her years grazing in pastures in Germany, where she has been kept since 2002.  Her schooling with expert trainers in the United States sets her apart from many of her stable mates; she is one of relatively few South African-bred horses to be exported in the 1990s, in the aftermath of the international sporting and cultural boycotts on South Africa. The Goodman Gallery’s triumph is on show to the South African public in the exhibition Candice Breitz: Extra!, which opens at the Iziko South African National Gallery tonight (ISANG). I hear there will be sugar cubes.  Read more...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SO, THANKS.
THANKS FOR ALL THE PRESENTS.