You are cordially invited to our first exhibition of the year: 
 
Derek Zietsman 
Performing 'man' 
Masters degree exhibition
 
Saturday 19 January 2013 at 18h30 
Exhibition closes 2 February 2013
 
Opening by David Paton
Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg 
 
[All works are for sale]
 
Performing 'man' falls within the ambit of social commentary, and the
drawing style is therefore purposefully naturalistic, facilitating the
legibility required of the conventions of social commentary, within the
broad ambit of social realism. The artist's intention is for the viewer to
recognise the imagery represented and the social commentary intended as
constructs of not only white male performativity, but also of constructed,
indexical and self-reflexive marks on paper. The series of prints are themed
from the artist's lived experiences and observations of socio-political
change in South Africa over two decades. 
 
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Derek Zietsman, Black like me
 
 
A wonderfully prosperous 2013 to all our clients!
WE HAVE 2 NEWS ITEMS:
We are now open for registrations for the 2013 ART TRAINING COURSES and will
again offer short courses in
*            painting (water colour/acrylic and oil painting)
*            drawing (basic/figure drawing and alternative media)
*            sculpture (casting/moulding and assemblage)
*            compu imaging (Photoshop)
*            art theory/art investment) and
*            comics/illustration.
 
The first courses will start on Saturday 2 February 2013.
The painting, drawing and sculpture courses take place once a month for 5
months on Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm.
The art theory, Comics and Photoshop courses are offered twice a year from
Monday to Thursday evening. Please visit

http://www.friedcontemporary.com/artcourses.htm for more information
Contact us at  
info@friedcontemporary.com or 
 
012 3460158 or 082 5236989
Gallery hours: Tues to Fri:  9am to 5pm    |    Sat 10am - 2pm
 
FRIED-CONTEMPORARY-ART-COURSES.jpgBesides our main functions as a gallery
presenting high-quality exhibitions of established and promising upcoming
artists and consulting to private and corporate art investors, the gallery
provides training in a number of contemporary and traditional art practices.
The reason for this additional educational focus of the gallery is that we
are convinced that our country and our people need to become more culturally
oriented, informed and conscious of the arts in general, and we believe that
our gallery and training courses can contribute in a small way towards
reaching this goal.  
 
We approach the technical training conceptually, that is, you are made
conscious all the time of the meaning and content underlying materials and
other formal choices. The training in art practice is not only about the
technique and making: it is a kind of training that changes the way you look
at the world; it turns you into a more sensitive human being since it
sharpens your observation and perceptual senses; and it stimulates your
creative impulses so that even when you are doing the course(s) as a hobby
and are employed in a totally different field, you will return to your
everyday job with better problem solving skills and a more creative
approach.
 

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Specialists in contemporary South African art   |
www.friedcontemporary.com
1146 Justice Mahomed Street (formerly 430 Charles Street), Brooklyn 0181
|     info@friedcontemporary.com     |
+27 (0)12 346 0158 
Gallery hours: Tues to Fri:  9am to 5pm    |    Sat 10am - 2pm