by DKP on Apr 26th, 2012
David Krut Projects is currently hosting an exhibition of selected prints by London-based artists Julian Opie and Chris Ofili, entitled O/O. The exhibition opened at David Krut Projects Johannesburg on 5 April and continues until 1 May 2012.
“More than any British artist of his generation Julian Opie has taken art beyond the gallery environment and into the mainstream of cultural life.” – Mary Horlock, author of Julian Opie: Tate Modern Artist Series
“Chris Ofili is one of the most acclaimed painters working today. His intensely coloured and intricately ornamented paintings bridge the gap between popular culture and high art, the sacred and the profane.” – Judith Nesbitt, editor of Chris Ofili Monograph
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by DKP on Jun 6th, 2011
Penny Siopis, Swarm, 2011
Lloyd Pollak reviews Who’s Afraid of the Crowd?, a solo exhibition of mixed works by Penny Siopis which concluded last month after a run at the Michael Stevenson in Cape Town:
Only the word ‘entrancement’ can convey my response to Penny Siopis’s new ink and wood-glue paintings with their radiant mists of iridescent crimson, scarlet, fuchsia and cerise floating over creamy, faintly blushing white grounds. The artist injects inky figurations into her luscious field of shimmering white, and then buries them in opalescent crusts of semi-opaque wood-glue into which the ink bleeds like a drop of cochineal dissolving in water. The textural and chromatic delights she extracts from her unconventional materials prove irresistible, and it is only when we have sated ourselves on these aesthetic splendours that we ponder the meaning of the work, and register the dissonance between the brutality of the subject matter and the ethereal delicacy of the technique.
Photostats of archival material documenting past historical atrocities, such as the bombing of Hiroshima and the gruesome public hangings during race riots in America, are placed alongside the paintings, indicating that they form a meditation on history and the dangers of the herd instinct, mob hysteria and the brutish, irrational drives that overtake humanity at moments of crisis.
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- Apartheid: The South African Mirror by Pep Subirs
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by DKP on Dec 22nd, 2010
In partnership with the Johannesburg Art Fair, PG Bison has announced a brief for their Student Design Competition. For the first time, the competition has opened a category for industry professionals, not just students. The competition calls for students of interior design, architecture, interior architecture and industrial design to design bookcases and tables for the Johannesburg Art Fair. The closing date for entries is Friday 12 August 2011, and will be judged by Ross Douglas (Artlogic) and Adriaan Hugo (Dokter and Misses):
PG Bison has released the brief for the 2011 PG Bison 1.618 Student Competition, adding an open category competition and partnership with the Joburg Art Fair.
Open category brief
For the first time, it has opened the traditionally student-orientated competition to industry professionals who may enter the new open category. The brief calls for the design of tables and book cases for the Joburg Art Fair. The winning designs will be built from company’s material and entries will be judged by Ross Douglas (Artlogic) and Adriaan Hugo (Dokter and Misses). The closing date for entries is Friday 12 August 2011.
Stoned Cherrie’s Nkhensani Nkosi has been tasked with coming up with new designs for her Love Movement range of Afro chic products, currently housed within 50 Foschini stores nationwide. Foschini has purchased an existing building in the Woodstock area of Cape Town to house Nkhensani’s design studio and workshop for her Stoned Cherrie – Love Movement fashion range, as well as provide display and retail space for her new designs.
Although space is at a premium, Foschini are of the opinion that an additional revenue generator should be considered in order to assist in carrying the operating costs of the building. While Nkhensani has defined clear guidelines as to her requirements for the design studio and fashion retail space, the proposed additional income generator is, as yet, undefined. The only firm guideline is that, whatever the extra source of income, it must be branded ‘Enjoy Responsibly’.
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