Archive: Issue No. 54, Februray 2002

20.02.02 Revisiting the streets
Arlene Amaler-Raviv and Dale Yudelman reprise the winning formula of their previous collaborative exhibition - but this time round the results are not as inventive or successful, says Paul Edmunds

20.02.02 Haikus for a contemporary South Africa
Dorothee Kreutzfeldt's freewheeling show 'Things Left Unsaid' persuades Sue Williamson that painters have more fun. Works by Cobus van Bosch and Jill Trappler are less convincing

13.02.02 Figures of uncertainty
Egon Tania's carved jacaranda figures are suggestive and unsettling, their interest lying in their very resistance to interpretation, argues Paul Edmunds

30.01.02 Garden of questions and delights
Flowers, sprinklers and even gables inspire contemplation at the first Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennial. Tracy Murinik strolled through the grounds

30.01.02 Adventures in paint
After 50 years of experimentation with styles, colours and media, it is Robert Hodgins' relationship with paint that remains indelibly tattooed on the viewer. Hazel Friedman reviews

13.02.02 Stories of survival
An exhibition of turn-of-last-century photographs of people from south and east Africa, 'Surviving the Lens' offers no easy answers to the question: who holds the power, the photographer or the sitter? Kathryn Smith reports

13.02.02 Sex, death and drawing
In a farewell to Pretoria, Diane Victor curates a group show that reflects the influence of both her technique and vexed emotional topography. Sean O'Toole ventures into that dark world

06.02.02 A sense of belonging
Another inspired choice as Bag Factory visiting artist, Marie Ange Bordas engages those who experience life in Johannesburg as refugees in her exhibition-in-progress, 'Displacements'

30.01.02 Marike's final humiliation?
Doris Bloom's new show, 'The u in you', finds the artist complicit in the games of emotive or cognitive manipulation she seeks to transgress, argues David Brodie

30.01.02 Facts and fiction
William Scarbrough's multimedia installation 'The Trials of Dr Kawalski' offers a compelling view of history colliding awkwardly with the narrative of the individual, writes Sean O'Toole

06.02.02 Fresh and funky
'Fresh: Robin Rhode' is just that: a spunky little book with as much style and attitude as the artist