[01.07.04] The luscious quality of paint
Kim Gurney reports on the work of three young painters currently showing at the Michael Stevenson Contemporary.
[01.07.04] Mapping the fault-lines
Keith Dietrich's latest exhibition is a densely referenced exploration of how the land 'lies', says Kim Gurney.
[01.06.04] Democracy X: Marking the present, representing the past
Despite its didactic undertones, Julia Rosa Clark hails the show 'Democracy X' as "an absorbing and successful display of cultural and political history".
[01.05.04] Ten years on
'A Decade of Democracy' fractures the Rainbow Nation into multiple issues. Kim Gurney finds one common thread: the repeated use of the figure replaces landscape as the metaphor of choice for South African contemporary artists.
[01.07.04] Taking political beliefs and dangerous values to heart
'Images of Defiance' fleshes out the convictions of the previous generation, but do our children care?
[01.07.04] So fresh but so stale. History painting for democratic South Africa
Manfred Zylla straddles taboo historicism from the 1980s with very hot technical appeal.
[01.05.04] Look Inside Nine
Dutch curator Paul Faber has created an exhibition based on the family that relates the complicated story of South Africa and its history in a universal language. Following a successful run in Amsterdam last year, the exhibition has opened to rave reviews here.
[01.07.04] A hundred and one courageous ideas
Bronwen Vaughan-Evans recently held her first solo show since receiving her Masters in Fine Arts. Gabi Ngcobo is impressed by her portraiture.
[01.07.04] John Roome's 'Courage'
Gabi Ngcobo expresses doubts about John Roome's exhibition of watercolour paintings, hailing his new departure unresolved.
[01.07.04] Subjectivity on view
Six young photographers recently showed their work in the United States. All of them are past graduates and/ or students of Jenny Altschuler's CityVarsity programme.
