Archive: Issue No. 90, February 2005

01.06.04 Van Den Ende Collection in Holland shows 57 South African artists

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

04.02.05 Stephen Inggs: New Work in New York

04.12.04 Kentridge Overview at the Met

03.09.04 Candice Breitz on WOW

JAPAN

04.02.05 James Webb: Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference

Janine and Joop Van Den Ende of Stageholdings in Holland have put together an impressively large show of South African art entitled 'The ID of South African Art'. The show is informed by issues of identity in South African society and works were purchased from different venues in the country in January 2004. The show will run in conjunction with the musical 'The Lion King'� which will play for approximately two to three years. The show will be on exhibition for the same length of time.

All the works shown were purchased for, and form part of the Van Den Ende Collection. There are 57 artists whose works were chosen for this exhibition and over 108 works of South African painting, prints, drawings and sculptures. The accompanying 300-page catalogue has been put together by Sharlene Khan and also features an article by David Koloane and Sharlene Khan.

The exhibitor lists includes: David Koloane, Stephen Maqashela, Colbert Mashile, Bongi Bengu, Paul Blomkamp, Anton Smit, Collen Maswanganyi, Norman Catherine, Sam Nhlengethwa, Robert Hodgins, Tracey Rose, Deborah Bell, Kay Hassan, Dominic Tshabangu, Sotiris Moldovanos, Mmapula Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi, Velaphi Mzimba, Lucky Sibiya, Amos Letsoalo, Vincent Baloyi, Sharlene Khan, John Baloyi, Gavin Younge, Pippa Skotnes, Jane Alexander, Roderick Sauls, Katherine Bull, Penny Siopis, Phillip Rikhotso, Wayne Barker, Karl Gietl, Sipho Ndlovu, Ricky Dyaloyi, Willie Bester, Xolile Mtakatya, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Beezy Bailey, Lallitha Jawahirilal, George Pemba, William Kentridge, Cecil Skotnes, Walter Battiss, Brett Murray, Philip Barlow, John Murray, Kevin Brand, Wonder Marthinus, James Reed, Jennifer Lovemore-Reed, Nkoali Eausibius Nawa, Gary Frier, Velile Soha, Marlene Dumas, Sandra Kriel, Andries Botha, Stephen Inggs and Fritha Langerman.

All the artists from the show were invited to attend at the expense of the Van Den Endes, although only 40 artists were available to make the opening.

Opens: April 3
Closes: 2005/6 - see above

Printmaker and Michaelis School of Fine Art lecturer, Stephen Inggs, will be exhibiting at two separate venues in the United States under the auspices of the Hackel Bury gallery. London-based Hackel Bury presented Inggs' solo show in London last year, as well as producing a fine catalogue of the artist's recent works. Inggs prints are produced by a light-sensitive emulsion on fine artists' paper.

Venue: Palm Beach3 Photography
Palm Beach County Center
West Palm Beach, Florida
Dates: January 13-17, 2005

Venue: The 25 AIPAD Photography Show
New York Hilton, New York City
Dates: February 9-13, 2005.

For further info contact Hackel Bury at www.hackelbury.co.uk or gallery@hackelbury.co.uk

A solo show of works by William Kentridge will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York until April 2005. The Met is one of the world's most important and influential art museums and this show, drawn from the institution's own holdings, yet again demonstrates the high regard in which Kentridge is held internationally. The exhibition focuses on the period 1989-2001 and attempts to give a taste of the versatility of the artist.

Opens: November 12, 2004
Closes: April 10, 2005

Advance Notice: How does a work of art work on us? Henry Art Gallery Chief Curator Elizabeth Brown has been developing a concept of 'The Work of the Work' (WOW) over the last two years to probe the way certain works of art actively engage the viewer. Our connection to artwork might be intellectual or visceral or kinaesthetic; it is often multiple, involving some change in bodily sensation at the same time it provokes emotions or mental associations. Such responses are critical to the effectiveness of most, if not all, works of art.

'WOW' presents a selection of works by a small group of international and multi-ethnic artists. By featuring more than a single work by these artists, the exhibition increases audience attention. Viewers are encouraged to focus and therefore more productively engage with the works. Aside from Candice Breitz, the artist line-up includes Catherine Yass, Anne Appleby, Hannah Villiger, Callum Innes, Steve McQueen, Kim Sooja, Gary Hill, and Olafur Eliasson.

'WOW' is curated for the Henry Art Gallery by Chief Curator Elizabeth A. Brown.

The show opens in three parts:

Gary Hill: Tall Ships: August 13, 2004 - February 13, 2005
WOW Stroum Gallery: September 18, 2004 - February 13, 2005
WOW North Galleries: November 6, 2004 - April, 2005

James Webb, in residence at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, exhibits four site-specific works in various venues at various times February in Yahata, Japan.

'Always Hoping, Never Forgetting' involves a short-wave radio, tuned to the airport's control tower signal (transmitting flight, landing and weather information between the airport and the aeroplanes) installed in a bird shop. The birds will be able to listen to the broadcasts, and hopefully as the month progresses the parrots will be able to pick up some of the speech.

'Hope springs eternal' is an intervention on found text at a Pachinko Parlour. Amusement parks such as this were often used as meeting places for people, and now stand run down and empty. The work explores the new drive in Kitakyushu to create spaces where young people can meet in the face of the fact that the average age of the citizens is 60.

'Saturday night can be the loneliest place on earth' is an intervention at the large aeronautical theme park, Space World. Space World, complete with a space-themed Ferris Wheel, space museum and simulation shuttle rides, has long been somewhat of a sad place, with many of the rides empty and clearly not at the audience figures it once boasted in the 1980s. For this intervention, the artist will hack into the Space World parking lot's public address system with a 6-second transmission of outer space atmospherics (impulsive signals emitted by lightning strokes, relayed live using a VLF receiver) so that Space World could, on a lonely Saturday night, can receive an actual message from space.

'There's no place called home' has South African summer birdcalls broadcast from speakers concealed in Japanese trees during midwinter. A version of this was installed in trees in Stellenbosch in December 2004, with the sounds of Japanese winter birds.

Four Site Specific Works

1-28 February 2005

Yahata, Kitakyushu, Japan For more information about these works, please contact Ebihara Aki at seiakiebihara@yahoo.com