Archive: Issue No. 89, January 2005

07.01.05 7 hours of Kaganof
07.01.05 Pippa Skotnes in Norway
07.01.05 Johan Thom in Switzerland

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

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

04.12.04 Kentridge Overview at the Met

03.09.04 Candice Breitz on WOW
 

A seven hour long work by Aryan Kaganof, Transformations, will feature through the month of January on the Dutch channel park4dtv. Kaganof's work is sometimes accused of being scurrilous and sensationalist, but no one can deny that he is an artist who is unafraid to take risks and engage in areas that others shy away from. park4dtv is now available as a 24-hour webcast, so the work is available to all who have access to the web (and a fast connection). Go to www.park4d.tv or www.park.nl and follow the clues or to get Kaganof's work directly go here.

Opens: January 1, 2005
Closes: January 31, 2005

Pippa Skotnes shows her new solo exhibition 'Lamb of God' at the KHM (Kulturhistorisk Museum), Oslo. The show deals with subject matter that will be familiar to those that know the artist's work, such as the narratives of the /xam bushpeople of the Kalahari, as well as photographic works and works that deal with Catholicism. A particularly striking aspect of the installation is a series of obsessively worked horse skeletons, which Skotnes has turned into books by writing on and gilding the surface of the bones, and adding pages in vellum and other precious materials.

Opened: November 15, 2004
Closes: January 30, 2005

Multi-media and performance artist Johan Thom will be showing at the Forum d'Art Contemporaine in Sierre, Switzerland this month alongside Yan Dyuvendak. Essentially his work will consist of two interrelated parts, a large video installation comprising 7 projections on hanging glass constructions (layers of glass with mediums like fat, honey, red tape, pencils etc held between them) and a soundtrack composed and played as an improvisational response to the work by Swiss Jazz Maestro, Christophe Fellay.

Opens: January 12, 2005
Closes: January 15, 2005

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

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