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New Adventures
Jacques Coetzer at blank projectsIn Free Trade Rider Jacques Coetzer gets into a Maersk Container in the Swartland. Three weeks later, he gets out again in Copenhagen. While in the container he writes a song titled Free Trade Rider, which he plays as he emerges in Denmark. In Copenhagen Harbour, the artist meets a Dane living in a ‘container community’ and teaches him this song. In exchange the Dane gives him Continental Drifter, a Charlie Musselwhite Blues album. Whether or not the artist actually spent three weeks sealed in a container on his way to Denmark is unclear, but Coetzer’s concept is epic and serious in intent, while at the same time funny and absolutely ridiculous.
06 January 2011 - 29 January 2011
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'New Adventures'
Jacques Coetzer at blank projects'New Adventures' is the title of the latest solo exhibition by alt pop artist, Jacques Coetzer. Driven by the free-spirited logic of inquiry, it shows recent art made in Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, and Pretoria. Coetzer explains his approach to this body of work: 'Art invites you to take courage and play. You are troubadour, a lone guerrilla or a rolling stone ; not just a reluctant sculptor in a world over-saturated with objects. you are called to gather some faith and go knock on heaven's door'.
On the evening of January 27, there will be a closing event, where the artist will report back about his recent expedition to the Kilimanjaro ice cap.
06 January 2011 - 29 January 2011
