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The Dutch/Flemish Collection

Various artists at Johannesburg Art Gallery

In February and March, the Johannesburg Art Gallery presents an exhibition showcasing its Dutch collection, art from the Golden Age, when the Dutch Republic was the most prosperous country in Europe.

Prior to the 17th century, when church patronage dominated in Holland and Flanders, Dutch paintings became fashionable in the homes of the bourgeoisie. The rise of pictorial genres first occurred in this period: histories, biblical, mythological, allegorical, landscape, still life with a moralistic message or with a vanitas theme concerning the brevity of life, genre representations of everyday life, and portraits. This exhibition is arranged to best display these varying categories.

There is work on show by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Esias Boursse, Pieter Claesz, Gerrit van Deurs, Jacob Duck, Lambert Jacobsz, Ludolph de Jongh, Frans de Momper, and Anthonie Palamedeszs.

14 February 2012 - 25 March 2012

'Pinky Promise'

Pierre Crocquet at Johannesburg Art Gallery

'Pinky Promise' is an exhibition that presents the stories of five victims and three perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent healing. Crocquet approaches the subject with sensitivity, nonetheless adopting a robust stance on this destructive and increasingly prevalent phenomenon.

01 October 2011 - 29 January 2012

'maNyauzu - Silent Messages to my Mother'

Mbongeni Buthelezi at Johannesburg Art Gallery

King of the plastic bag collage, Mbongeni Buthelezi shows a mid-career retrospective under the title of 'maNyauza - Silent Messages to my Mother' at the JAG. Buthelezi's chosen medium is the humble plastic shopping bag, which he melts and collages to build his pictures. The hype machine argues that this allows Buthelezi's work to participate in debates about conservation, although in reality he contributes but a superficial commentary on consumer society. Expect instead conservative imagery (sentimental portraits, township scenes) rendered in an essentially gimmicky style. The show is to be opened on 4 September by Bart Dorrestein, CEO of Legacy Hotels and Resorts, a corporate with a substantial collection of Buthelezi's work.

04 September 2011 - 31 January 2012

'A Fearless Vision'

Alan Crump at Johannesburg Art Gallery

The Johannesbrug Art Gallery presents a retrospective of work by influential artist, curator and lecturer, the late Alan Crump, who passed away two years ago this month.

Crump's compelling work in watercolour was always deployed to subvert the medium's use by conservative landscapists and Sunday painters. Frequently imaging the radical changing of the landscape at the behest of open cast mining and quarrying, Crump's paintings deftly married stringent formalism with a conceptual clarity not always found in South African painting.

The exhibition is curated by Federico Freschi.

08 May 2011 - 12 June 2011

'Waiting for God'

Tracey Rose at Johannesburg Art Gallery

Tracey Rose is the subject of a mid-career retrospective at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. The exhibition is up until the 17 April 2011.

22 February 2011 - 17 April 2011