Archive: Issue No. 41, January 2001

Zwelethu Mthethwa
Untitled
Colour photograph

'Apartheid and Today: Contemporary South African Art'

A show considering the social history of the country as seen through the eyes of artists has opened in the spacious galleries of the Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Curated by Suzanne Talbott with input from Gary van Wyk of the Axis Gallery of New York, the participating artists are Kim Berman, Willie Bester, Willem Boshoff, Jean Brundrit, Sandile Goje, William Kentridge, David Koloane, Percy Konqobe, Sydney Kumalo, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Gladys Mgudlandlu, Peter Mthombeni, Sam Nhlengethwa, Georgie Papageaorge, Mmakgabo Mmapula Helen Sebidi, Durant Sihlali, Lucas Sithole, Sue Williamson, Susan Woolf and Vuminkosi Zulu.

Opening: JJanuary 18
Closing: February 24

Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Bernie Searle
Lifeline (detail), 1999
Click through for installation view
Discoloured series
Digital prints on tracing paper
Each panel, 240 x 60 cm

Photo credit: Jean Brundrit

In an extended show which was covered on SABC3 TV News recently, the National Museum of African Art in Washington, part of the Smithsonian, is exhibiting recent acquisitions by South African artists. The show includes work by Dakar Biennale prizewinner Bernie Searle, William Kentridge, Willie Bester, and expat artist Gavin Jantjies. In recent years, the NMAA has made a concerted effort to build up its holdings in contemporary art from South Africa. The show is expected to remain in place for many months.

Greta Matthews-McMahon
Sense of snow and dust
oil on paper
15 X 15cm

Greta Matthews-McMahon shows in the Hague

Michaelis graduate (1996) Greta Matthews-McMahon, who has been living in Ireland for the past two years, will have a solo exhibition of paintings at the Azul Gallery in Den Haag opening mid-January. The artist, who is currently working in Holland and won an Artflight-Arts Council of Ireland/AerLingus Award in 1999, uses her work to attempt to "embrace a ratio of emotions on an abstract level, and to transcend, articulate and confront subjects dealing with identity, displacement, the senses, journeys, loss and spirituality. Through my paintings I aim to disable words and ideas in an attempt to cross from one point/place/understanding to another."

Examples of Matthews-McMahon's work on the web can be seen at www.ava.co.za/text/ava/matt.htm
Her new exhibition will be entitled 'Re-Collection', and will open at the Azul Gallery, Den Haag on January 20, and run until February 17.

Opening: January 20
Closing: February 17