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MONTHLY ISSUE #68 APR 2003
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William Kentridge

William Kentridge
Village Deep
Chine-colle on paper
26 cm x 19 cm

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Doreen Southwood

Doreen Southwood
The Swimmer, 2003
Painted bronze

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Pieter Badenhorst

Pieter Badenhorst
Face Value (detail), 2003
C-prints
90 x 80 cm

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Willie Bester

Willie Bester
The Dogs of War

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Andrew Lamprecht,  Ed Young, Bruce Gordon

Curator, artwork, artist:
Andrew Lamprecht, Ed Young, Bruce Gordon

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Sue Williamson

Cover of 'Sue Williamson: Selected Work'

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THIS WEEK:

"No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating," commented the critic Harold Rosenberg once. It is a particularly astute observation, and rather pertinent given the on-going debate surrounding the merits of Bruce Gordon, the work by Ed Young. Adding his voice to this debate, long-time ArtThrob critic Paul Edmunds offers his perspective, without any seeming determination to find the work fascinating. Also in this update: we come to terms with the character of contemporary South Africa, where it is said "there are quite literally no names, no vocabulary, to discuss major aspects and parts of its political being." A touch highbrow - but as is revealed, relevant to the way we speak about art and artists in South Africa.
Sean O'Toole

We are delighted to announce that William Kentridge is our featured Editions for ArtThrob. We are currently offering readers a rare opportunity to acquire an original artwork by this stellar South African art personality, Village Deep a chine-colle silhouette image collaged on to the page of an old book.

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CAPE

Jane Alexander is at the SANG soon with her DaimlerChrysler Award show; Willie Bester is unapologetic and at the AVA; 'Straight to Video' showcases eight video artists, at The Cold Room; and Charl Gräbe is at Art.b. Still on: Male Order at the Irma Stern; Brett Murray at the SANG; and Abrie Fourie at at Joáo Ferreira.

Kim Lieberman is at the Goodman Gallery, while in Pretoria Alexis Preller, Norman Catherine, Helmut Starcke, Lawrence Scully, Alan Crump and others revisit the 70s . Still on: Wayne Barker at Art on Paper; the much talked about 'Show Me Home' group exhibition at JAG; Churchill Madikida's 'Liminal States' also at JAG; Yudelman and Amaler-Raviv's photos and paintings at David Krut; and photographs by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, again at the JAG.

Georgie Papageorge explores Africa's faultlines at the NSA; ten young artists celebrate new identities, new design, and new thoughts on and of an emerging South Africa, in 'Edge'; Paul Sibisi is at the African Art Centre; and Gert Swart shows new sculptures at the Tatham.

Kendell Geers presents 'Red Sniper', a new collaborative project with Front 242 founder Patrick Codenys, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Sue Williamson's monograph will be launched at the opening of her solo show at the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Brussels on April 23.

REVIEWS

Paul Edmunds discusses the latest developments surrounding the art-event spectacle of the moment: Bruce Gordon, while Virginia MacKenny is intrigued by Carol-anne Gainer's suburban installation, a 'bunker' that signalled a protective refuge but became the sanctuary of a certain absurd madness. Sean O'Toole looks back on the KKNK, and also reviews Kim Lieberman's new solo show in Johannesburg. Also: Student reviewer Joyce Monson is impressed by the way photographer Pieter Badenhorst's debunks the beauty myth; and Kim Gurney reports back on what artist Penny Siopis said in a discussion of her video piece My Lovely Day. A bumper crop.
NEWS

In the news: Doreen Southwood wins the Sasol art prize for best visual artwork at the 2003 KKNK; Katherine Bull and Fritha Langerman's winning, collaborative public sculpture proposal has still not been realised, Paul Edmunds asks why; fourteen contemporary artists from Africa and the African diaspora to show at 50th Venice Biennial; after a prolonged wobble Johannesburg's much-maligned CBD district gets its act together, offering cappuccino and couscous. Also: after stumbling over the word 'tribe', in a recent review by Barbara Pollack, Sean O'Toole finds himself swimming in a postmodern soup.
SUE WILLIAMSON'S DIARY

Sue Williamson misses one opening, goes to three others, and prepares for her own.
ART BIO

Two years ago he presented his debut solo show at the KKNK, in Oudtshoorn. This year he is the featured artist at this arts festival in the semi-desert. The sculptural installation he showed there two years ago, a lifesize paper-carved Christ figure suspended in a room beneath a skylight, surrounded by six CCTV cameras connected to two monitors, has just recently been acquired and installed at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. His current exhibit at the KKNK, a waterlogged construction that incorporates startlingly familiar iconography, is both inspired and unsettling. Wim Botha is this month's featured artist.
WEBSITE OF THE MONTH

Future Farmers, a collective of digital artists and firebrands based in San Francisco, are our choice for the week. We, however, also spotlight Another Poster for Peace, a grassroots campaign that uses the tried and tested political poster as a vehicle of current dissent; as well as Photo Japan, an informative website providing information on avant-garde Japanese photographers.
PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Another game, and another site demonstrating how digital artists are getting audiences to engage with contemporary polemics in clever ways.
EXCHANGE

There are further details regarding the Sasol New Signatures Competition 2003; a call for an exhibition installation technician; and details regarding a competition for the Global Library logo, which offers one-year visibility on the organisation's website.
FEEDBACK

What are your thoughts on Bruce Gordon, by artist Ed Young? Do you have any thoughts on Sean O'Toole's apology to Barbara Pollack? ArtThrob encourages you to submit your opinion. Be brusque, be brutal, and be opinionated.
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William Kentridge is a name that requires little introduction. A man who comfortably shoulders the accolade genius, ArtThrob is particularly proud to announce that William Kentridge has agreed to be our featured Editions for ArtThrob artist. We are currently offering readers a rare opportunity to acquire an original chine-colle silhouette image by this stellar South African art personality.
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