[05.08.05] Carol-anne Gainer at the Bell Roberts
Carol-anne Gainer's début solo Cape Town show finds her exploring the connection between the body and home and making an assault on various traditionally male practices. Linda Stupart is impressed although feels the show fails to create the convincing domestic environments like Gainer's earlier installations.
[05.08.05] John Murray and Claudette Schreuders at Michael Stevenson Contemporary
John Murray has created a lekgotla of African presidential leaders at Michael Stevenson Contemporary with an exhibition of his latest portraits, while Claudette Schreuders' lithographs extend her distinctive oeuvre. Kim Gurney reviews.
[05.08.05] Dario Matter at Erdmann Contemporary
Dario Matter's stone sculptures in the Erdmann Contemporary gallery speak of 'Discomfort' in a solo début. Kim Gurney says his strongly developing personal visual language ties the show together.
[05.08.05] William Kentridge retrospective at the JAG
Robyn Sassen contends that Kentridge's retrospective at the JAG shows the artist as hard-working, untiring and not without a sense of humour or lightness of touch. The exhibition is accessible to a vast cross section of people, perhaps ushering in a new era for the JAG.
[05.08.05] Tanya Poole at Franchise
Tanya Poole�s 'Missing' is a strong and competent exhibition, consolidating her success in last year's Brett Kebble Art Awards. Reviewed by Robyn Sassen.
[05.08.05] 'Timpuku' (Wings) by Phillip Rikhotso
Phillip Rikhotso's exhibition 'Timpuku' confirms his credibility, established last year by his joint first prize in the Brett Kebble Art Awards. Reviewed by Robyn Sassen.
[05.08.05] Belinda Zangewa at the Alliance Française
Robyn Sassen reviews the solo début show of last year's Gerard Sekoto Award winner Belinda Zangewa, finding charm and conviction in equal measures in her processing of her turn in Paris.
[05.08.05] 'Disruptive' by Ian Waldeck
Motlamedi Sehuhula, BTech student in Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg, reviews Ian Waldeck's exhibition at Gallery @ 157.
[05.08.05] 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess, directed by Greg Homann
Directed by Greg Homann, the Burgess cult classic A Clockwork Orange is relevant to our times, presenting a spectacle that challenges the position of art and culture in our society. Nkosinathi Quwe, BTech student in Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg, reviewed it.
[11.08.05] When I take off my skin... by Robyn Orlin
Fiona Manicom, BTech student in Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg, reviews Robyn Orlin's latest production, ... when I take off my skin and touch the sky with my nose, only then can I see tiny voices amuse themselves...
[05.08.05] Positive: AIDS in 2005
Currently on display at the Durban Art Gallery, this exhibition deals with the ever-controversial topic of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Francesca Verga reviews.
[05.08.05] Julia Rosa Clark at Liste, Basel
The João Ferreira Gallery took Julia Rosa Clark�s 'A Million, Trillion, Gazillion' to Liste, which runs parallel to the Basel Art Fair. South African-born, London-resident photographer Mandy Lee Jandrell reviews the show which nearly sold out completely.
