Archive of Previous Art Exhibitions in South Africa - Closed October 2007

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ART EXHIBITIONS IN WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

STEPHEN TOWNLEY BASSETT at The Cape Gallery
Date: 7 - 27 October
Venue: 60 CHURCH STREET CAPE TOWN 8001
TEL: +27 21 4235309, FAX: +27 21 4249063, WWW.CAPEGALLERY.CO.ZA
An exhibition of recent paintings by STEPHEN TOWNLEY BASSETT

GAZE by Johann Louw
Date: 3 October - 27 October
Venue: ERDMANNCONTEMPORARY, 63 Shortmarket Street
T. +72 (0) 21 422 2762, F. +72 (0) 21 422 3278, www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za, [email protected]
This exhibition of new paintings by Johann Louw features the female body as well as large new portraits.  Presented as an installation, Louw positioned a series of anonymous figures, represented frontally, to emphasize the corporeality of the figures.

João Ferreira Gallery presents Bridget Bæker
Date: 3 - 27 October
Venue: João Ferreira Gallery, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town,South Africa
t: +27 21 4235403,  f:+27 21 4232136, [email protected], www.joaoferreiragallery.com
João Ferreira Gallery presents Bridget Bæker, an expedition of works found in Switzerland 2006 – 2007. Bridget Baker continues probing, and discovers the progenitor of the Blue Collar Girl in the Swiss Alps: The Transparent Girl.

THE AVA in partnership with Spier invites you to three solo exhibitions
Date: 01 October 2007 - 19 October 2007
Venue: Association for Visual Arts, 35 Church Street, Cape Town, South Africa,                   
Phone: +27-21 424-7436, Fax: +27-21 423-2637, [email protected]
THE AVA in partnership with Spier invites you to three solo exhibitions; Jennifer Lovemore-Reed REMNANTS, RELICS AND REASONS; Karen Cronje JUST A LITTLE MORE; Rudolph Tshie RECENT WORKS

Jillian Lochner at The Everard Read Gallery
Date: 19th September – 1st October 2007
Venue: The Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
The Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town is delighted to present an exhibition by award-winning photographer Jillian Lochner. Internationally acclaimed in the advertising and fashion world, Lochner’s personal iconography is beguiling, profound and relentlessly emotive.

ART EXHIBITIONS IN GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA

Selection of works from the Sasol art collection
Date: 24 November
Venue: Sasol Limited, cnf Sturdee Avenue and Baker Street, Rosebank
The Curator and Sasol art advisors cordially invite you to an informal viweing of a selection of works from the Sasol art collection

B L I S S at Fried Contemporary
Date: 27 October  - 17 November
Venue: Fried Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, 430 Charles St, Brooklyn, Pretoria
012 3460158, [email protected], www.friedcontemporary.com
The work of the internationally acclaimed Belgian artist MARK CLOET as well as Johannesburg artists JACKI McINNES and JOHAN THOM

Digital Surrogates
Date: 11 October – 17 November
Venue: DAVID KRUT PROJECTS, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood.
Tel: 011 447 3157, [email protected] www.davidkrutpublishing.com www.davidkrut.com
Tue - Fri 09h00-17h00 Sat 09h00-16h00
Digital Surrogates opens on 11 October and concerns avatars or cyber bodies - the alter egos constructed on the internet. This show includes work by the international collaborative Eva and Franco Mattes, and South Africans Bronwyn Millar and Pippa Stalker

Joburg-Bamako a photographic encounter
Date: 19 October - 7 November
Venue: AFRONOVA, Gwigwi Mrwebi St, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
e: [email protected], w: www.afronova.com, c: +27 (0) 83 726 59 06
AFRONOVA happily invites you to Joburg-Bamako a photographic encounter by Andrew Tshabangu, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Jodi Bieber and Thando Mama

TACT@ Artspace fine art gallery. johannesburg
Date: 21 October  - 10 November
Venue: artspace fine art gallery.johannesburg, 3 hetty ave, fairland
011 678 1206 (t), 0866 498551 (f), 082 651 4702 (teresa), [email protected]
The premise for Tact was the idea of using fabric or textile as a starting point for creating fine art. It’s about the material, the palpable, and the tangible. Although based on the tangible, the range of media and approach to this exhibition creates an interesting dynamic.

Jeannette Unite at The Thompson Gallery
Date: 14 October - 3 November
Venue: The Thompson Gallery |  8 Third Avenue | Mellville
011 4829719 | [email protected] | Gallery Hours  |10:30am - 17:00pm | Tues- Sat
Jeannette Unite recent drawings, paintings and glass installations incorporating extractions from mineral explorations and mining processes.

" Pride of the Bride " at The Stewart Gallery
Date: 29th September - 20th October
Venue: The Stewart Gallery, 69 Eleventh st, Parkhurst
011 327 1384, www.stewartgallery.co.za
Exhibition of work by three Cape Town artists Marion Bartko-Mc Cabe, Angeline le Roux, Jeanne Hendricks

Seeing Red at Fried Contemporary
Date: 29 September - 20 October
Venue: Fried Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio, 430 Charles St, Brooklyn, Pretoria
012 3460158, [email protected], www.friedcontemporary.com
Pretoria artist Estie Serfontein's exhibition entitled Seeing Red, an exhibition of two-dimensional works in perspex, oil paint, rubber and digital prints.

UNISA Art Gallery New Acquisitions
Date: 12 September - 19 October
Venue: UNISA Art Gallery, Theo Van Wijk Building, 5th Level, Goldfields Entrance, UNISA Main Campus, Pretoria
tel: 012 429 6823 web: www.unisa.ac.za/gallery
Exhibition of selected new acquisitions from its permanent colection

The Teenager at Artspace Fine Art Gallery Johannesburg
Date: 20 September - 13 October
Venue: artspace fine art gallery.johannesburg, 3 hetty ave, fairland
011 678 1206 (t), 0866 498551 (f), 082 651 4702 (teresa), [email protected]
During September and October, Artspace Fine Art Gallery in Fairland, Johannesburg presents a show of drawings and photographs by Michael Smith, entitled The Teenager. This show represents a body of work the artist has been concerned with for the last year ...art exhibition press release

Afronism at AFRONOVA
Date: 14 September - 13 October
Venue: AFRONOVA, Gwigwi Mrwebi St, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
e: [email protected], w: www.afronova.com, c: +27 (0) 83 726 59 06
Afronism is an exhibition of original works by Gera Mawi Mazgabu, Samson Mnisi, Sandile Zulu , Gonçalo Mabunda, Helen Joseph, Wayne Barker, Birame Ndiaye, Karl Gietl , Bill Ainslie, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Strangelove, Joël Mpah Dooh, Léon Radegonde, Mario Benjamin , Malick Sidibé, Billie Zangewa and Petros Ghebrehiwot