FNB JoburgArtFair 2017 Catalogue Part 1

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FNB JoburgArtFair 2017 Catalogue: Part 1

Sizwe Khoza - Umduduzi- Monotype - 2017

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Background on the Skeletal Horse (Text extracted from: Triumphs and Laments by William Kentridge, from two essays by Salvatore Se s and Gabriele Guercio respec vely, and a conversa on with William Kentridge. Published in 2016 as a guide to the work).

Triumphs and Laments consists of erased graffi drawings on the banks of the Tiber River between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini in the heart of Rome. The project was commissioned by a non-profit organisa on Tevereterno and with Kris n Jones as ar s c director. The project was conceived as a performa ve projec on a decade earlier. For Kentridge, this project became about the space between the Va can and the site of the original segregated Jewish ghe o that was established during the late Renaissance in Rome from 1555 and lasted un l 1870 when the Italian army conquered Rome bringing the enlightened views of Garibaldi, Mazzini and Cavour.

In an interview with Carlos Basualdo, Kentridge reveals that: the big gap in my head was assuming the Roman ghe o was a product of the Middle Ages, and that the impulse of the Renaissance and subsequently the Enlightenment, was not part of the story of the ghe o.

I didn't know this shameful piece of history was also a product of the Renaissance. So a moment of glory for the city was also a moment of shame….

The point is that both glory and shame happen together, at the same moment. So at a certain point, I realized that this project had to be about the implica on of disaster at the moment of triumph (Kentridge 2016: 51).

The ancient Romans celebrated military triumphs with a parade. The idea of a procession in front of a representa on of a triumph began in Rome over two thousand years ago. There is a general narra ve of triumphs and laments, bookended by the heroic horse of Marcus Aurelius at the beginning of the frieze and the skeletal horse at the very end.

In the same conversa on, Kentridge talks about the autobiographical coming into the work: An image wai ng in my head … was the sculpture of Marcus Aurelius astride a horse which I had seen when I first came to Italy as a six year-old child. This image is, of course, also in all the guidebooks (Kentridge: 53) Triumphs and Laments has been described as “paradoxical monumentality”. The aim of Kentridge's Roman project is “to capture the transient: to bear witness to what is altered and dissolved over me”. It expresses “a desire to experience both the unfolding of me and me itself as unfolding” (Guercio: 135).

Kentridge's technique is carried out in sequen al steps, first from drawings made on paper (first in charcoal and then in ink) to their transla on on the traver ne walls that contain the Tiber river today, …that subtracts the dark layer le on the stone blocks by pollu on, vegeta on and micro-organisms, through washing around the cut stencils with water. According to Guercio, the figures monumental size (their triumph) is inseparable from their precarious state (their lament) since the frieze will inevitably fade away.

Title: Skeletal Horse Ar st: William Kentridge Publisher: Ar st Proof Studio Collaborators: Kim Berman and Nathi Ndlandla Printers: Pontsho Sikhosana and Nathi Ndlandla Medium: Li Ground Aqua nt etching on 100% sisal and co on Phumani handmade paper (made by Dumisani Dlamini) Mounted on raw co on cloth Image Size: 163cm(h) x 156cm (w) (sizes vary slightly) Clamshell Box (45cm x 35cm x 4cm(h) Number of plates: 20 Edi on Size: 10 (1/5 - 5/5 to APS & 6/10 - 10/10 to William Kentridge) Proofs: 7 (T/P, A/P, H/C, BAT, W/P, P/P x 2) Ink: Charbonnel F66 Black About the work The large works of Triumph of Bacchus and Skeletal Horse have been translated into monumental prints retaining some of the impetus and spirit of Rome frieze: Triumphs and Laments.

The image is drawn across 20 brass plates with a sugar-li mixture and ink. The plates are then covered with a varnish or ground and submerged in water to 'li ' the drawing through washing, leaving a nega ve image. This is aqua nted with enamel spray paint and immersed in ferric chloride- a non-toxic equivalent of acid. The paper used to print each plate is hand made from raw co on cloth and sisal fibre that is cooked, pulped and cast into lightweight sheets at the Phumani Papermill at the University of Johannesburg. The plates have been further etched and dry-pointed adding addi onal layers of tone and nuance to the images.

The prints are mounted on raw co on cloth through the etching press assuming the rough texture of the cloth. The cloth is folded in on itself using the format of a folded map that fits modestly into ones hands, denying the monumentality of a huge framed artwork. This paradox echoes what Guercio, describing the Rome frieze, called “a desire to experience both the unfolding of me and me itself as unfolding”.

The edi on is small (ten), with each piece individually hand-coloured by Kentridge using ink washes to join the folds between individual paper panels. The work folds into a hand-made clamshell box.

Mongezi Ncaphayi Right Here, Right Now Etching 75 x 69cm 2017 R9 120 00 incl. VAT

Richard Forbes Dream Time Healing Drypoint 109 x 109cm 2017 R28 500 00 incl. VAT

Alexandre Vosloo …'L' is for Lude…

Screenprint 70 x 50cm 2017 R3 420.00 Incl. VAT

Sizwe Khoza Noelani II Monotype 98.5 x 97cm 2017 R19 800.00 incl. VAT (framed)

Sizwe Khoza Umduduzi Monotype 96 x 96cm 2017 R16 000.00 Incl. VAT

Ramarutha Makoba All In Me, III Monotype 90 x 70cm 2017 R5 100.00 Incl. VAT

Ilse Pahl Woman with a Pearl Necklace Watercolour and Monotype 50 x 35cm 2017 R2 800.00 incl. VAT

Ramarutha Makoba Dreamland III Monotype 90 x 70cm 2017 R5 100.00 incl. VAT

Themba Khumalo Just the two of us II Etching 56 x 43cm 2017 R6 840.00 incl. VAT

Themba Khumalo Umthandazo II Etching 57 x 89.5cm 2017 R6 840.00 Incl. VAT

Mandlenkosi Mavengere The Catalyst Etching 70 x 46cm 2017 R3 400.00 Incl. VAT

Mario Soares Women Walks the Same Way Etching 70 x 83cm 2016 R2 900.00 Incl. VAT

Donald Makola Proud Father Etching 70 x 50cm 2017 R2 400.00 Incl. VAT

Donald Makola Proud Mother Etching 70 x 50cm 2017 R2 400.00 Incl. VAT

Nkosana Nhlapo At Some Point Mixed Medium 35 x 50cm 2017 R2 280.00 Incl. VAT

Lindo Zwane Woza Sodlala Drypoint 35 x 25cm 2017 R970.00 incl. VAT

Lindo Zwane Ngeke UngiďŹ ce Drypoint 35 x 25cm 2017 R970.00 incl. VAT

Sara-Aimee Verity Un tled VIII Watercolour, Monotype and Drypoint 35.5 x 50cm 2017 R3 800.00 Incl. VAT

Lebohang Motaung I feel Them Linocut 50 x 70cm 2017 R1 800.00 Incl. VAT

Mlungisi Mathabe Connectedness 25 x 70.5cm 2017 R4 750.00 Incl. VAT

Lebohang Motaung Moriri Linocut 100 x 70cm 2017 R2 800.00 Incl. VAT

Kelebogile Masilo Evolving I Etching 44 x 37cm 2017 R2 000.00 Incl. VAT

Precious Mahapa Hara Lehae Screenprint 75 x 39.5cm 2017 R2 280.00 Incl. VAT

Thandiwe Khumalo Missing Connec on I Lithograph and Linocut 49.5 x 33cm 2017 R1 900.00 Incl. VAT

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WHO WE ARE: Artist Proof Studio is a printmaking centre of excellence, founded in 1991 by the late Nhlanhla Xaba and Kim Berman. We specialise in printmaking through a variety of diverse partnerships with young artists, established professionals, community groups, patrons, and funders. The organisation has been active in the Newtown Cultural Precinct in Central Johannesburg for 25 years and has been one of the pioneering community art centres in the area since before its development as a cultural hub.

The Vision for Artist Proof Studio is founded on a sense of shared humanity whereby people of talent and passion can reach for excellence in art making to achieve self-sustainability.

The Mission of Artist Proof Studio is to provide an environment to develop citizens with a common set of values, expressed in the notion of Ubuntu, that have talent and passion to achieve artistic excellence. APS focuses on printmaking and its allied outreach programmes to build capacity of people to reach self-actualisation and make a difference in society.

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