ARTIST PROFILE
SOUTH AFRICAN ART GALLERY LISTINGS
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East London Ann Bryant Art Gallery Until 3 Apr, ABSA L’Atelier Awards Regional Exhibition; 25 Apr9 May, Anything but painting, East London Fine Art Society exhibition. 9 St Marks Road, Southernwood, East London T. 043 722 4044, annbryant@intekom.co.za
Titus Matiyane. University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Kingsway campus cnr Kingsway and Universiteits Rd, Auckland Park T. 011 559 2099/2556 Warren Siebrits Modern & Contemporary Art Until 8 May, Main Gallery Joburg Art Fair exhibition. 140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, T. 011 327 0000 www.warrensiebrits.co.za
Port Elizabeth Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum Until 5 Apr, Beyond the Documentary Photograph, Contemporary South African Photography, curated by Heidi Erdmann & Jacob Lebeko 1 Park Drive, Port Elizabeth, Tel. (041) 506 2000 www.artmuseum.co.za
Avant Car Guard Avant Car Guard are putting up a new exhibition. Mary Corrigall meets with the irreverent group and discovers that they prize freedom over convention
The Avant Car Guard (ACG) collective are not ideal candidates for an interview. For starters Zander Blom, Michael McGarry and Jan-Henri Booyens, the trio that constitute this irreverent group, are on a quest to undermine and interrogate the mechanics that drive the art world and interviewing is, after all, part of the machinery that elevates the artist, promulgating the status of the artist-genius. But it’s not just that ACG eschew the artist-genius tag and culture but they have already satirised the ubiquitous press interview in their work – long before they found themselves at the centre of attention. Titled Avant Car Guard at Home 1996 the trio are photographed seated at a table in front of microphones. Of course, a number of elements disrupt this miseen-scène; the suburban garden in the background and the date in the title; in 1996 the trio were presumably still students. It’s not that they foretold their future but rather were representing the typical artist-genius narrative in which the artist is cast as a genius in retrospect. Our interview will no doubt cement their status too but it plays out under different conditions. Held up in Pretoria Booyens is absent and taking place at an outdoor café in Joburg it doesn’t resemble the constructed or artificial process their art work references. Blom and McGarry are here to promote ACG’s up and coming solo at Whatiftheworld gallery in Cape Town but they also seem to relish the opportunity to expand on ACG’s ethos, which they say is so often adumbrated by the unruly nature of their art. “We have kind of wanted to resist becoming the art world’s entertainment. We are always referred to as quirky, rabble-rousers; very few people engage with what we are saying,” notes McGarry. The art of ACG has been compelled by a number of different ideas since they launched Volume I at Bell Roberts in December 2006. Though they found notoriety quickly with their derisive attacks on the South African art world, a period Blom terms their “bitchy phase”, their initial impetus was driven by a desire to destabilise notions of authorship. It wasn’t just a clichéd postmodern/Foucaultian compulsion; they genuinely couldn’t see themselves following the archetypal artist career path that would involve producing serious solo exhibitions every two years. “You kind of feel like you are being cheated when you get caught in that cycle. There is no space to have fun. You make a whole bunch of shit and then you have product, it gets shown and then you make more shit. There is little fun in that,” observes Blom. Experimenting in the context of a residency didn’t appeal to the trio either. “That form of art making is also really lame because it doesn’t really deliver anything. Even in a residency where you put a whole lot of people together, you will find that everyone still want to put their own stamp on what you produce. It is cool to develop one thing,” asserts Blom. ACG is like the product of an advertising or brand campaign, in which a team of people develop a powerful identity that is distinct from their own, they suggest. “There is a branding and a concept that we work towards it’s an independent thing,” says Blom. Nevertheless Blom and McGarry are quick to assert that while ACG’s identity is independent of them, its essence is tied to them; in other words if one of them had to leave the collective, ACG would cease to exist. Being part of ACG has freed them from the conven-
David Krut Projects Until 4 Apr, Hidden noise, curated by Phil Sandres, Master printer at the Robert Blackburn Workshop, and includes work by Glen Baldridge, Alex Dodge, Joseph Hart, Jason Jagel, Phil Sanders and Tatiana Simonova. Until 25 Apr, Collaborations, etchings by Deborah Bell. 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg T. 011 447 0627 www.davidkrutpublishing.com Everard Read Gallery Jhb Until 19 Apr, The Great South African Nude, paintings and sculptures by various Everard Read Artists, 6 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg T. 011 788 4805 www.everard.co.za Gallery AOP Until 15 Apr, New etchings, monotypes and watercolours by Robert Hodgins. 18 Apr-16 May, Drawings by Walter Battis. 44 Stanley Ave, Braamfontein Werf (Milpark), Tel. (011) 726 2234 www.artonpaper.co.za Gallery MOMO Until 14 Apr, The return of the man behind, Multi-disciplinary work by Rodney Place;Ransome Stanley, In touch, Solo exhibition of paintings. 26-30 Apr, Art Beijing 2009, in collaboration with IFAS and CULTURESFRANCE: The Encounters of Bamako. 16 Apr-11 May, group show. 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, Johannesburg T.011 327 3247 www.gallerymomo.com
tions that their individual expression is unable to afford them. “We can say stuff with Avant Car Guard that we can’t and don’t necessarily want to say with our own stuff and because there are three of us the blame or the authorship is diluted. It’s also a bit lame to do that stuff by yourself,” says McGarry. Working as a collective has had an impact not only on ACG’s aesthetic but their process too. “It is a fast way of working; an idea happens quickly or goes away quickly, whereas if you are working by yourself you get stuck. You learn not to be precious. And you learn to take the piss out of yourself,” observes Blom. The immediacy of their conceptual process obviously made photography an automatic choice as their primary mode of expression. Using a timer they take all their own pictures. “It makes it more difficult but it makes our art more peformative in a way,” suggests McGarry. “We prefer it to do it ourselves because we have grown used to being comfortable with just the three of us, the space between sitting and running has also created an effect,” proposes Blom. Volume III, the title of their up-and-coming Whatiftheworld exhibition, will see the trio expand their distinctive idiom into the realm of painting. “With the photographs we were always acting out some scenario, we would mimic an idea. In the painting we are not mimicking some situation we are working directly (with the subject),” says Blom. “The process is totally different; we are perhaps acting out what a normal artist does,” comments McGarry He also suggests that painting has developed the ACG aesthetic into a less figurative and one dimensional form of expression. “Volume II was very much like looking at the art world and doing one liner cell based cartoon things that are activated by the title. We only directly attacked anyone with the “Berni Seal” (in reference to Berni Searle) photograph, but this show is very much about attacking the icons, its bigger and more fun. Not as one dimensional, the paintings are more lyrical and abstract,” says McGarry. Despite their overt attempts at challenging the art world they have no desire to transform it; Blom and McGarry say they derive pleasure simply from creating satirical work. “In a micro way in terms of how we are read as individuals or what young contemporary practice is, I think that we have changed the way we see it. If we did our solo work without Avant Car Guard it would be death,” observes McGarry. Nevertheless, they don’t deny they have had an impact. “It is difficult to imagine the art world without us,” says McGarry. But it’s not a comment born from arrogance; he suggests that “anybody could have been us we ended up being us, it’s healthy and it’s a sign that the hegemony that was around has relaxed. There are a lot more younger galleries and that power dynamic that was in place is no longer there anymore and you can shit on big names and nothing really happens anymore.” • Volume III opens at Whatiftheworld Gallery in Cape Town on March 26
Gallery on the Square 1-14 April, group show, including (mis)adventure art collective, Mapula embroidery project. 32 Maude Street, Nelson Mandela Square at Sandton City, Sandton, Johanesburg. T.(011) 784 2847 www.galleryonthesquare.co.za Alliance Francaise, Johannesburg Until 2 Apr, The Gautrain Constructivism & Urbanism, exhibition by Patric de Mervelec. 17 Lower Park Drive (corner of Kerry Road),Parkview, Johannesburg. T. 011 646 1169 www.alliance.org.za Goethe Institute For Apr, Shebeen Blues, photography by Ananias Léki Dago. 119 Jan Smuts Ave, Entrance on New Port Road, Parkwood. T. 011 4423232 www.goethe.de/ins/za Goodman Gallery Until 25 Apr, Jeremy Wafer; 30 Apr - 23 May, Peter Friedl. 163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, T. 011 788 1113 www.goodman-gallery.com Kliptown Art Project From 28 Mar, Guard on Shift, Open Air Installation by Sue Pam-Grant & Xoli Norman. Battery Centre, Kliptown, Soweto. www.jozi-artlab.co.za Nirox Foundation and Goodman Gallery Until 5 Jun, Contemporary Sculpture in the Landscape, various artists, at the Cradle of Humankind. Contact the Goodman Gallery for viewing and walkabouts, by appointment only. T. 011 788 1113 www.goodman-gallery.com GordArt Gallery GordArt Gallery (main Space) Until 04 Apr, sculptural works and Found objects, Sarel Petrus and Edzard Du Plessis; 18 Apr-9 May, Debbie Cloete. GordArt Project Room (Upstairs) Until 04 Apr, Kirsten Watson, works in mixed media. 18 Apr-9 May, Stompie Selebi. Shop 1 Parkwood Mansions, 144 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, TF 011 880 5928 gordon@gordartgallery.com Graham Fine Art Gallery South African Investment Art, From the permanent collection; Auction of the Brett Kebble art collection: viewing: 16 Apr - 1 May. Shop 31, Broadacres Lifestyle Centre, Cnr. Valley & Cedar Roads Fourways, Johannesburg. T.011 465 9192 www.grahamsgallery.co.za Johannesburg Art Gallery Until 7 Jun, For Tshepo, Ten Years Later, Mphapho “Ra” Hlasane, Artist at the Nando’s Project Room #4. King George Street, Joubert Park, Johannesburg T. 011 725 3180 www.joburg.org.za Obert Contemporary at Melrosearch 1-15 Apr, Off the reservation, John Vlismas. 14 The High Street, Melrose Arch, T. 011 684 1214 www.obertcontemporary.com Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre Until 5 Apr, Pieter Van der Westhuizen, exhibition of works. Cnr. Glenhove Rd & 4th Street Houghton, East of the M1. T. 011 728 8088 Resolution Until 7 Apr, Small Worlds: Rail technology, nostalgia and South African landscape, by Wits School of the Arts Head of Digital Arts Christo Doherty. 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg T. 011 880 4054 www.resolutiongallery.com Rooke Gallery Until 01 May, The Travels of Bad, Major Solo Exhibition and publication by Zander Blom. By Appointment, The Newtown, 37 Quinn Street Newtown Johannesburg. T. 072 658 0762 www.rookegallery.co.za Standard Bank Gallery Main Gallery, 14 Apr - 23 May, Past/Present, Andrew Verster. Art & Artifact Gallery, 14 Apr - 23 May, Eduardo Villa Miniatures. Cnr. Simmonds & Frederick Streets, Johannesburg, 2001 Tel: 011 631 1889 www.standardbankgallery.co.za Seippel Gallery Mbongeni Richman Buthelezi, Cedric Nunn, Bonile Bam, Jurgen Schadeberg, Pierre Crocquet, Andrew Tshabangu. August House, 76-82 End Street, Doornfontein. T. 011 401 1421 www.seippel-gallery.com The Art Place, Gallery & Art Centre 4 Apr–2 May, All Things Bright & Beautiful, features all media by leading floral artists & painted ceramics. 144 Milner Ave,Roosevelt Park, T 011 888-9120 University of Johannesburg Arts Centre Gallery Until 15 Apr, Cities of the World, solo exibition of drawings by
02-03 May, Autumn Art Route, The artists of this quirky, creative Overberg hamlet throw open their rural studios to the public for the weekend. Visitors are invited to meander between the very individual spaces, 10am -5pm, enjoying art, craft, pastoral bliss and refreshing country hospitality. 028 3819636/083 4442613 www.baardskeerdersbosartroute.comCape Town Cape Town 34 Long Until 11 April, Tears and Castles, mixed media, Motel 7, debut solo exhibition. Until 16 May, Prehistoric idols, works by Paul du Toit. 34 Long Street, Cape Town T. 021 426 4594, www.34long.com
David Brown Fine Art Until 18 Apr, recent abstract paintings by Aurora Wolpe. 39 Keyes Ave,off Jellicoe, Rosebank, Johannesburg. T. 011 788 4435 www.davidbrownfineart.co.za
William Humphreys Art Gallery Permanent Collection Exhibition - Includes works of a variety of contemporary SA artists Civic Centre, Cullinan Crescent, Kimberley, T. 053 831 1724, www.museumsnc.co.za
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Bloemfontein Oliewenhuis Art Museum Until 08 April,Transitions, Travelling Exhibition and film, by Paul Emmanuel. 22 Apr-24 May, Decade,Highlights from 10 years of collecting from the Sanlam Art Collection. 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein T. 051 447 9609
Artspace - JHB 1-25 Apr, Justice, Just Us, Just Icing: print and mixed media solo exhibition by Philippa Levitt. Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg. T. 011 880 8802 www.artspace-jhb.co.za Brodie/Stevenson Until 25 Apr, Self/Not Self, a two-part curated exhibition that explores modes of self-representation across a range of contemporary art practices. Pieter Hugo, Lunga Kama, Anton Kannemeyer, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Serge Alain Nitegeka,Tracy Payne, Berni Searle and Lerato Shadi. 373 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg T. 011 326 0034, www.artextra.co.za
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Pretoria Alette Wessels Kunskamer Exhibition of Old Masters and selected leading contemporary artists. Maroelana Centre, Maroelana. GPS : S25º 46.748 EO28º 15.615 T. 012 346 0728 C. 084 589 0711 www.artwessels.co.za Centurion Art Gallery Art Gallery collection of works. T. 012 358 3477 www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za Fried Contemporary Art Gallery Until 11 Apr, Heart, Lianna Loubser, Tshepo Setshwidi, Marli de Weerdt, Sybran Wiechers. 18 Apr-16 May, Four women and a man, Ruhan Janse van Vuuren, Anna Gous, Jackie Schoombie, Marina Aucamp, Esme Kruger. 430 Charles Str, Brooklyn, Pretoria T. 012 346 0158 www.friedcontemporary.com Naude Modern Until 22 Apr, 180 Degrees, inaugural exhibition by Andre Naude 254a St Patrick’s Road, Muckleneuk Ridge, Pretoria, T. 012 440 2201 www.art.co.za/andrenaude Pretoria Art Museum PAM - North Gallery PAM - Henry Preiss Hall, until 19 Apr, Kilimanjaro in relation to global warming: origins of the Rift – ordered chaos to a disordered present PAM - Albert Werth Hall, until 19 Apr, Africa Rifting/ Bloodlines PAM - East Gallery, until 22 Jun, from the Museum’s Permanent Collection,Artists from Polly Street and Rorke’s Drift T.012 344 1807/8 www.art.museum@tshwane.gov.za Pretoria Association of Arts Main Gallery, Until 9 Apr, St Sebastian. Until 9 Apr, Rina Stutzer. 19 Apr-7 May, Jaco Benade & M J Lourens. 24 April to 13 May, Galerie Chaton / Black Box, Mimi van der Merwe. 173 Mackie Street, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0181, Tel. (012) 346 3100 www.artsassociationpta.co.za UNISA Art Gallery Until 08 May, Then and now, Images by 8 SA Photographers: Graeme Williams, Gisele Wulfsohn, Paul Weinberg, Eric Miller, George Hallett, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim and Cedric Nunn. Theo van Wijk Building, Goldfields entrance, 5th floor. Unisa Campus, Pretoria. T.012 429 6823 www.unisa.ac.za/gallery
KWAZULU-NATAL Durban Artisan Contemporary Until 4 Apr, Lost Girl, an exhibition of works on canvas by Victoria Verbaan 344 Florida Rd, Morningside, T. 031 312 4364 sue@artisan.co.za Art Space - DBN April: ABSA L’Atelier Regional Competition entries. Until 18 Apr, YEStoDAY, Sculpture by Gerald Baise in the Main Gallery. Shadow Dance, paintings by Greg Bauermeister in the Middle Gallery. 20 Apr-9 May, Nic Crooks 3 Millar Road, Durban. T.031 312 0793 www.artspacedurban.co.za Bank Gallery and Durban Art Gallery Imaging South Africa, Durban Art Gallery, Until 26 Apr, Stamps & Newspapers, collection projects by Siemon Allen. 23 Apr- 28 May, Situation, works by Vaughn Sadie at the Bank Gallery. Bank Gallery, Morningside, Durban T. 031 312 6911, www. bankgallery.co.za Durban Art Gallery, Second Floor, City Hall, Smith Street, Durban T. 031 300 6238 Durban Art Gallery Until 17 May, Not Alone, an international project of Make Art-Stop Aids, curated by Carol Brown and David Gere. Until Dec 2009, Pic(k) Of The DAG, South African works from the gallery’s Permanent Collection. Second Floor, City Hall, Anton Lembede Street, Durban T. 031 311 2268 Kizo Until 26 Apr, An exhibition of mixed media works by Lara Mellon, Maggie Strachan, Joan Martin, Lesley MagwoodFraser and Rene Leslie. Shop G350 Palm Boulevard Gateway Theatre of Shopping Umhlanga T. 031 566 4322 www.kizo.co.za KZNSA Gallery Until 19 Apr, Harbour, group show by various artists, curated by Brenton Maart: the expression of containment in contemporary SA Art. Until 19 Apr, All eyes in African, new works by Mbhekeni Mbili. 21 Apr-10 May, KZNSA Members professional practice course exhibition, Liam Lynch. Until 20 May, ‘Not Alone - An international project of Make Art/Stop Aids’ includes works by artists from Brazil, the USA, India and South Africa in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, photography and embroidery. 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, T. 031 2023686, www.kznsagallery.co.za Tatham Art Gallery Schreiner Gallery: Until 3 May, Zotha Shange, Rolling Ball Sculpture exhibition; Ceramics Room: Curriculum Curricula exhibition - Ceramics and Applied arts, exhibition extended. Until 10 May, Main Exhibition Room, KZN Matric Art Exhibition. Cnr. Of Chief Albert Luthuli (Commercial) Rd. and Church Street, Pietermaritzburg. T. 033 342 1804 www.tatham.org.za Shongweni Studio, Andrew Walford, Potter 10-13 Apr, Hot Pots and Hot Cross buns, Easter Exhibition by potter Andrew Walford at the Shongweni Studio, Shongweni Valley. B9, Zig Zag Farm, Shongweni T. 031 769 1363/082 794 7796 andrewwalford@telkomsa.net
MPUMALANGA Casterbridge White River Gallery Until 10 Apr, Wilma Cruise. CASTERBRIDGE Lifestyle Centre, Cnr. Numbi + R40 Hazyview White River T. 082 553 8919.
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1st Floor, Olympia Buildings, 136 Main Road Kalk Bay. T.021 788 6571 kbmodern@iafrica.com Lindy van Niekerk Art Gallery Exhibition of SA’s leading artists. 31 Kommandeur Road, Welgemoed, Belville T. 021 913 7204/5 www.artpro.co.za Kunst House Until 18 Apr, Edges - an exploration of meeting points, works by Fiona Ewan Rowett. 62 Kloof Street, Gardens, T. 021 422 1255 www.kunsthouse.co.za Michael Stevenson Contemporary Until 9 Apr, In Boksburg, David Goldblatt; Recent Prints by Claudette Schreuders. 16 Apr-30 May, Works by Penny Siopis and Nandipha Mntambo. Ground Floor, Buchanan Building, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town, T. 021 462 1500 www.michaelstevenson.com Muti Gallery 3 Vredehoek Avenue, Oranjezicht, T. 021 465 3551 mutigalery@mutifilms.co.za Rust-en-Vrede Until 30 Apr, Landscapes in oil by Brahm van Zyl. 10 Wellington Road, Durbanville. T. 021 976 4691 www.rust-en-vrede.com
3RD i Gallery Until 24 Apr, Liquid Swords: Slices of Lemon, Solo painting exhibition by Leon Botha. 95 Waterkant Street, De Waterkant. T. 021 425 2266
Salon91 Contemporary Until 20 April, Lovecity, A collection of drawings, prints and wallpaper designs by Lorenzo Nassimbeni; 22 Apr-10 May, Through the looking glass, Mixed Media paintings by Dagmar Sissolak. 91 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town 021 424 6930 www.salon91art.co.za
Alliance Française Until 20 Apr, Lomographic Itineraries, photography exhibition by Aurelie Bieswesch 155 Loop Street, Cape Town. T. 021 4235699 www.alliance.org.za
South Gallery showcasing creativity from Kwazulu-Natal; For April, Ardmore Ceramic Art. Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road Woodstock, Ground Floor. T. 021 465 4672 info@southgallery.co.za
Alex Hamiltion Art Studio 8 Apr-8 May, Afrotize, is a new series of pop art, stenciled works by Cape Town artist, Alex Hamilton. Unit B203, 2nd floor, Woodstock Industrial Centre, 66-68 Albert Road Woodstock, T. 021 447 2396 www.alexhamilton.co.za
Urban Contemporary Art Until 02 May, The exploits of the incomparable Shamila, works by Christopher Slack. 46 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town T. 021 447 4132, www.urbancontemporaryart.co.za
Art B Gallery Until 14 Apr, ABSA L’Atelier Regional Competition entries. Library Centre, Carel van Aswegen Street, Bellville T. 021 918 2301, www.artb.co.za Artist’s Gallery Until 4 Apr, solo exhibition of recent photographic images captured in the Western Cape by Michel le Sueur. 36 St George’s Street, Simonstown, T. 021 786 5952 Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Until 30 Apr, Social Pattern, Lynette Bester, Kevin Brand, Paul Cooper, Paul Edmunds, Justin Fiske, Carol-Anne Gainer, Bronwyn Lace, Fritha Langerman, Kim Lieberman, Vaughn Sadie, Fabain Saptou, Rowan Smith, Greg Streak, Cobus van Bosch Curated by Kirsty Cockerill. 35 Church Street, Cape Town, T. 021 424 7436, www.ava.co.za Atlantic Art Gallery A permanent display showcasing leading contemporary South African artists. 25 Wale Street Cape Town, T. 021 423 5775 Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery Until 11 Apr, Coming from Where I’m From, Paintings by Fahamu Pecou; 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, T. 021 465 9108 www.bell-roberts.com Cape Gallery Until 4 Apr, Shadow Boxes, an exhibition of new paintings, etchings and constructions by Judy Woodborne and ceramics by Wiebke von Bismarck. 26 Apr-16 May, New paintings in oil and etchings by Diane Johnson-Ackerman and Marilyn Southey. 60 Church Street, Cape Town, T. 021 423 5309 www.capegallery.co.za Cape Town School of Photography From 1 Apr, Nostalgia - the passing of time, Exhibition of Student work. 4th Floor, 62 Roeland Street, Cape Town, T. 021 4652152 www.ctsp.co.za Christopher MǾller Art Until 8 Apr, Three Perspectives, Group exhibition featuring Geoff Burr, Alan McKerron and David Porter. 82 Church Street, Cape Town, T. 021 439 3517 www.christophermollerart.co.za Curious, Whetstone & Frankley 01-18 Apr,Kelp, children, women and growing up: mixed media illustrations,by Colwyn Thomas 87 Station Road, Observatory www.curiouswhetstoneandfrankley.com Erdmann Contemporary /Photographers Gallery Until 18 Apr, The World Needs Me, new paintings, sculpture and photography by Norman O’Flynn. 63 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town T. 021 422 2762 www.erdmanncontemporary.co.za Everard Read Gallery - Cape Town 1-14 April, One Summer in Cape Town, recent paintings by Nick Botting. Until 1 May, New painings by Ed hodgkinson. Portswood Rd, V&A Waterfront T. 021 418 4527 www.everard-read-capetown.co.za Exposure Gallery For April, You are here, photography by Tom Buchanan. The Old Biscuit Mill, 373 Albert Road, Woodstock. T. 021 447 4124 www.exposuregallery.co.za Focus Contemporary, Fine Young Art Until 25 Apr, Cold Sweat, works by Christiaan Diedericks. 2 Long Street Cape Town, T. 021 419 8888, www.focuscontemporary.co.za Gallery F Until 30 Apr, Exhibita - New Landscapes (Photography) by Jonathan Taylor May-June, The spirit of District 6 collection, photography by Cloete Breytenbach. 221 Long Street, Cape Town, T. 021 422 5246 www.galleryf.co.za Gallery Odes For April, The Unbearable likeness of seeing; by Gordon Clark The Old Biscuit Mill, 357 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town T. 021 423 4687 www.gordonclark.co.za Gill Allderman Gallery Until 15 Apr, Art Sale, established and emerging fine artists. 278 Main Road, Kenilworth, Cape Town T. 083 556 2540 www.gillalldermangallery.co.za Goodman Gallery, Cape Until 25 Apr, Nation State, curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg. 3rd Floor, Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road Woodstock, Cape Town T. 021 462 7573/4, www.goodmangallerycape.com Hello Again 1-30 Apr, In No Particular Order, group show featuring Michaela Jansen, Dylan Jones, Bruce Mackay, Jess Olivier, Johan Truter and Michael Tymbios. 44 Bloem Street, Cape Town, T. 021 426 0242 Irma Stern Museum 22 Apr-9 May, Exodus, works by Roxandra Dardagan Britz. Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town T. 021 685 5686 www.irmastern.co.za Iziko - South African National Gallery 1 Apr-14 Jun, The Tropics, Views from the middle of the globe; Until Jul 09, Scratches on the Face. Until 10 May, Wonderland: Nontsikelelo Veleko, Standard Bank Young Artist 2008; Until end May, What We See. Voice, Image and Versioning, at the Iziko Slave Lodge; 6 Apr - 28 Jun, ‘Dis-ease’, a collection of recent video art drawn from the Rijksakademie archives, Curated by Greg Streak. Government Avenue, Company’s Garden T. The 021 467 4660, www.iziko.org.za João Ferreira Gallery 8 Apr-1 May, works by David Brown. 70 Loop Street,Cape Town, T. 021 423 5403 www.joaoferreiragallery.com Kalk Bay Modern 15 Apr-15 May,Paintings and Prints by Nicolaas Maritz.
The South African Print Gallery From 26 Apr, , Prints by Sam Nhlengethwa and Friends. 107 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, T. 021 462 6851 www.printgallery.co.za What if the World… Until 25 Apr, Volume III, Large-scale paintings, editioned works and a limited edition publication, by Avant Car Guard. First floor, 208 Albert Road Woodstock T. 021 448 1438 www.whatiftheworld.com Franschoek Gallery Grande Provence Until 15 Apr, Viewpoints, Paintings and Drawings by Louis Van Heerden. Main Road Franschoek, T. 021 876 8600 www.grandeprovence.co.za Galerie L’ Art Until 11 Apr, Diversity, Solo Art Exhibition by Johannes du Plessis. Shop no 3, The Ivy, Krugerstreet, Franschoek T. 021 876 2497 www.galart.co.za Tulbagh Kismet Kamal Gallery Until end April, 4 Women, works by Rochelle Beresford, Thea Smith, Petro Shingalala, Annette Du Plessis. Epicentre, Van der Stel/Church Street, Tulbagh, T. 023 232 0822 Knysna Knysna Art Gallery Until 17 Apr, The Knysna River Red Bridge Exhibition, oils, watercolours & mixed media, solo exhibition by Sally Bekker. The Old Gaol, Cnr. Queen & Main Str.’s, Knysna, 6570,T. 044 382 7124 www.knysnafinearts.co.za Knysna Fine Art Until Apr 10, Exhibition of works by Keith Joubert; 01-08 May, The Tattoo Show. 8 Grey Street Knysna, T.044 382 5107 www.finearts.co.za Plettenberg Bay Upper Deck Gallery From 8 Apr, exhibition featuring the work of Raymond Andrews, Sibley McAdam, Claire Denarie Soffieti, Marieke Prinsloo and local artist David Butler. The Upper Deck lifestyle centre, 3 Strand Street, Plettenberg bay. T. 044 533 6914 www.upperdeckgallery.co.za George Strydom Gallery 5-3 Apr, Nothing new: artworks on art; A Selection of South African artists, inclduing Hennie Meyer,Christina Bryer, Annette Pretorius, Jacobus Kloppers, Lien Botha, Hardy Botha, Nel Erasmus, Andries Botha , Anton Karstel, Johann Louw, Leon Vermeulen, Guy du Toit, Santu Mofokeng, Norman Catherine, William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Mary-Rose Hendrikse, Louise Linder, David Brown, Carl Roberts, Simon Stone Francine Greenblatt, Gert Swart, Kate Gottgens and Diane Victor. Marklaan Centre, 79 Market Street, George, T. 044 874 4027. www.artaffair.co.za Stellenbosch Dorp Straat Gallery Until Apr 23, Stillewe, an exhibition by Varenka Paschke and book launch by singer/writer Stef Bos. 144 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch T. 021 887 2256 www.dorpstraatgalery.co.za Red Black and White Until 09 Apr, Half-Mens/Heel-Mens, Shany Van Den Berg 18 Apr - 09 May, Brotherhood 2009 curated by Johann du Plessis. 5a Distillery Road, Bosman’s Crossing, Stellenbosch. T. 021 886 6281 www.redblackandwhite.co.za University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery Until 16 Apr, works from the film Agenda, by Marinda Du Toit. Stellenbosch University, cnr of Bird and Dorp Streets, Stellenbosch T. 021 808 3489 www.sun.ac.za/artgallery SMAC Art Gallery Until 10 May, Locations, works by Jonathan Guaitamacchi; Until 10 May, Echoes, paintings by Jake Aikman. De Wet Centre, Church Street, Stellenbosch T. 021 887 3607 www.smacgallery.com Stellenbosch Art Gallery Permanent exhibition of Conrad Theys, John Kramer, Gregoire Boonzaier, Adriaan Boshoff and other artists. 34 Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch T. 021-8878343 www.stellenboschartgallery.co.za Worldart 2-30 Apr, SOAK, works by Marlise Keith. 54 Church Street Cape Town CBD, T. 021 423 3075 www.worldart.co.za Hermanus Abalone Gallery Until 6 Apr, Works by Walter Battis, Joan Clare, Christo Coetsee, Hannes Harrs, Elzaby Laubscher, Cecil Skotnes, Pippa Skotnes, Fred Schimmel, Edoardo Villa. 8 Apr-8 May, Anthology, Lien Botha. 2 Harbour Rd, The Courtyard, Hermanus. T. 028 313 2935 www.abalonegallery.co.za