Jo'burg art pick: September 30 2011

Serious artist Clive van den Berg explores new and familiar terrains in Soundings, in Passage, a solo exhibition of recent work.

Characteristically he is not bound by medium, presenting monoprints and paintings as well as a large-scale sculpture.

Many of these works—both physically and conceptually—are the result of time spent in the United States, where Van den Berg was awarded a Smithsonian Artist Research fellowship. He also worked at the LeRoy Neimen Centre for Print Studies while on a residency at Columbia University in New York City.

In the catalogue Clive van den Berg: Unlearning the Grounds of Art, published by Goodman Gallery on the occasion of Soundings, in Passage, Rosalind C Morris explains that Van den Berg’s work is “primarily concerned with the earth, the underground and the landscape of a landlocked city, Johannesburg.”

Goodman Gallery, 163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg. From October 1 to 29. Tel: 011 788 1113. Website: www.goodman-gallery.com.