Kathryn Smith
African Window (National Cultural History Museum), 149 Visagie Street, Pretoria. Gordon Froud’s Plastic by Nature, a sculptural installation of objects constructed from plastic cutlery and crockery, is currently on view. Ends May 26. Also on view are paintings and drawings of the Namibian landscape by Beeuven Gerrytz. Ends April 29. Pierneef: Master of Medium runs until July. Tel: (012) 324 6082.
Alliance Franaise, 17 Lower Park Drive (corner of Kerry Road), Parkview. Johan Meyer’s Social Sciences opens on May 7 at 6.45pm. It features paintings, technology and multipart sculptures presented as installations. Ends May 31. Tel: 646 1169.
Art on Paper, 8 Main Road, Melville. Jrgen Schadeberg’s exhibition of new colour photographs, Soweto 2001, is currently on view. Ends April 28. This is a gorgeous gallery specialising in graphics, drawings, photography and a bit of sculpture now and then. Tel: 726 2234.
Art Space, 3 Hetty Avenue, Fairland. A space that used to run from Barringtons in Blackheath now opens at the home of the curator in a brandnew building. The launch features four individual exhibitions by Hanneke Benade, Albert Redelinghuys, Cobus Haupt and Zonia NelScheffer, entitled Point of View. It opens on May 6 at 4.30pm. Ends May 31. FromMay 9, the space also hosts a nineweek seminar series on innovation and creativity by Dr Piet Muller. Tel: 678 1206.
Association of Arts Pretoria, 173 Mackie Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria. Master Czechoslovakian printmaker Vladimir Suchanek presents a collection of graphic work while Len Tempelhoff shows Seeing, a collection of ceramics and bronzes probing the spiritual aspects of existence. Ends May 3. Next up is Four by Four, an exhibition of four new works by Hanneke Benade, Ruan Hoffman, Michele Nigrini and Henk Serfontein produced especially for the show. Opens on May 6 at 6pm. Ends May 17. Tel: (012) 346 3100.
Bag Factory (Fordsburg Artists’ Studios), 10 Minnaar Street, Fordsburg. Wendy Nanan, one of the Factory’s recent residents, has extended her exhibition of sculpture produced from nylon vegetable bags until the end of April. She has also added a series of etchings entitled Cricket to the mix. Tel: 834 9181.
Bensusan Museum of Photography, MuseuMAfricA, 121 Bree Street, Newtown. Jrgen Schadeberg’s The White Fifties, an exhibition of previously unpublished blackandwhite images, is currently on view. Ends June 24. Tel: 833 5624.
Cames Institute, 720 Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique. Jos Ferreira curates the groundbreaking South: Voyages into Mutant Technologies, which features videos by 12 artists from Brazil, Angola, South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal. The show, presented in gallery and public spaces, tracks personal histories and experiences through low and hightech media. The exhibition opens on April 26 at 6pm. Tel: 09258 1 49 3892.
Camouflage Art.Culture.Politics, 140 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood. An exhibition by critically acclaimed Londonbased artist Yinka Shonibare opens here on May 4. Focusing on the Victorian era in his production, he styles himself as a Victorian dandy and inserts himself into quasihistorical tableaux, which are photographed, or creates lifesize Victorian mannequin figures with garments made from African textiles. Ends June 26. Tel: 447 5461.
Gencor Gallery, Rand Afrikaans University, corner of Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park. Opening on May 9 at 7pm is Two Days in the Life of the Old District Six, a collection of photographs by wellknown photographer John Brett Cohen. Ends May 30. Willem Boshoff’s “millennial sculpture” Kring van Kennis is a permanent installation near the university’s maincampus entrance. Tel: 489 2608.
Gertrude Posel Gallery, ground floor, Senate House, University of the Witwatersrand, Jorissen Street, Braamfontein. Material Matters: Appliques by the Weya Women of Zimbabwe and Needlework of South African Collectives, curated by Brenda Schmahmann, is a feast of magical needlework, accompanied by a book edited by the curator. Ends May 22. Tel: 717 1363.
Goodman Gallery, 163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood. Lyndi Sales debuts here with magical lightbox assemblages under the collective title of Ancestral Journeys, and Alan Crump shows utterly superb recent watercolours. Ends May 12. Tel: 788 1113.
The Kempton Park Fine Arts Award 2001 is seeking entries. There are no age limits and no size restrictions, but a fee of R40 is payable per entry. Works can be submitted at the Coen Scholtz Recreation Centre between June 5 and 7. For more information, contact Micha Birch on Tel: 391 4007.
Manor Gallery, Watercolour Society of South Africa, Norscot Manor Centre, Penguin Drive, Fourways. African Treasures features work by Robert Domijan, Hannes du Plessis, Brenda Greyling, Wim Kosch, Isabel le Roux, Bert Lewingtin, Billy Molokeng and Ulrich Schwaneke. Ends June 8. Website: www.wssa.org.za. Tel: 465 7934.
Michaelis Art Library, Johannesburg Public Library, Library Gardens. Vision and the Written Word comprises a selection of paintings by aspiring artist/poet Tim Begg, focusing on Christianbased metaphysical themes. Recitals of his poetry will be held periodically. Ends April 30. Tel: 836 6165.
Millennium Gallery, 75 George Storrar Drive, Groenkloof, Pretoria. Cheryl Gage presents a collection of paintings entitled Hidden Agenda. Ends April 30. Tel: (012) 460 8217.
Open Window Art Gallery, 410 Rigel Avenue, Erasmusrand, Pretoria. Adriette Myburgh and Daniel Mosako present a twoperson exhibition, entitled People and Places, until April 28. Next up is Middleclass by Arno Morland, opening on May 2 at 7pm with a performance by Amanda Strydom. It’s a collection of eerily sparse “domestic landscape” paintings in muted tones that take the soporific disposition of the middle class to task. Ends May 19. Tel: (012) 347 1740.
Spark!, 10 Louis Road, Orchards. The first postrenovation exhibition, featuring mixedmedia work by Martin Roemer and Leonore Roux, is on view. Ends April 29. During May, Teba Bank in conjunction with the gallery will host a craft, art and design show entitled HomeGrown. Designers and makers from the fashion, ceramic, homeware, jewellery, furniture, textile, industrial design and other fields are invited to submit works (or concepts) for consideration to the gallery in the week ending April 29. Tel: 622 8297.
Standard Bank Gallery, corner Simmonds and Frederick Streets, Johannesburg. The winner of last year’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award, Alan Alborough, brings his acclaimed solo touring show to Johannesburg. It’s a mustsee. Also on downstairs is a tribute to berceramicist Bonnie Ntshalintshali. Ends May 26. Tel: 636 4231.
Tandoor, 26 Rockey Street, Yeoville. Celebrated SwissBrazilian artist collaborative Dias and Riedweg shows My Name on Your Lips, a video projection installed cinemascale, on the roof of this popular nightspot. The screening takes place on Thursday May 3 from 9pm with music by Admiral, Appleseed and JKulcha. This is a onenightonly event. Don’t miss it for anything. More information: Tel: 082 773 7033.
Tina Skukan Gallery, Plot 6, Koedoeberg Road, Faerie Glen, Pretoria. Tertia du Toit’s Soen My Lemoene is a collection of painterly ruminations on the contemporary Eve. The exhibition runs until Thursday May 3. Tel: (012) 991 1733.
Unisa Gallery, fifth floor, Bblock, Theo van Wijk building, Unisa main campus. The gallery shows new acquisitions, selected graphic works by female artists from the permanent collection and artefacts from Unisa’s archaeology and anthropology collections that employ skin, fur, wood and natural fibres. Until May 30. Tel: (012) 429 6255.