Killing the (M)other and Borderlines Goodman Gallery January 19 to February 9 While Johannesburg waits for its art scene to awaken from its summer stupor, we can look forward to what January’s forthcoming exhibitions have to offer. The Goodman sets a serious tone with its first exhibition, a two-woman exhibition by Gail Iris Neke and Nadja Daehnke. Neke’s show, Killing the (M)other, is her first solo exhibition at this gallery, having shown this body of work at the Bell-Roberts Contemporary gallery in Cape Town last year. After conducting research at rape clinics and referencing contemporary psychoanalytical texts Neke has interpreted this research using a mixed-media installation. She interrogates why men rape, rather than examining the effects of rape on the survivor, thereby examining the processes through which male vulnerability is represented by and projected on to women who are objects of desire and fear. Complementing Neke, Daehnke’s series of paintings entitled Borderlines looks at how identities are redefined and reconstructed as individuals cross over borders. She says: “These borders delineate physical space, but more importantly their function is also to determine the identity of people within and without these spaces. Borders serve to define the identity of people (such as nationality) and thereby to determine their status and privileges.” Her interest in this subject arose from an awareness of migration as a controversial shaper of society internationally and out of the impact of migration in Southern Africa specifically. The artists will lead walkabouts on January 23 and January 26 at noon. The exhibitions close on February 9. Tel: 788 1113. Kathryn Smith