Robyn Sassen reviews <i>Bar Flies</i>, now on stage at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.
The body is a brutalised landscape in a new exhibition of South African and Danish art, writes Robyn Sassen. From home we have Willem Boshoff, Kendell Geers and Karel Nel. From Denmark there are Claus Carstensen, Torben Christensen, Eva Koch and Marco Evaristti. Bloom offers ties to both places.
It all began with a perceived need for an art advisory facility in Johannesburg. Humble beginnings matured to realise a gallery called The Premises, 150m2 and 4,5m high, writes Robyn Sassen.
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/ 20 February 2004
The history of South African art has been chequered over the years, coloured by discrimination. Consequently, many significant chapters in its evolution fell through the cracks in documentation and serious awareness. Robyn Sassen revisits the chapter on Rorke’s Drift.
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/ 6 November 2002
The current exhibition of the works of European master Joan Miro exposes an artist striving to relate to African aesthetics writes Robyn Sassen.
Artist Steven Cohen and partner Elu are known for their grotesque performances that confront everything from coprophilia to religious identity, write Robyn Sassen and Matthew Krouse.
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/ 24 October 2001
After its pre-opening teasers, the Joubert Park Public Art Project 2001 (JPP) is finally open, writes Robyn Sassen.