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Shaheen Merali
On show at the AVA
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Foreskin of the week:
Peet Pienaar's, now on view
at the Brendon Bell Roberts.
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Alan Alborough
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Marc Chagall
Le cirque bleu, 1950-52 Oil on canvas
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No less than six new reviews this week - and all of them on male artists - look at shows across the country. Kathryn Smith finds that the lavish French imported exhibition of twentieth century master Marc Chagall, staged in two cities, does, after all, have relevance in contemporary South Africa, while in Stellenbosch Paul Edmunds puzzles over Alan Alborough's latest, very site specific work in an old converted church. Robin Rhode is a man behaving badly at the National Gallery, says Edmunds, who also reviews Musa Xaba at the Hanel. Eight male artists - four Brits, four locals, showing at Cape Town's AVA on the show 'Ubudoda' are given the onceover by Mgcineni Sobopha, and Sue Williamson is surprised to discover that contrary to expectations, Peet Pienaar's spinoff show at the Brendan Bell Roberts cuts a lot deeper than the already much publicised circumcision video.
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CAPE
What does it mean to be a man in today's world? Eight different takes on issues of masculinity are on view on 'Ubudoda' at the AVA.
GAUTENG
Take your pick - edgy contemporary work in a wild mix of media by Clive van den Berg at the Goodman, or the fantastical world of master painter Marc Chagall at the Standard Bank Gallery.
KWAZULU NATAL
Showing at the Natal Technikon - work by the Fine Art staff of their own institution and from the Vaal Triangle Technikon.
INTERNATIONAL
New photography shows in Oslo and Paris, 'Total Global' in Basel.
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It's an all male week, with six new reviews of work from artists ranging from Marc Chagall to Peet Pienaar.
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An obituary pays tribute to KwaZulu Natal artist Jeff Chandler, and Virginia Mackenny reports back on the International Association of Art Critics conference in London.
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Kay Hassan, winner of the 2000 Daimler/Chrysler Award for Contemporary South African Art.
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Holland South Africa Line, The Alternative Museum and lots of links.
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'The Stimulator', choose many versions of a mundane life.
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Open City Productions are hunting for a new co-ordinator for their Intern Project.
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Leora Farber objects to Sue Williamson's crit of the current show at Joao Ferreira Fine Art.
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