Archive: Issue No. 58, June 2002

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David Goldblatt

David Goldblatt
A baby in its crib in a rooming house, Hillbrow, Johannesburg, March 1973

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Jenny Gordon

Jenny Gordon
Black and white photograph from the 'Intimate Portraits' series

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CAPE

01.06.02 Excavating the past
Student review: Evoking West African, Chinese and Egyptian forms, Deborah Bell's 'Unearthed' exhibition offers a revised and reconstructed understanding of our cultural and social heritage. By Nikki Winward Cross

01.06.02 Shifts in time and space
Curated by Michael Godby, 'After Apartheid' highlights the changes in concept, technique and subject matter that have been taking place in South African documentary photography. Participant Dave Southwood reviews

01.06.02 The elusive practice of Peter Friedl
Curated by the ICA Cape Town, Peter Friedl's exhibition in Long Street appears sparse at first sight. But, Sue Williamson discovers, interrogation of his ideas proves stimulating and engaging

GAUTENG

01.06.02 Unseen - but not for long
David Goldblatt's 'Mostly Unseen' is a quirky show, but the message is clear: get in early before the pricing goes through the roof after the photographer's appearance on DocumentaII

15.05.02 A tip of the hat to Handspring
'Episodes', currently at the Gertrude Posel, not only offers fascinating insights into the arcane craft of puppetry, but guides the viewer through a significant piece of South African theatre history

15.05.02 There's life in protest art yet
Sue Williamson's 'From the Inside' project tackles South Africa's AIDS crisis head on - and proves that protest art still has a vital part to play in our evolving democracy

INTERNATIONAL

01.05.01 Caught between two cultures
The Dak/Art Biennale in Senegal exemplified the struggle of contemporary African artists to find a place in the international art world while holding onto the legacy of their cultural heritage, writes Sue Williamson
SUE WILLIAMSON'S DIARY

A trip to Senegal for the Dak/Art 2002 Biennial is fascinating but marred by poor organisation and missed opportunities for discourse on contemporary art in Africa

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