Archive: Issue No. 71, July 2003

16.07.03 A pathological striptease: Lynne Lomofsky at the AVA
Lynne Lomofsky's recent show 'Body of Evidence' was emotionally bracing, writes Lloyd Pollak, and filled with excoriating black humour.

01.07.03 Ledochowski's world of ephemeral cultural expressions
For 25 years, photographer Chris Ledochowski has documented township life. Lloyd Pollak reviews this body of work.

01.07.03 Jane Alexander at the SANG
Student review: Jane Alexander creates complex and multi-layered realities, using a combination of force and subtlety, writes Kerryn Greenberg.

01.07.03 Redefining Our Notion of African Art
'Contact Zones', the recent inaugural show at Michael Stevenson Contemporary, traced how European and African traditions of representation rubbed off upon each other.

01.06.03 Alan Alborough at the Sasol Art Museum
Alan Alborough's new installation sits on the cusp between the currency of an idea and the physical experience of its manifestation, writes Paul Edmunds.

16.07.03 Tracey Rose at the Gallery-in-the-Round, Grahamstown
Paul Edmunds almost misses Tracey Rose's complex work steeped in art-historical references, 'Ciao Bella'.

16.07.03 Berni Searle at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Berni Searle's recent exhibition at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival vindicates her title Standard Bank Young Artist of 2003, writes Virginia MacKenny.

16.07.03 'Homing in' at the National Arts Festival
The Mail & Guardian Arts Editor Matthew Krouse homes in on 'Homing in' at the Festival in Grahamstown

16.07.03 No Homilies - 'Homing In' at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown
Mark Hipper describes 'Homing in', a show curated by Virginia MacKenny and Paul Edmunds, a timely and courageous look at our thoughts and experiences of home.

16.07.03 Joanne Bloch, Langa Magwa and Mark Hipper at the National Arts Festival
Virginia MacKenny reviews works by Joanne Bloch and Langa Magwa at the recent National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, as well as a show by Mark Hipper.

16.07.03 Two Shows About Contemporary Black Art Practice
Two exhibitions by artists Bongi Bhengu and David Koloane intrigued the writer Véronique Tadjo - she explains why.

16.07.03 Johannesburg gallery roundup
Sean O'Toole offers a roundup of Johannesburg's various exhibition spaces, visiting PhotoZA, the JAG's X-Gallery, the Unknown Gallery, the Bag Factory as well as the new constitutional court.

01.07.03 David Koloane's 'Rituals'
David Koloane's recent show at the Goodman Gallery tracks his development as an artist now at the forefront of defining African postmodernism, writes Brenton Maart.

01.06.03 Serious Play: the trinity session at work
The undeniable seriousness with which the trinity session play should be seen as a potent new model of communication, comments David Brodie.

18.06.03 'Sleepers (sightlines)' - Virginia MacKenny at the NSA
'Sleepers (sightlines)', an installation of paintings conceived by Virginia MacKenny as a single work, has Greg Streak meditating on his place in the cosmos and reflecting on the continuing power of painting.

18.06.03 'Phonosynthesizer' - a sound installation by James Webb at the NSA
James Webb's sound installation 'Phonosynthesizer' surprises critic Virginia MacKenny. She describes its combination of technology and the organic as curiously soothing.

16.07.03 'Fault Lines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes'
Sue Williamson on the African show in Venice

01.07.03 The Venice Biennale Part 1: The pavilions of the Giardini
The Venice Biennale still provides an incomparable feast for the art lover, finds Sue Williamson, in the first section of a two part review.