No.25 September 1999 * Updated weekly on Tuesdays | |||||
Claudette Schreuders The Hero 1994 Wood, paint, leather UCT Collection
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This Week's Updates:
Listings: "Liberated Voices" opens in New York; Cape Town Festival update; Art Night; Launch of the Month of Photography; Reviews: "Conflux" in Luxembourg; "Wedge" at the NSA; Patrick Mautloa at the Goodman; Mark Coetzee at the Market News: Festival roundup; Editor's New York journal Next month marks the second anniversary of the opening of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale. The event was so well regarded internationally, director Okwui Enwezor was appointed director of the world's most important exhibition of contemporary art, the 11th Documenta, to take place in 2002. But will there ever be another Johannesburg Biennale? Should there be? Was the last Biennale a stunning assemblage of contemporary art, a feast of ideas and an inspiration for locals and foreign visitors alike, or a waste of money better spent on basics like housing? October ArtThrob will feature views on the subject by a number of experts - and readers. So please let us know what you think.
CAPE TOWN
Three women artists - Jean Brundrit, Veronique Malherbe and Tracy Gander present work that gives very different readings of what it means to be female.
STELLENBOSCH
Sandra Kriel, winner of the last ever Cape Town Triennial (1991) shows at the US Museum.
JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA
"New Signatures" closes and "Present Continuous" opens.
DURBAN
"Wedge" - the Wits Fine Art lecturers - at the NSA.
PORT ELIZABETH
"Emergence" - an overview of 25 years of the country's art.
INTERNATIONAL
"Towards Transit" opens in Zürich.
Critics write on the best of the new show. Siemon Allen reviews 'Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space' in Washington, and Sue Williamson reviews three Cape Town shows.
21.09.99 Festival roundup
A free space for art related information.
14.09.99 On(e)line in Amsterdam update
New websites reviewed - and lists of links
Viewers email ArtThrob
Access to old ArtThrobs - and a new search machine
Editor: Sue Williamson Gauteng Editor: Kathryn Smith
Unless otherwise noted, all editorial comment in this column is by the editor, Sue Williamson.
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