[7.09.08] Rowan Smith at Whatiftheworld / Gallery
Katharine Jacobs reviews Rowan Smith's 'Future Shock Lost' finding Smith's obsolete technology rather 'like treasured grandparents who have been moved to the old-age home, they engage outside of society's hustle and bustle in a kind of endless occupational therapy; while they speak rosy-eyed of their youth and former promise.'
STUDENT REVIEWS
[7.09.08] Cuny Janssen at João Ferreira
Student Maria Baumann reviews Cuny Janssen's 'There's something in the Air in Prince Albert' at João Ferreira.
[7.09.08] The State of the Nation's (young) Art
Jacki McInnes sets aside the rumbling and gripes that inevitably attend art competitions in South Africa and tracks some parallels in two different and diverse competition exhibitions held in Johannesburg recently - the MTN New Contemporaries and the Wits Martienssen Awards.
[13.09.08] Taylor Rain is Dirty Girl in Velvet Aryan Kaganof at the KZNSA
Peter Machen reviews Aryan Kaganof's exhibition at KZNSA. He suggests that the 'output is conceptually lightweight, dressed up in edge and accessorised with a specific brand of gothic that came only from 1980s South Africa'.
[7.09.08] Dee Donaldson, Grace Kotze, anet norval and Janet Solomon at artSPACE Durban
Carol brown reviews 'Formation' a show at artSPACE Durban by painters Janet Solomon, anet norval, Dee Donaldson and Grace Kotze, curated by Kotze. She describes the undertaking as an 'open-ended exploration [that] has been a brave one where the four artists have exhibited an openness and a generosity in bringing their deeply personal experiences into a public arena'.
[7.09.08] The New Spell - An Exhibition of Contemporary South Africa Art
A belated yet important posting of a review by Sean Slemon features in our International Reviews. Slemon considers the first curatorial of David Krut Projects' Lucy Rayner, entitled 'The New Spell', and finds a subtle and significant show.
