Archive: Issue No. 24, August 1999

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			Second anniversary issue: No.24 - August 1999 * Updated weekly on Tuesdays
	Prettying up for "Boogie Lights" - wall lights on Brett Murray's studio floor in preparation for the big night. See listings. A colour photograph by Mluleki Dlamini from Jan Svenungsson's workshop part of the X-scape exhibition on show at the NSA Gallery Video still from Minnette Vari's submission for the Vita Awards Exhibition "Power figure" from the Lower Congo "Africa Meets Africa" opens at the SANG Soweto by Jodi Bieber 1997 from "Lines of Sight" at the SANG Brett Murray sculpture causes furore- see News Steven Cohen in performance at the FNB Dance Indaba Video still by Alwyn Peterson See reviews		This Week's Updates: "New Signatures" Winner; Personal Concerns Reviewed; Cape Town openings: "Boogie Lights", "Babes", "Lavender Menace" and JuliaKnorr. ArtThrob's second birthday is marked with a new logo, an updated look and the introduction of a search engine designed to provide easy access to any artist, curator or exhibition ever written about on the site. Thanks to all who answered the questionnaire - Listings and News were voted the most popular features. From now on, Listings will download quicker: reviews are moving to their own section, where they will stay on site until the show closes. Your comments on these changes would be welcomed. CAPE TOWN 24.08.99 Boogie Lights at the Bijou 24.08.99 Babes at BangtheGallery 24.08.99 Lavender Menace at the AVA 10.08.99 Three new shows at the AVA Lionel Abrams at the Lipschitz * Art Jewellery at the Lipschitz "Lines of Sight" at the SANG * 10.08.99 "Africa Meets Africa" at the SANG * World Press Photos at The Castle i-Jusi at Picto-Ifas Pisces into Aquarius at the Idasa Gallery 10.08.99 Veronica de Greeff at Bang the Gallery * 17.08.99 "Prophecy 2000" at the 3rd I JOHANNESBURG Vita Awards preview 17.08.99 Kim Berman at the Goodman 17.08.99 Sasol New Signatures Art competition at the Association of Arts Pretoria Lieke Grob at the Johannesburg Civic The Paper Show at the Goodman * DURBAN 10.08.99 X-scape at the NSA James Beckett at the NSA PORT ELIZABETH "Emergence" at the King George VI Gallery INTERNATIONAL "Democracy's Images, Photography and Visual Art After Apartheid" at the Malmo Museet, Sweden [[Rewind]]Fast Forward.ZA: New work from South Africa at the Van Reekum Museum in the Netherlands "Claiming Art/Reclaiming Space: Post-Apartheid Art from South Africa" at the National Museum of African Art in Washington 24.08.99 Personal Concerns at the Market Theatre Galleries 17.08.99 Kathryn Smith reviews the Vita Arts Awards 17.08.99 Martiennsen Prize reviewed 17.08.99 Nadja Daehnke at the AVA 17.08.99 Tracey Derrick at the AVA Peet Pienaar writes about Steven Cohen and all the shows marked with an asterisk in Listings are reviewed in this issue 24.08.99 "New Signatures" Winner 17.08.99 Vita Awards review 17.08.99 Update to Brett Murray furore 17.08.99 One City Many Cultures Festival in Cape Town 17.08.99 Arts Alive Festival in Joburg 17.08.99 Millennium Project in China South African art auction surprise 17.08.99 Softserve at the SANG: Call for proposals 10.08.99 S.A. Photography Newsletter; Durban Art Gallery calls for postcard art ... and much more. Agatha Appears Willie Bester Editor: Sue Williamson Gauteng Editor: Kathryn Smith Unless otherwise noted, all editorial comment in this column is by the editor, Sue Williamson. Slides, photos, press releases and invitations for possible inclusion into this column can be sent to Sue Williamson, 4th floor, 152 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock, 7195. Photographic material will be returned if a self-addressed envelope is included. Material can also be e-mailed to artthrob@mweb.co.za.
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