Last night SAFFCA/AFSACSA WERE truly honored by the overwhelming reception of the exhibition of some chosen works from the SAFFCA Collection. People where fascinated by the wealth, the depth and the diversity of this sample of the Southern African Contemporary artistic talents. They were thrilled and filled with true enthusiasm. We wish to thank the […]
Read More… from SAFFCA Collection on exhibit at Cultural Agency of Dordogne-Perigord.
Entabeni in association with Axon Properties and SAFFCA would like to thank everyone who attended the Open Studio of Chris Soal and Minnette Vari. Since the beginning of last year, SAFFCA based on Entabeni Farm in Eastford, Knynsa has held a number of residencies for both local and international artists. This residency, in particular, was very […]
In the latest Knysna-Plett Herald, read all about all about Minnette Vári and Chris Soal’s residency at Entabeni Farm, Knynsa. If you are in Knynsa this Sunday the 29 April, join us at 16:30 for a glass of wine as they share with us their work and experience. […]
Minnette Vári: Of Darkness and of Light. 29 January – 26 March 2016 Standard Bank invitees only: open day on Friday 29 January 9am – 3pm Public Launch with walkabout: Saturday 30 January 10.30am Click to view video: Of Darkness and of Light […]
Read More… from Minnette Vári: Of Darkness and of Light (Mid-Career Survey)
The Standard Bank Gallery is pleased to present a comprehensive survey of the work of Minnette Vári, for the past 20 years one of South Africa’s leading visual artists. The title, Of Darkness and of Light, is a reflection of conceptual, emotional and visual threads that run through her oeuvre. The exhibition celebrates the ground-breaking […]
Minnette Vári was born in 1968 in Pretoria, South Africa. She now lives in Johannesburg. As Kendell Geers observes in a catalogue essay published in 2004 by Kunstmuseum Lucerne, “Minnette Vári has in her lifetime witnessed the fall of apartheid and all its structures, followed by the new democracy.” In response to this history, Vári […]
