William Kentridge in group print making exhibition at Cornell University

“Imprint/In Print” at the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York, presents an exhibition illustrating the history of printmaking including works by William Kentridge (8 August – 20 December 2015). […]

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Willem Boshoff discusses “His Big Druid In His Cubicle” installation and performance piece from Art Basel 2009

BIG DRUID IN HIS CUBICLE Basel Art Fair 2009 (Art Unlimited) Installation/performance Willem Boshoff residing in a cubicle for the duration of the art fair One assistant, during gallery hours, for the duration of the performance Duration of stay: 6 days and nights Cubicle: a room at least 6 X 7 metre 2 computers, 3 […]

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Boshoff elaborates on PROUD TO BE A RACIST as a Druid, empowering the disempowered

“PROUD TO BE A RACIST openly challenges the stereotype that white people who complain about the state of the economy, crime and politics in South Africa are racist. The seeds for PROUD TO BE A RACIST were sown as far back as 2004, when then President Thabo Mbeki harshly branded white commentators writing about violent […]

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Another viewing of the Druid performance / walk

  Another viewing of the Druid performance / walk can be viewed online, produced by the African Noise Foundation (collective of artists, poets and musicians), during a conference at Stellenbosch University in 2013.  The video juxtaposes a Druid walk of privileged conference participants in Slabtown Stellenbosch, at a derelect squatter camp, just 3km away from […]

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Mary Corigall writes about another of Boshoff’s Druid Installations at Smac Gallery, during Art Week Cape Town

When ‘the (art) thing’ is no longer the ‘thing’: Art Week Cape Town I can hear Willem Boshoff aka The Big Druid snoring before I see him. He’s lying on a thin mattress on the floor of the Smac Gallery, where his installation Big Druid in his Cubicle has been installed. Consisting of vintage objects […]

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Tim Leibbrandt unpacks the Willem Boshoff controversy on Artthrob

Text Type Thing: Form and Content in Willem Boshoff’s Political Text Pieces July 18, 2015 I have a big problem with art and artists• I have a big problem with authority and boundaries • I have a big problem with blacks•[…]I have a big problem with political correctness • I have a big problem with […]

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Bianca Bondi at La Villa Emerige, Paris

Bianca Bondi was selected to be one of 11 artists to participate in a group exhibition, curated by Gael Charbu, at a private foundation, called La Villa Emerige, (Paris) opening 5 November 2015. One artist from the exhibition will be selected to have a solo exhibition at Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois in 2016. http://revelations-emerige.com […]

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David Goldblatt solo exhibition in Stellenbosch

David Goldblatt’s exhibition, “In the Time of AIDS” at the Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch University (7 July – 30 November 2015). It coincided with the 3rd Conference for the Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV. […]

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David Goldblatt solo exhibition at the University of the Free State

David Goldblatt has a solo exhibition, “Structures of Dominion and Democracy” at the University of the Free State, (13 July – 7 August 2015). The exhibition forms part of the main programme of the Vrystaat Arts Festival. […]

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