Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg presents Narrative Means, a group exhibition of works by African artists Alfredo Jaar, Broomberg and Chanarin, David Goldblatt, Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh, Kendell Geers, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mikhael Subotzky, Misheck Masamvu, mounir fatmi, Samson Kambalu, William Kentridge and Hank Willis Thomas. The life of an artwork is a curious thing. It begins […]
The South African photographer David Goldblatt has died aged 87. The Randfontein-born artist, who began photographing in 1948, was one of South Africa’s leading documentarians of the apartheid era, capturing in stark detail life on both sides of the racial divide. ‘During those [early] years my prime concern was with values, what did we value […]
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“Art does not lie in the medium, it lies in the work itself. You can express yourself in whatever medium you like. The medium carries the work and that’s how it should be judged.”– David Goldblatt The history of contemporary photography in South Africa cannot be written or told without David Goldblatt. His professional career […]
From October 8 to November 12, 2017, The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre will present Where is Kovno? a journey piece, an evocation of a time, and a place of importance for the South African Jewish community today. Created by artists Yda Walt and Cheryly Rumbak, the work includes a soundscape by composer Phillip Miller, […]
From August 24 to September 23, 2017, Goodman Gallery Cape Town will present The Silences Between, a group exhibition featuring leading contemporary artists such as Candice Breitz, Adam Broomberg, Oliver Chanarin, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Mounir Fatmi, Kendell Geers, David Goldblatt, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Alfredo Jaar, Samson Kambalu, William Kentridge, Grada Kilomba, Paulo Nazareth and Mikhael Subotzky; […]