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Exhibition Review
William Kentridge. Royal Academy of Arts, London
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1287-1289
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Reviewer:
Seligman, Isabel (Seligman, Isabel)
Subjects
artists:
Kentridge, William, b. 1955
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Drawings / Film (cinema) / Published illustrations / Sculpture / Installations (visual works)
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
South Africa
subjects:
South African / History / Colonialism / Capitalism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
William Kentridge Royal Academy of Arts, London 24th September–11th December | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Black box / Chambre noire, by William Kentridge. 2005. Animated 35 mm film transferred to video, projected front and back onto model theatre with drawings and mechanical puppets, duration 22 minutes, object 360 by 200 by 139.5 cm. (© William Kentridge; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk; courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, London; photograph David Parry; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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31. The conservationists’ ball, by William Kentridge. 1985. Charcoal, coloured pastel and gouache on paper (triptych), 198.5 by 97.5 cm (left), 198.5 by 138.5 cm (centre) and 198.5 by 97.5 cm (right). (© William Kentridge; Rupert Museum, Stellenbosch; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
32. Still from Notes towards a model opera, by William Kentridge. 2015. Three-channel HD film, duration 11 minutes 14 seconds. (© William Kentridge; courtesy the artist; exh. Royal Academy, London).
Book Review
From Memory to Marble: The Historical Frieze of the Voortrekker Monument. Volume I: The Frieze. Volume II: The Scenes
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1087-1088
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Reviewer:
Fejfer, Jane (Fejfer, Jane)
Subjects
artists:
Coetzer, W.H.
subjects:
South African / Friezes / Colonialism
works:
Voortrekker Monument
Reviewed Items
works:
From Memory to Marble: The Historical Frieze of the Voortrekker Monument By Elizabeth Rankin and Rolf Michael Schneider. Volume I: The Frieze. 508 pp. incl. 382 col. + b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2020), £136.50. ISBN 978–3–11–066878–0. Volume II: The Scenes. 646 pp. incl. 400 col. + b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin, 2020), £136.50. ISBN 978–3–11–066879–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Detail of The Battle of Blood River, 16th December 1838, from the Hall of Heroes in the Vortrekker Monument, Pretoria, designed by W.H. Coetzer and carved in the workshop of Romano Romanelli. Completed 1949. (Photograph Russell Scott).
Exhibition Review
Nina Hamnett / Lisa Brice
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 757-758
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Reviewer:
Kwartler, Talia (Kwartler, Talia)
Subjects
artists:
Hamnett, Nina / Brice, Lisa
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Charleston , Firle, Great Britain
subjects:
British art / South African
subjects:
Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Nina Hamnett / Lisa Brice Charleston, Lewes 19th May–30th August | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. The student – Madame Dolores Courtney, by Nina Hamnett. 1917. Oil on canvas, 80 by 58 cm. (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull Museums; exh. Charleston, Lewes).
Attributed works:
29. Installation view of Lisa Brice at Charleston, Lewes, 2021.
Exhibition Review
South African photography. London
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 491-492
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Reviewer:
Vaizey, Marina (Vaizey, Marina)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Photography
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Photography / Photographs / South African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Figures and Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography | institution: Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Refugees from Zimbabwe sheltering in the Central Methodist Church on Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, 22nd March 2009, by David Goldblatt. 2009. Gelatin-silver print, 47 by 58 cm. (Goodman Gallery, Cape Town/Johannesburg; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
59. The black president, from the series The parliament, by Kudzanai Chiurai. 2009. Pigment print on cotton rag paper, 150.5 by 100 cm. (Goodman Gallery, Cape Town/Johannesburg; exh. Victoria and Albert Mus­eum, London).
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60. Pieter and Maryna Vermeulen with Timana Phosiwa, from the series Messina/Musina, by Pieter Hugo. 2006. C-type print, 170 by 136 cm. (Courtesy of Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, and Yossi Milo, New York; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Publication Received
Art and Aspiration: the Randlords of South Africa and their Collections.
11/2004 | 1220 | 146
Pages: 770
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Reviewer:
Belsey, Hugh (Belsey, Hugh)
Subjects
print:
South Africa
print:
Collections
subjects:
Collecting / South African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Art and Aspiration: the Randlords of South Africa and their Collections. | author: Stevenson, Michael
Book Review
The Silversmiths and Goldsmiths of the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1850
07/1937 | 412 | 71
Pages: 57
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Reviewer:
Watts, W. W. (W. W. W.) (Watts, W. W. (W. W. W.); Watts, William W.; Watts, William Walter)
Subjects
dates:
1650-1749 / 1750-1849
places:
South Africa
subjects:
Goldsmiths / Metalwork / Silverwork / South African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Silversmiths and Goldsmiths of the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1850 | author: Morrison, Mollie N.
Book Review
The Rock Engravings of Griqualand West and Bechuanaland, South Africa
07/1934 | 376 | 65
Pages: 47-48
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Reviewer:
Beck, Egerton (Beck, Egerton; B., E.; Beck, E.)
Subjects
places:
South Africa
subjects:
Sculpture / South African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Rock Engravings of Griqualand West and Bechuanaland, South Africa | author: Wilmer, M.
Book Review
Bushman Art
11/1930 | 332 | 57
Pages: 244-245
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Reviewer:
Popovitch, Sava (Popovitch, Sava; Popovitch, S.; P., S.)
Subjects
places:
South Africa / Africa
subjects:
Prehistoric / African / South African
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bushman Art | author: Kuehn, Herbert , author: Obermaier, Hugo
Article
Bushman Paintings
03/1910 | 84 | 16
Pages: 334-338
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Author:
Fry, Roger E. (Fry, Roger E.; Fry, Roger (R. F.; R. E. F.); F., R. E.; Fry, R. E.; F., R.; F.)
Subjects
places:
Greece / South Africa
subjects:
Greek (ancient) / Paintings / Art criticism
subjects:
South African / Art / Aesthetics
subjects:
Primitivism (Cultural anthropology related concept) / Formal analysis
subjects:
Animals / Iconography
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1 drawing of a recumbent mammal (South African)
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 2 - drawing of a running mammal
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3 - drawing of mammal from the back
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 4 - drawing of a mammal
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 5 - drawing of a man running
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 6 - Outline of two horses on a Greek Vase
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 7 - drawing of a mammal
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 8 - drawing of two birds