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This exhibition of prints produced and published at David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) in 2006 follows on from last year’s National Arts Festival show of DKW work, 25 Years of Prints and Multiples. It includes works by David Koloane, Mary Wafer, Deborah Bell, Colbert Mashile, Alastair Whitton, Bronwen Findlay, Nelson Makamo, José Ferreira, Johan Engels, Nathaniel Stern, Trasi Henen, and Sean Slemon. David Krut Print Workshop, established in 2002, offers both established and emerging South African artists the opportunity to work with experienced printmakers. The diversity of work produced at DKW is reflected in the works and artists on the exhibition. David Koloane’s fire-and-smoke skylines can be viewed alongside Mary Wafer’s linear urban landscapes, while Colbert Mashile’s comic figurative monotypes stand in sharp contrast to the minimalist grid patterns of Alastair Whitton’s etchings. Deborah Bell’s figures, totems, and fragments of poetry are given a fresh slant with the addition of carborundum and handwork, while Nathaniel Stern’s abstract images combine digital scanning with traditional engraving. DKW has had longstanding working relationships with established artists such as Sam Nhlengethwa, Willem Boshoff, and William Kentridge, but the workshop is also invigorated by collaborations with younger artists like Trasi Henen and Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, as well as with artists who have produced substantial bodies of work in other mediums and come to DKW to work on intaglio printing or monotypes in the collaborative environment of a print workshop. Bronwen Findlay was the first artist working at DKW to complete and show a body of work in the DKW gallery. Jill Ross, DKW’s workshop manager and resident printer, is currently assisted by Mlunghisi Khongisa and Niall Bingham. Tim Foulds, who worked at DKW for three years as the master printer, now freelances but continues to originate and edition prints at the workshop. DKW is expanding its activities and offering regular introductory etching classes in order to encourage an appreciation of printmaking. David Krut Print Workshop: New Work 2006 on view until 29 July Gallery Hours 09h00-17h00, Sat 09h00-16h00
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July 6th, 2006 at 10:52 am
[...] David Krut Print Workshop: New Work 2006 Filed under:uncategorical, south african art, art and tech, art, me, re-blog tidbits, Compressionism — posted by nathaniel @ 10:52 am Preview of some prints of mine that’ll be part of a DKW box set will be up, this Saturday. Sadly, I can’t make the opening, but will be there in spirit…. From Krut site: [...]
July 28th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
One question is bound to be in any conversation shared between exhibition attendants ‘WHAT DID U THINK OF IT?’ often i struggle to provide a response because it usually takes me more than one visit to a show 4 me to be able to give my honest opinion. I attended this show with one of the participating artist and the question was indeed posed. My opinion has always mattered to Nelson (one of the artists), especially when it comes to his work. i value his opinion as much as he does mine, so i had to tel him my impression of the show. i didnt have much time to get back to him on his question because i had to be in Cape Town the following day but the show was interesting and i did make a few interesting observations. The main obsevation was more about the people attending the opening than it was about the work. At one corner there were 3 white faces fortified around one black face and at the other, 3 black faces discussing the work and some other random people wondering about. The face in the middle of the tringle was that of Sandile Zulu,who looked quite uncomfortable, desperatetly trying ot blurr the boundries between the racially devided guests, with a glass or wine. This translates to me that white artists are very stereotyped in the sense that if you have not had a taxi art book publication, a Kebbel or a large commission , they want nothing to do with u! All that was interesting to watch, as for the WORK …maybe i needed a second visit!!!!
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