Below are images from the hanging by Jillian Ross (David Krut Print Workshop manager) of the Nose suite of thirty etchings by William Kentridge in the David Krut Bookstore, Arts On Main. The publication, Nose, will be launched on Tuesday January 26, at 18:30 at Arts On Main. The below photographs were kindly provided by [...]

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RIPPLES OF BIRD SONG
Excerpted from The Journey by Rabindranath Tagore
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The morning seas of silence broke into ripples of bird song;
And the flowers were all merry by the roadside;
And the wealth of gold was scattered through the rift of clouds
While we busily went on our way and paid no heed.
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TWILIGHT SHADOWS ACROSS
Excerpted from The Leyou Tombs [...]

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Gail Behrmann’s exhibition Journey runs at David Krut Projects from 28 November 2009 – 25 January 2010.  Behrmann has been influenced by, and benefitted from, the following books, writers and artists in both his life and his art, and has generously here given us some insight into her readings.

POETRY
The Journey by Rabindranath Tagore
The Leyou Tombs [...]

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“What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles… It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation.” – Hans Hoffmann (1880-1966), American Abstract Expressionist painter and educator.
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There is a notion that abstract painters do not like figurative or [...]

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Virginia MacKenny’s show Crossing opened on 29 October at David Krut Projects, Johannesburg. The exhbition was opened by Wits Professor and fellow artist, Jeremy Wafer and on the 31st,  MacKenny hosted a walk-about at which she spoke about her motivations, techniques and subject matter.

Crossing will run until 25 November 2009. For further information on the [...]

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David Krut Arts Resource is happy to announce that works from one of our own, Alastair Whitton, were chosen to feature at the 8th Bamako African Photography Biennale.
The theme for this years Biennale is Borders and Whitton’s work Patmos and the War at Sea series was chosen to feature amoung four other South African artists. Whitton relates [...]

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Alastair Whitton’s Patmos and the War at Sea exhibition ended its run last month at David Krut Projects, Jan Smuts and has since moved onto to two new locales, Art on Main and the Bamako Biennale. It is an exhibition that places a lot of emphasis on the viewer’s willingness to engage with the work and subject matter. [...]

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running at iArt Gallery, 2 – 28 October, 2009
text by Jacqueline Nurse, taken from iArt Exhibitions

Colbert Mashile has been heralded as a contemporary African surrealist of sorts. His imagery has developed over the years into a sophisticated language of symbols and characters that are, although often almost recognisable, drawn completely from journeys into deep imagination. [...]

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In October 2009 Alastair Whitton had a solo exhibition at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg. He also spent two full days with David Krut Print Workshop collaborator Lingo Rodriguez exploring an image for a screenprint edition. The work is titled Van Diemen’s Land: The Book of Names. Below are some photographs taken by Sean Buch [...]

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