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Whitton off to Bamako Biennale

6th November 2009 by Sean Buch

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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Essential Korea Art: From Prehistory to the Joseon Period

This book successfully conveys a portrait of Korean graphic art in its entirety, and in doing so gives the reader a feeling for Korean culture and history not found in ordinary histories. It is both visually attractive and interesting to read. It is filled with stories about the artists and their milieu, and discusses the [...]

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Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The museum of Modern Art

This marvelous collection of photographs with accompanying texts by the revered late Museum of Modern Art photography curator John Szarkowski has long been recognized as a classic. Reissued in 1999-with new digital duotones-this volume is now available to a new generation of readers.

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Hidden in the Shadow of the Masters: The Model-Wives of Cézanne, Monet and Rodin

In this remarkable book of discovery, art historian Ruth Butler coaxes three shadowy women out of obscurity and introduces them for the first time as individuals. Through unprecedented research, Butler has been able to create portraits of Hortense Fiquet, Camille Doncieux, and Rose Beuret—the models, and later the wives, respectively, of Cézanne, Monet, and Rodin, [...]

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JAG HAPPENINGS: US, Opening at JAG

Us considers the substance of any instance were we name ourselves an Us, whether according to nation, culture, class, gender, sexuality or race. The show will be curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Njami and contains work by both local and international artists.
The substence of any Us is not fixed, rather constantly shifting, fluid and unstable. [...]

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Tracey Moffatt: Between Dreams and Reality

Making art is quite therapeutic, Tracey Moffatt once said of herself. This brief statement reveals much of the artist’s personality and above all about her manner of interpreting the artistic experience, a practice that frequently refers to her personal episodes and events. An Aborigine by birth, Tracey Moffatt grew up as a foster child in [...]

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The Lost Colours of the Chameleon

The lost colours of the Chameleon is set on the fictitious island of Bangula in the Indian Ocean – an island populated by an indigenous community that coexists uneasily with Creoles, mainly descendants of ancient Portuguese colonizers. The half-a-million inhabitants live under the twin shadows of an impending cyclone and an outbreak of the blood [...]

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Why Buildings Stand Up

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Art and the End of Apartheid

In Art and the End of Apartheid, John Peffer considers in-depth the work of black South African artists in the decades leading up to the end of apartheid in 1994. Peffer examines painting and graphic art, photography, avant-garde and performance art, and popular and protest art through artist collectives, such as the Thupelo Art Project [...]

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TAXI-014 Book Signing

Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi recently came to David Krut Publishing’s main office at 140 Jan Smuts Avenue to autograph copies of her recently published book, TAXI-014: Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi. After the signing Sebidi was interview by the television programme ARTCHA, which broadcasts on SABC2. Check back here for the date and time [...]

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