Bruce Backhouse – Karoo Horizons VII (2011) Thematic Background Bruce Backhouse returned after a few years absence  to the DKW Parkwood workshop for a 5 day monotype workshop The artist’s  artwork mainly involves the South African landscape, although he frequently deviates from the theme by introducing “figural satires” into the landscape. For the 2011 workshop [...]

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Maja Maljević‘s art will be on show at David Krut Projects from February 2011. Her solo exhibition, Bubble and Leak, will consist of a series of large oil paintings and selected prints. Maljević first participated in a workshop at DKW in 2007 and since then has created several bodies of work with the DKW printers. In [...]

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This collaborative print, History of Art, is based on William Kentridge, Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky’s views of the history of art as they sat in Kentridge’s studio one afternoon.  The camera in the centre of the image comes from one that was also in the studio at the time. They sat and discussed who [...]

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David Krut Projects promotes the print workshop, and publishing by it’s associates in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The two DKW Print Workshops in Parkwood and Arts on Main, Johannesburg respectively, are managed by Jillian Ross. We also work with Phil Sanders of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (RBPMW), and South African artist Deborah Bell and Diane Victor worked [...]

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Thematic Background Cruise  presented a body of drawings, focusing on animals as the subjects (loosely drawing upon Alice in Wonderland) She expressed the desire to depict these animals as ephemeral beings The objective she set out for this body of work was to challenge the empirical position that humanity imposes onto animals Cruise expressed a [...]

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An interview with artist Stompie Selibe at DKW Parkwood during a monotype printing session with printer Niall Bingham. Camera: Ben Schellpfeffer Editor: Liesl van Wyk © TAXI Art Films and David Krut Publishing

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    The Shadowclub (band) frontman, Jacques Moolman (ex-Airship Orange), has created four different series of music-inspired linocut prints. DKW printer and local music enthusiast, Niall Bingham worked with Moolman, printing and editioning each series at the workshop on Jan Smuts. For Moolman, it was the first time working in a professional print workshop and he [...]

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As part of DK Arts’ ongoing commitment to education and promoting careers in the arts, Niall Bingham, printer at DKW, conducted a monotype demonstration for learners of the American International School of Johannesburg. On Tuesday 2 November 2010, Gisèle Thijs brought her high school art learners to DKW Parkwood to introduce them to their forthcoming [...]

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David Krut interviews Alexandra Makhlouf about themes and techniques in her work, and her time as artist in residence at DKW Parkwood. Camera: Ben Schellpfeffer Editor: Liesl van Wyk © TAXI Art Films and David Krut Publishing

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An interview with artist Frederick Clarke about his art, and his exploration of printmaking, as he works in DKW Parkwood with printer Mlungisi Kongisa. Camera: Ben Schellpfeffer Editor: Liesl van Wyk © TAXI Art Films and David Krut Publishing

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