A WALKABOUT WITH THE ARTIST SAT 18 JULY at 11am This exhibition closes 23 JULY 2009 PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER Journeys are the midwives of thought. Alain de Botton In Search of Lost Time comprises drawings, paintings, mezzotints and a series of monotypes that together track the artist’s recollection of a train journey from [...]

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It is not often that graphic design is exhibited in a gallery space, but the overwhelmingly positive response to the opening of Drawing Show at David Krut Projects (DKP) proves that design fits comfortably alongside ‘fine art’ in the canon of contemporary visual culture. The opening attracted not only interested buyers and curious eyes, but also numerous insiders from the local design industry.

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Drawing Show opened 10th September at 18H00 at DK Projects Exhibition runs 10 September – 11 October 2008 & Skill Set Book Launch – 27 September at 12H00 at DK Projects Volume One – A Primer in Graphic Design DKP has over the last year begun to introduce more and more titles related to contemporary [...]

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David Krut Publishing (DKP) is pleased to be at Design Indaba EXPO for the first time. The company aims to promote, through the TAXI Art Books and other publications on the arts, design and architecture, the work of South African artists, writers on the arts, and graphic designers. DKP’s publications have been consistently well received [...]

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A Solo Exhibition by AVANT CAR GUARD at David Krut Projects
Opens 18:30 on Thursday 3 April, 2008

AVANT CAR GUARD are Zander Blom, Jan-Henri Booyens and Michael MacGarry – a three member visual artist from Johannesburg. They have exhibited at a national and international level over the past 18 months, and have published a book on their production entitled Volume 1.

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Exhibition from the 21st February until the 29th March.

The world I paint has no future. It is a self-contained place without apparent movement. Yet on closer scrutiny, movement of a sort can be perceived. A receding pull from the past, to the past. This pull stems from the exploration of the old roads, an attempt to discover among these paths that which has been forgotten or overlooked. Strangely, when discovered, the relics that inspire my world carry with them qualities that resonate with the uncertainty we usually associate with the future; their unfamiliarity stems from their connection with a now distant world.

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26 Jan – 6 Feb 2008Mathew Brittan enjoyed a well-attended opening this last Saturday. Brittan has just returned from Spier Contemporary where his series of oil paintings, to be shown again at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in March, received wide acclaim. His work forms part of an ongoing quest, of almost religious fervour, to reinstate [...]

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Art Bank Joburg (ABJ) and David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) have just completed a printmaking workshop facilitated by project manager Brendan Copestake. Six Johannesburg-based artists were given the chance to experiment with the monotype process in the DKW studio, creating works that will be added to the ABJ’s extensive collection. A selection of these works on paper will be exhibited at David Krut Projects in a show entitled 06:08.

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Johannesburg-based artist, Mathew Brittan, has just returned from Spier Contemporary where his series of oil paintings, to be shown again at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in March, received wide acclaim. His work forms part of an ongoing quest, of almost religious fervour, to reinstate beauty as the primary focus of the arts. Fundamental to his [...]

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Defined by an astonishing amount of progress, 2007 has seen the gallery move premises from a modest bohemian space adjacent to David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) to a full-scale ‘white cube’ suitable for the calibre of projects that have now become customary at David Krut Projects. A tight schedule of shows this year has drawn [...]

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