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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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Extracts from an interview with Virginia MacKenny by Sam Alex

Sam Alex
In the exhibition ‘Crossing’ there is an image that recurs – that of a plane which appears to be sitting on water with passengers on its wings. Is that a fictive image?
Virginia Mackenny
No, very few of my images are fictive. Most of them [...]

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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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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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David Krut Projects is delighted to present Virginia MacKenny—Crossing
29 October
18h00 for 18h30
The exhibition will be opened by Prof. Jeremy Wafer
The works in this exhibition invite unusual visual associations across their rich terrain, making surprising connections between high-end technology and the makeshift.
Dominated by colour fields of blue, the paintings offer a fluid terrain on which large [...]

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INTO THE SPINE
Maja Maljevic
7 May – 13 June 2009

Maja Maljevic’s latest series of prints and paintings are on view at David Krut Projects from 7 May until 13 June. In this body of work we are introduced to a world of subtle transformations, peopled by strange creatures. Moving fluidly between figuration and abstraction, and [...]

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Maja Maljevic’s exhibition of prints and paintings, entitled Into the Spine, opened at David Krut Projects on 7 May 2009. Below are selected images of the exhibition.
 
 
  The exhibition will conclude on 13 June 2009

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Exhibition runs 19 March – 25 April 2009

Opening: Thursday, 19 March at 6:30pm

In her most recent collaborations with Jillian Ross, workshop manager of David Krut Print Workshop (DKW), Jack Shirreff at 107 Workshop in Wiltshire, UK and New York master printer Phil Sanders, Deborah Bell has created several prints that combine etching and drypoint, and continue [...]

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5 February – 16 March 2009
A curated exhibition of works on paper that contemplate the external, natural world from a set of aesthetic dimensions. Bringing nature and culture into alliance, these works explore the natural and cultural with wit and sensitive observation. From the raised surface of the etched line to thoughtful use of colour, [...]

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Angela Skosana got up at 3.30 in the morning to travel from her home and studio in Bronkhorstspruit to David Krut Projects (DKP) to show DKP gallery director Lucy Rayner her unique canvas paintings.
 
Angela and her daughter Bongi collaborate on each painting at their JB Ndebele Art Studio. The canvases depict traditional Ndebele designs, [...]

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