Alexandra Makhlouf was the first born in her family and therefore the oldest of all of the siblings and cousins. She laughs when she looks back on how her family “didn’t really know what to do with their first born”. The most practical solution for them at the time was to sit her down quietly [...]

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Artist: Alexandra Makhlouf, Title: Untitled, Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Date: 2010, Dimensions: 100 x 82mm   The ‘Visual Platform’, which will appear in every issue of DK Arts @ Jozilife, will create a platform for emerging artists to show their work to a large audience. If you would like your artwork (2D, ie. [...]

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Alexandra Makhlouf is a young artist and multiple Martienssen Award-winner who is currently in residence at David Krut Print Workshop (DKW), Parkwood. She is exploring the medium of printmaking, particularly etching and monotype, under the guidance of DKW printer Niall Bingham, as well as creating works on paper. Below are a selection of images from [...]

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The artist monotype project has commenced, and the first at our Jan Smuts Avenue print workshop was Stompie Selibe, who spent the day working with printer Niall Bingham. As part of a project of experimental collaboration, the team at DKW, as well as those working in the Project and Book spaces, are very involved in [...]

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A picture archive documenting the creation, proofing and editioning of the thirty Nose etchings, at David Krut Print Workshop by printers Jillian Ross, Niall Bingham, and Mlungisi Kongisa. ____________________________________________________________________________ INTELLIGENCE OF THE HAND The print is a collaboration between artist and printer. Each printer or print workshop under the direction of a master printer has [...]

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At a recent walkabout conducted by Diane Victor at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, I was surprised by how openly she spoke about her recent body of work.  Victor was emphatic in describing her narratives as almost always carrying an element of humour.  Her concern is that if the spirit of satire is overlooked by [...]

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Jillian Ross, David Krut Workshop’s head printer, was invited to Minneapolis, USA to give a talk at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking on April 16th. This accompanied an exhibition held at Highpoint’s gallery of 11 South African artists who have collaborated with DKW. These include: Deborah Bell, Diane Victor, William Kentridge, Rose Shakinovsky, Claire Gavronsky, [...]

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David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) is pleased to be able to show New Editions from Deborah Bell that have recently been completed in collaboration with Bell and the printmakers of DKW. The new editions and monotypes can be seen at David Krut Bookstore and David Krut Projects, both on Jan Smuts Avenue. The works previewed [...]

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David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) is pleased to be able to present New Editions from Diane Victor that have recently been completed in collaboration with Niall Bingham of DKW. The suite is titled Birth of a Nation, and can currently be seen at David Krut Projects, or featured in Victor’s exhibition, Transcend, currently running at [...]

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On the 8th to the 13th of February 2010 Deborah Bell worked with David Krut Workshop Manager, Jill Ross, at the newly established workshop at Arts On Main. Bell was the first artist to collaborate with Jill Ross in this space and ‘christened’ it by working on and creating a new series of monotypes. Monotypes [...]

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