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WORKS BY ADRIAN KOHLER
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Adrian Kohler
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o-founder and Ar s c Director of Handspring Puppet Company, Adrian Kohler is considered to be one of the world's leading masters of his medium. His mother was a though ul amateur puppeteer, who with his father, as yacht builder and cabinetmaker, gave him a firm grounding in woodwork and the crea on of moving figures. A BA Fine Art at the University of Cape Town followed. Photo: www.handspringpuppet.co.za
He then spent two years at The Space Theatre – the city's only non-racial venue at the me and another in Birmingham U.K. at the Canon Hill Arts Centre and Weld Community Arts Centre. Kohler then moved to Botswana to run the Na onal Popular Theatre Programme for three years. His puppets for Handspring have been widely acclaimed and exhibited. He has had a solo retrospec ve at the Na onal Gallery in South Africa, and groups of his works have been shown at The Barbican Art Gallery, London and The Museum for African Art, New York. His puppets and prints are held in several public collec ons: the Cons tu onal Court, the Old Mutual Art Collec on and the Wits Art Museum in South Africa, the Munich Stadtmuseum in Germany, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Kohler received the Michaelis Prize [1974], a life me achievement award from Tshwane University [2006] and an honorary doctorate of literature UCT [2012] as well as the Evening Standard Award [2007] Lawrence Olivier Award [2008] Special Tony Award [2011] and the first Naledi Wold Impact Award [2014].
Adrian Kohler Aunty Be y Linocut 185.5x81.5cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Johnston Linocut 185x81cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Helen Linocut 185x81cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Ulysses Linocut 185x81cm 2016
Adrian Kohler Penelope Linocut 185x81cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Bamako I Audi on Etching 75x75cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Bamako II Audi on Etching 76x57cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Joey and Topthorn Lithograph on handmade paper 76x96cm 2014
Adrian Kohler Gombe Tanzania Lithograph 53x63.5cm 2015
Adrian Kohler Joey & Topthorn(Small) Photopolymer Gravure 17cmx 25cm
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WORKS BY BASIL JONES
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Basil Jones
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Photo: www.handspringpuppet.co.za
asil Jones is co-founder and Execu ve Producer of Handspring Puppet Company. Jones completed his BFA at UCT where he met future life-partner, Adrian Kohler. In 1990, Jones and Kohler set up a not for proďŹ t NGO called Handspring Trust for Puppetry Arts, which produced the award winning Spider's Place, a mul -media educa on series aimed at young learners from disadvantaged backgrounds.
They set up the Handspring Awards for Puppetry, which recognises puppet design, direc on and performance in South Africa. The Handspring Trust for Puppetry Arts is involved in various projects in urban township and rural areas, using puppetry to educate and empower youth and bring communi es together through parades and performances. Jones has developed a range of screenprint and mixed-media prints at Ar st Proof Studio derived from technical drawings of the puppets from the War Horse. Par al sales from the print collabora ons support the development of a stadium in Barrydale in the Karoo, which was built through the Handspring Puppet Trust for Puppetry Arts.
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Basil Jones Tondo I Silk Screen 70x70cm 2015
Basil Jones Tondo II Silk Screen 70x70cm 2015
Basil Jones Karoo Twilight Linocut, Silkscreen and Chine cole 195x108cm 2015
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