CONTENTS

Cover: Richard Templeton Smith

10. M.O.L 38

THE SUBMERGED SUNRISE OF WONDER Ashraf Jamal Column

16. TAF23 Turbine Art Fair in its Second Decade

20. UNVEILING THE SYMPHONY OF PERFORMANCE An Expanded Artistic Tapestry

23. ON THE MINES: DAVID GOLDBLATT The Great Chronicler and Documenter of South Africa

LEARNING THROUGH ART

The Museum as Classroom

38. BESPOKE ART AT SOLO STUDIOS Intimate Art Encounters Returns to the Riebeek Valley

44. BUHLEBEZWE SIWANI’S “IYEZA” Artistic Gestures Towards Healing

50. APS IN THE FOREFRONT OF PRINTMAKING EDUCATION Growth and Opportunity Moving Ahead

56. ART IN THE HEART OF THE KAROO Prince Albert Open Studios

62. VULEKA COMPETITION TURNS 60 The Oldest Continuous Art Competition in Southern Africa

66. HERMANUS FYNARTS FESTIVAL 2023 A Fusion of Arts Festival and Winter School

74. AN ENDLESS NIGHT A Showcase For The Country’s Creative Achievements

BUSINESS ART

Fine Art Auction highlights

ARTGO

Current & Upcoming Exhibition Highlights

Artwork: Mary Sibande

Itgives me enormous pleasure to present to you the new JuneJuly copy of the Art Times. This edition starts a new trend that we wanted to start some time back of printing every two months, this decision we felt had definite advantages to it. These advantages include that our clients would have 2 months to get the best of the month before an upcoming exhibition to publish. In the social media and publishing world a month goes too quickly and two months would mean a quality breathing space. In addition to this merging the magazine into 2 months into one edition would give us more time to greatly extend our online, social media, and newsletter platforms.

In this edition of the Art Times, we are headed for a treat of great SA Art from all over the country. The Turbine Art Fair is back in full force and looks to me like a smashing event, to fly to if you are not lucky enough to live in or travel to Johannesburg.

In the Cape we have the Hermanus FynArts, Prince Albert Open Studios, and Riebeek Valley’s Solo Studios coming up. All events have done and evolved remarkably well in putting their towns on the cultural and quality of life map.

The Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg is doing incredible things and I always enjoy going to their website to see the latest work by young and dynamic artists. In roughly the same area be sure to read Oliewenhuis’s article about Art and Education.

The GFI Gallery is hosting earlier works by David Goldblatt entitled ‘On the Mine’s curated by Karel Nel, which is a statement in itself about how South African artist’s work can go on to inspire, record and warn against to perils of inequality. ArtB Vuleka Award is the oldest award to date in South Africa and is a great way to launch a young artist’s career. The money is still largely put up by Conrad Theys, who as a youngster between him and his wife had bittermin and made his name and income from art, it is a truly inspiring story and a tribute to a kind man who makes beautiful work.

When looking through the magazine feel aware that there have been so many people in the arts that are passionate about what they do in the community as in its promotion, education, making, and selling. For the most part, art is a calling, a means of expressing who we are, our attitudes and views on life, society, and who we are now. The beautiful thing about it is that the more honest one is about one’s work, the richer and stronger it is, both to yourself and to the viewer. In this day and age of chaos, AI, and corruption, it’s good to know that there are those who strive to celebrate, heal and enquire about who we are, here and now.

Once again I would like to thank our advertisers and sponsors, artists and writers for their special contribution to this magazine, we salute you. Thanks!

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20-29 July 2023

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