Jun 12, 2014 | ARTicle
By PAUL ELLIOTT So Bruce says “hey, I’m going to see Dan Patlansky launch his new album, you wanna come?” and I’m thinking, not sure about that, I’m pretty tired of music right now, taking a bit of a break from it all, especially the mainstream South African...
Jun 9, 2014 | ARTicle
It’s always further than it looks. It’s always taller than it looks. It’s always harder than it looks. – THE THREE RULES OF MOUNTAINEERING (ANON) No sleep No sleep Another night from hell Stop delaying the inevitable Okay – on the count of three … Damned...
May 23, 2014 | ARTicle
Ben Trovato’s the hilarious misguided misogynist whose Sunday Times column thrilled and amused readers for years. Mark Verbaan is the man behind the persona, and his new book, The Memoirs Of Ben Trovato, suggests there was more to the man in the hat’s life...
May 16, 2014 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Getting punters into galleries can be a bit of a challenge. Sometimes the catalogue is narrated in intellectualese; sometimes the artists involved are wilfully obscure; and sometimes the location of the gallery or its accessibility (it’s...
May 5, 2014 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Artist Georgia Papageorge has a long history of using art to speak for subjects that cannot – often natural phenomena. Her recent exhibition, Serengeti Crossroads: The Shepherd Principle Project (which closed at the UJ Art Gallery last...
Apr 30, 2014 | ARTicle
By ALAN SWERDLOW I was blindsided the other day while walking through my local shopping mall. Not physically, I hasten to add, but verbally. You see, in the middle of one of the walkways there’s a fairly pleasant café offering light bites, toasted sarmies and...
