South African National Gallery
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SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GALLERY
South Africa's premier art museum houses collections of Southern African
and international art. Exhibitions of painting, works on paper,
photography, sculpture, beadwork and textiles are regularly mounted to
provide insights into the extraordinary range of aesthetic production
in this country and further afield.
Physical address: Government Avenue, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
Postal address: Box 2420, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Tel: + 27 (21) 465 1628
Fax: + 27 (21) 451 607
e-mail: sat...@mweb.co.za
internet: http://www.mweb.co.za/ctonline/museums
EXHIBITONS DIAR
Ceremony, Identity and Community/Isintu
A south-south dialogue
Time: opens 21 March
The exhibition is the result of an exchange between Adelaide (Australia)
and Cape Town. The project seeks to create a dialogue between
indigenous persons of Australia and black South Africans around issues
of ceremony, identity and community.
The Australian section is subtitled "Australian indigenous artists
explore the role of new social forms and frameworks in supporting the
community and nurturing the spirit" and consists of an exhibition of 39
works by 16 Aboriginal Australian artists, a video programme and an
educational programme in which the Australian artists will participate.
The South African section, entitled "Isintu" consists of works by 6
South African artists. They are Bernadette Searle from Cape Town, Usha
Prajapant from Pretoria, Nati Khanyile from Durban, Ayanda Mje from Port
Elizabeth, Ezekial Budeli and Sandile Zulu both from Johannesburg.
The word Isintu stems from an Nguni root and can be interpreted as a
collective African perspective on life.
The exhibition therefore explores cultural identity and issues relating
to the contested terms of "blackness" and "indigenous" in South Africa.
South Africa the Structure of Things Then
Photographs by David Golblatt
Time: opens 17 March until 20 June
This exhibition is the culmination of fifteen years of photography,
research and writing by acclaimed photographer David Golblatt. The first
South African artist to be honoured with a solo exhibition at the Museum
of Modern Art in New York, Golblatt examines the relationship between
built structures and the forces that shaped our society from 1652 -
1990; a period he refers to as that of Baasskap or White domination. He
creates an illuminating, thought provoking and deeply moving portrait of
South Africa's physical and metaphorical landscape.
The Davis Presentation
Time: ongoing
This exhibition showcases the collection of works donated to the South
African National Gallery in the 1930's by the mining magnate, Sir Edmund
Davis. It reflects his very Edwardian taste in elegant and stylish
figurative work. The Davis presentation, while small, forms an important
nucleus of the British art collections of the SANG. This exhibition is
augmented by the addition of works from our Permanent Collection by some
specific artists that Davis favoured, collected and supported. These
include Charles Shannon, Sir Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederich
Watts.
Mute Testimonies
Objects in the Press of History: Confessing the Past and Re-shaping
Memory
Time: ongoing
This exhibition features a range of works from the SANG Permanent
Collection, which represent some aspect of recent South African history.
The selection attempts to reflect upon some germane themes: the conquest
of the land, its people and resources, the exploitation of mineral
wealth, the struggle against oppression, the victory, and the quest for
the holy grail of truth and reconciliation. The works are extremely
varied, expressing the diversity of historical and cultural perspectives
that make up contemporary South Africa.
Zabuya Emadlelweni - The Cattle are Coming Home
Time: until mid-April
The title of this exhibition comes from a Zulu proverb, a Northern Nguni
language richly endowed with references to cattle. The exhibition
focuses on the significance of cattle in our history, culture and above
all, visual art. On show are exquisite examples of beadwork, delicately
carved bone and horn snuff-containers, paintings with pastoral themes
and works by contemporary artists who concern themselves with current
land issues and restitution claims.
Open: Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 to 17.00
Closed: Mondays and Worker's Day
Admission: Free, except for events with advertised entrance fees.
Reference Library: Open Tuesday to Friday 8.30 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
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