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Palimpses is ’n splinternuwe multimedia- en driedimensionele groepuitstalling waar woord, spesifiek digkuns, en beeld in gesprek tree. Dié uitstalling deur digters en skilders open op Sondag 4 Augustus in die Breytenbach Galery op Wellington en kan tot Maandag 9 September besigtig word.

Die Rupert Museum nooi kunstenaars en skeppendes van enige kreatiewe bedryf, platform en beroep uit om oorspronklike kuns te skep. Meer spesifiek: kunswerke met een van die museum se uitstallings wat as inspirasie dien. 

IIIFoet (DrieFoet) is Modise Sekgothe, Jotam Schoeman and Umlungu Deluxe. The name IIIFoet, a slang term for a pot standing on three legs, represents a melting pot of diverse flavors and influences, as well as the different cities each member calls home: Johannesburg, Cape Town, and London. The trio has partnered with indie label Paradise Worldwide to release their nine-track album, Metropolar on June 14, 2024 on all major streaming platforms. It promises to deliver a unique fusion of music, spoken word, and visual art.

"In teenstelling met kunstenaarsboeke, waar boeke op sigself as kunswerke voorgehou word, bring Coetzee se boekwerke ’n dinamiese sinergie tussen beeldhouwerk en ongemanipuleerde boeke tot stand."

Tydens die Suidoosterfees se 21ste verjaarsdag deel 21 kunstenaars hulle "rykdom en skoonhede" (Uys Krige) met ons. As inspirasie word stip gekyk na Jan Rabie se kortverhaalbundel 21, wat in 1956 die Afrikaanse literêre landskap onherroeplik verander het.

"Ek voel dat die egte doel van kuns is om tyd vas te vang in ’n oomblik. Om tyd te vries! Om sin te maak uit die manie van die alledaagse lewe."

Kriptaal is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints by Gideon Nel and Jotam Schoeman. In this collection of work the artists contemplate the mystery of the cosmic and the particular, each in the style of their own visual language.

"Die illustreerder se visuele teks gee lewe aan woorde wat die jong kind nog nie alles verstaan nie, aan gebeure en emosies waarmee hulle nog kennis maak."

"Visuele taal, soos dié van illustrasie, word onderskei van gesproke of geskrewe taal, maar dit ontspring vanuit dieselfde bron en vervul dieselfde behoeftes as woordetaal."

Gemotiveer deur die feit dat daar ruimte is vir heelwat meer illustreerders – veral in SA – wat die boek-, storie- en boekmaakproses ken, word die eerste omvattende en onafhanklike Illustrasiekursus hierdie jaar in Suid-Afrika aangebied. Die kursus begin Saterdag 6 April 2024.

"The title, Mirror, refers to the water’s surface as a physical mirror reflecting the surrounding elements, be it the sky, the weather, rock, or architectural structures. This mirror, when clear, also reveals the hidden worlds beneath the water."

Boom Bomer Boomste open op Saterdag 17 Februarie om 11:00 by die Breytenbach-galery. Met Dave Pepler as gaspreker en kunswerke deur Varenka Paschke, Gustav Bester, Estelle Marais, Johan Swart, Nanette Ranger, Heinz Modler, Susan Grundling, Jacques Dhont, Sharle Matthews, Zonia Scheffer, Susan Bloemhof, Desirée Malan, Estelle Louw, Zach Mukwira en Kobus Coetzee.

Marlene Dumas het haar portret van Elisabeth Eybers (1915–2007) aan die Wits-kunsmuseum (WAM) se permanente versameling geskenk. Menán van Heerden gesels met Ena Jansen oor Elisabeth Eybers en die skenking.

"Linosnee as kunstegniek het sy voordele en nadele. Een voordeel is dat dit besonderse beelde en effekte kan gee. Om halftone te skep, is moeilik."

"I wasn’t prepared for what I would find at the exhibition, which is like stepping into a poem. The gallery is a page, the walls are the line, and I – I am the eye that flits from word to word, that lingers."

"When text is written in ink, and clay writes as words, the collaboration between Benjamin Coutouvidis and Katherine Glenday forms a collage of sentences in tones of red and green."

Daar is Saterdag 4 November 2023 ’n dubbeldoorvoorreg by die Breytenbach Galery. Die bekroonde Woordkunstenaar Chris van Niekerk gaan gedigte van Breyten Breytenbach voorlees, terwyl luisteraars sy skilderye vir Oulap se Rooi maak (ook mos) mooi kan besigtig.

Tell Me Nicely (Please), That You Are Leaving Again forms part of the group exhibition artwords on text and image at the Gallery at Glen Carlou. It can be viewed along with a selection of other works by Maia (Levan) Lehrer-Sacks until 5 November.

"Incipit. Scree. Explicit. was first exhibited at Artexte, the archive, research centre and residency programme already mentioned. It’s nice to think that it’s moved into a gallery space now, as part of the artwords exhibition at Glen Carlou – from a textual to a visual context."

In the recording studio, text transforms into sound, and poetry is reshaped as voice. Klara du Plessis reflects on both the theoretical foundation and the making of a sound and video installation, Incipit. Scree. Explicit., produced with Kadie Salmon and on display at artwords (Gallery @ Glen Carlou).