January 2014 - The South African Art Times
Oltmann towenaar met draad
In the Weave, ’n uitstalling van Walter Oltmann wat bestaan uit werk van die afgelope sowat 30 jaar, het pas in die Standard Bank-galery in Johannesburg begin.
Walter Oltmann se Larva Suit II, 2004, aluminiumdraad (210 x 152 x 50 cm), een van die werke in die uitstalling In the Weave.
Die uitstalling is saamgestel deur Neil Dundas, kurator van die Goodman-galery in Johannesburg. Dit is die galery waar Oltmann verlede jaar werk vertoon het onder die titel Penumbra.
Die titel vir die nuutste uitstalling gryp Oltmann se kenmerkende kunspraktyk vas: Dié van binder en vlegter met draad van haas enige soort – van bind- en koperdraad tot geanodiseerde aluminium. En sy ragfyn tekenwerk is niks minder nie as vleg met grafiet.
Die werk wat Dundas gekies het, bied ’n blik op Oltmann as beeldhouer (van driedimensionele tekeninge) wat tydsaam dikwels besonder groot werke vleg. Beelde wat teruggryp én ingryp op etlike Afrika-tradisies.
Die uitstalling duur tot 29 Maart en is van Maandag tot Vrydag van 08:00 tot 16:30 en Saterdae van 09:00 tot 13:00 in die galery op die hoek van Simmonds- en Frederickstraat in Johannesburg te sien.
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AfrikaBurn 2013 Brings Art To The Tankwa Karoo Desert In South Africa | Photography
Stupid Dope | MMM | Tamika Frye:
AfrikaBurn is a festival that brings the arts to the Tankwa Karoo dessert in South Africa.
See more images from AfrikaBurn 2103 at source.
This annual event invites artists to display their pieces of art and then light it up in a fiery finale, sort of like the Burning Man festival in Nevada. The regional event hosts about 6,500 people. It follows the same eleven guiding principles as the Burning Man festival with emphasis on the “communal effort, deccomodification and total expression of the self.”
Following last years Archetypes these, AfrikaBurn welcomes thousands of people, participants and visitors, to take in some of the awesome works of art on display. Artist Daniel Popper brought a massive structure to the event. His three-story sculpture of a man with outstretched arms seems to be one of the most popular. It is outfitted with custom LED lights for nighttime viewing. The lights were custom programmed with seventeen different simulations by Justin Eastman. Many of the other exhibits are a combination of different ideas including abstract art and illuminated pathways. This year’s event is scheduled to take place From April 28 – May 4.
Read this and other interesting art-icles at source: http://stupiddope.com/2014/01/27/afrikaburn-2013-brings-art-to-the-tankwa-karoo-desert-in-south-africa-photography/2013africaburn1/