29 November 2006 - 6 January 2007
Michael Stevenson's annual exhibition of South African art is an unrivalled event on the collector's calendar, and this year will run throughout the holiday season. For the first time in 11 years, the exhibition will focus exclusively on the work of contemporary artists, in recognition of the increasingly high profile of the gallery's artists.
Among the major works on exhibition will be a huge shark-shaped drum by Samson Mudzunga, a performance piece and new mixed media works by Nicholas Hlobo, recent sculptures by Wim Botha, a large-scale wall painting with glass roundels by Conrad Botes, and Anton Kannemeyer's Alphabet of Democracy shown in its entirety for the first time. Photographic works include previously unseen photographs of the Congo's Mai Mai militia by Guy Tillim; Pieter Hugo's portraits of boy scouts in Monrovia, Liberia; recent colour South African landscapes by David Goldblatt and new portraits by Zanele Muholi. Mustafa Maluka, Deborah Poynton and Tracy Payne will all show new paintings.
Parallel to this is an exhibition of recent ceramics by Hylton Nel, whose idiosyncratic works are sought after by collectors across the world. This year he will be showing a series of plates which are wall-hung in particular patterns, inscribed with his characteristic quirky and polemical images and phrases. Also on exhibition will be new vases and small sculptures.
These exhibitions take place at the end of an extremely successful year for the gallery's artists. Among their achievements, David Goldblatt won the Hasselblad Prize for 2006; Guy Tillim was awarded the first Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography by Harvard University; Pieter Hugo was named the Standard Bank Young Artist for 2007; Churchill Madikida's 2006 Standard Bank Young Artist exhibition embarked on its national tour; Nicholas Hlobo won the Tollman Award for 2006 and Zanele Muholi was awarded the first BHP Billiton/Wits University Visual Arts Fellowship. Berni Searle has survey exhibitions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida in Tampa, USA. Tillim, Goldblatt and Wim Botha are included on the international touring exhibition Africa Remix which was seen in Tokyo and Stockholm this year. Conrad Botes showed on the Havana Biennale and Hugo, Tillim and Mustafa Maluka were selected for the São Paulo Bienal.
Michael Stevenson's annual exhibition provides an insightful view of trends in South African art, and as always is accompanied by a well-researched catalogue.
The exhibition will open on Wednesday 29 November, 6-8pm and close on Saturday 6 January 2007. The gallery will be open throughout December except for public holidays and Saturdays the 16th, 23rd and 30th. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday 10am to 1pm.
 Wim Botha Tête d’un homme Sold
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 Wim Botha Calamity
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 Conrad Botes Pietà Sold
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 Conrad Botes Pietà (detail of roundel)
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 Conrad Botes Pietà (detail of roundel)
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 Tracy Payne Golden Boy Sold
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 Tracy Payne Smiling and Crying Sold
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 Tracy Payne Crying Monk Sold
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 Tracy Payne Crowned Monk Sold
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 Tracy Payne Mature Monk Sold
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 Tracy Payne Yellow Monk Sold
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 Tracy Payne Downward-looking Monk Sold
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 Berni Searle Suspend
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 Deborah Poynton Diptych Sold
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 Zanele Muholi Martin Machapa Sold out
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 Zanele Muholi Black Beulah
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 Zanele Muholi Too Beulahs
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 Samson Mudzunga ‘Fundudzi in Honolulu Hawaii’ Sold
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 Samson Mudzunga ‘Mmbe Ngwa Venda’
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: Installation Entire Alphabet sold
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: M is for Mugabe Entire Alphabet sold
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: V is for victim of vigilante justice
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: V is for victim of vigilante justice
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: H is vir Hansie
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: J is for Jack Russell ...
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: S is for suicide
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 Anton Kannemeyer Alphabet of Democracy: “Tjorts, manne, hier gaan hy!”
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 Pieter Hugo Morris Toe, Monrovia, Liberia, 2006
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 Pieter Hugo Archaebor Kerkula, Monrovia, Liberia, 2006
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 Pieter Hugo Mohamed Bah, Monrovia, Liberia, 2006, II Large size sold out Small size sold out
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 Pieter Hugo Dorwan Zagban, Monrovia, Liberia, 2006
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 Pieter Hugo Maxwell Dorbor, Monrovia, Liberia, 2006
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 Mustafa Maluka What do they know! not available
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 Mustafa Maluka Their chips are stacked so high against us not available
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 Mustafa Maluka It will pay off in the end Sold
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 Nicholas Hlobo Ntywilela ngaphantsi Sold
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 Nicholas Hlobo Yiphathe ngembambo Sold
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 Nicholas Hlobo Untitled Sold
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 Nicholas Hlobo Proposal Sold
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 Hylton Nel Girl in nine parts
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 Hylton Nel Girl in nine parts (detail)
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 Hylton Nel Girl in nine parts (detail)
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