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PAUL EDMUNDS, Subtropicalia
24 + 12 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R100
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2009.

"This body of work began with my short story of the same title (published as an accompaniment to this catalogue) describing my coming of age in Johannesburg during the 1970s and 1980s. While skateboarding and surfing were certainly not my only interests or preoccupations, I have consistently returned to them throughout my life. For this reason it seemed an appropriate motif and a means to explore aspects of my artistic practice." Paul Edmunds

Includes text by the artist.

Sculptor Paul Edmunds was born in Johannesburg in 1970. In 2007 he won the Tollman Award for Visual Arts.
JONATHAN MUNNIK, Debut Solo Show
10 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R70
Catalogue of the exhibition, UCA Gallery, Cape Town, 2009.

"Munnik has developed his own original trademark style of pop graphic-novelesque works onto vinyl or Prespex where the main character is the bright colour in his dull world. Munnik digitally illustrates his prints onto digital tablet" from the catalogue
JOBURG ART FAIR, catalogue 2010
236 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2010. R200
Catalogue of the 2010 Joburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, 2010.

Features 23 art galleries from South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, France and England and proflies 67 artists who exhibited at the Fair, including Minnette Vári, Hasan & Husain Essop, David Goldblatt, Kay Hassan, Marcus Neustetter, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Jessica Webster, Stephen Hobbs, Karel Nel, Willem Boshoff, Cameron Platter, Michael MacGarry, Sabelo Mlangeni, Penny Siopis and Sanell Aggenbach. Also features the Special Projects, which include Featured Artist Siemon Allen, Chosen Artist Willem Boshoff and the Glosch Commissioned Artwork by Martli Jansen van Rensburg.
DINEO SESHEE BOPAPE, the eclipse will not be visible to the naked eye
35 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R80
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2010.

Dineo Seshee Bopape's installation includes digital videos, digital drawings, sculptures, a wall collage and paintings.

Dineo Seshee Bopape was born in 1980 in Polokwane. She is a graduate of the Durban Institute of Technology and De Ateliers in Amsterdam, and completed an MFA with Columbia University in 2010. She was the winner of the 2008 MTN New Contemporaries Award.
MICHAELIS SCHOOL OF FINE ART EXHIBITION & AUCTION,
53 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2011. R125
An exhibition showcasing prestigious alumni, staff and friends together with an auction to raise funds for bursaries and scholarships.
The auction took place on the 20 July 2011.

Preface by Stephen Inggs.

Artists who donated work include Marlene Dumas, Ian Grose, Gavin Younge, Pippa Skotnes, Frith Langerman, Hassan & Husain Essop, Gerhard Marx, David Brown, Lien Botha, Lise Brice, Brett Murray, Jane Alexander, Mikhael Subotzky, Gavin Jantjes, Penny Siopis, and Claudette Schreuders.
NANDIPHA MNTAMBO, Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2011
120 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2011. R350
Published to accompany Nandipha Mntambo's Standard Bank Young Artist touring exhibition which opened at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, 2011.

The book documents the artist's works to date, from 2004 to 2011, including the body of work produced for the Standard Bank show titled, "Faena".

Includes the essays:
"A Sense of Pause", in which Ruth Simbao interviews Nandipha Mntambo
"The Silence That No One Talks About" by David Elliot.

Nandipha Mntambo was born in 1982 in Swaziland. She lives and works in Johannesburg.
FNB JOBURG ART FAIR, 2011
173 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2011. R195
Catalogue of the 2011 FNB Joburg Art Fair.

Includes profiles of the galleries and artists that participated as well as a section on the finalists for the 2011 FNB Art Prize and the ten finalists for the Business Day Wanted magazine's list of emerging Young African Artists.
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE ,
79 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2011. R200
Catalogue of the exhibition, December 2011 - January 2012, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town.

Includes the essay, "The Impossible Reality of Love" by curator Federica Angelucci, and work and text by Simon Gush, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Anton Kannemeyer, Zanele Muholi, Nicholas Hlobo, Wim Botha, Claudette Schreuders, Penny Siopis, Deborah Poynton, Igshaan Adams, and Pieter Hugo.
WALTER OLTMANN, Standard Bank Young Artist 2001
32 pp., colour illus., paperback, (Johannesburg), (2001). R150
Catalogue of the travelling exhibition of wire sculptures and drawings that opened at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, 2001.

Foreword by Andrew Verster.
Includes the essay, "Traversing Borderlines, Walter Oltmann's recent works" by Brenda Schmahmann.

Walter Oltmann was born in Rustenburg in 1960. He lectures in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Johannesburg.
FRANCES GOODMAN, Save Me From What I Want
72 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2010. R220
Catalogue of the exhibition of sound sculpture installations and other mixed media work, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2010.

Includes the essays:
"Morbid Appetites, consumption and other dead-again experiments" by Ashraf Jamal
"Selected Works, anxious proximities" by Alexandra Dodd.

Frances Goodman was born in 1975 in Johannesburg, where she lives and works.

Artlogic JOBURG ART FAIR, 3 - 5 April 2009
338 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2009. R395
Catalogue of the Joburg Art Fair held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, in April 2009.

The Fair involved 25 galleries representing 400 artists, as well as 11 Special Projects. Galleries include Michael Stevenson, Goodman Gallery and Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art.

Artists profiled include Johannes Phokela, Mikhael Subotsky, Joachim Schönfeldt, Sanell Aggenbach, Santu Mofokeng, Michael MacGarry, Lawrence Lemaoana, Johann Louw, Kay Hassan, Peter Clarke and Zander Blom.

Special Projects include a local showing of Jane Alexander's installation "Security", a selection of African photography, a selection of moving images curated by Tumelo Mosaka, and a show of contemporary South African interior design curated by Trevyn McGowan.
Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery ABOUT FACE,
12 colour postcards, bound, Cape Town, 2006. R50
Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2006.

Artists Cameron Platter, Nigel Mullins, Norman O'Flynn, Paul du Toit, Sanell Aggenbach & Tanya Poole were invited to explore the genre of portrait painting.
Blignaut (J.) et. al WASTE AT WORK, catalogue 2006
38 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, (Cape Town), (2006). R60
"Waste at Work" is an ongoing project that uses visual art to highlight the need for waste reduction. "Waste at Work 2006" is the first in a series of bi-annual exhibitions. Four companies were paired with four artists who created, out of their particular company's waste paper, an artwork that was installed at company Headquarters to serve as a constant reminder of it's commitment to waste reduction. The four companies involved were Coeo, Hollard Insurance, Spier and Telesure Investment Holdings. The four artists were Johan Thom, Momthunzi Mashalaba, Nandipha Mntambo and Lien Botha.
Boshoff (Willem) ÉPAT,
60 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2007.

Texts by the artist.
Botha (N.), Zerbst (F.) & Salie (F.) eds. DESIGN INDABA, all stars
327 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2008. R350
Chronicles the first 10 years of Design Indaba, an annual conference held in Cape Town that focuses on how design - from graphic design, advertising and fashion to industrial design, architecture, craft and new media - can help solve the problems of South Africa. The book celebrates 35 international guests that have been hosted at the event and featured in the Design Indaba magazine.
Brodie (D.) SELF/ NOT SELF,
8 pp., large 4to., b/w & colour illus., stapled, Cape Town, 2009. R20
Catalogue of the exhibition, Brodie/ Stevenson, Johannesburg, 2009.

"Brodie/ Stevenson presents "SELF/ NOT SELF, a two-part curated exhibition that explores modes of self-representation across a range of contemporary art-practices. Bearing in mind critical debates about the symbolic violence that frequently accompanies attempts to speak on behalf on others, the exhibition asks questions about what it means to 'speak for others' in our times."

Includes work by Nandipha Mntambo, Lerato Shadi, Berni Searle, Tracy Payne, Zanele Muholi, Pieter Hugo, Anton Kannemeyer, Avant Car Guard, Wim Botha, Nicholas Hlobo, Penny Siopis and Michael MacGarry.
Burnett (R.), Goniwe (T.) & Powell (I.) KAY HASSAN, fixing time
112 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Stellenbosch, 2007. R250
Catalogue of the exhibition of paper constructions, watercolours, installations and inkjet prints, Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Gallery (SMAC), Stellenbosch, December 2007 - January 2008.

Includes the essays "Paper What? Paper Who?" by Ricky Burnett,
"Working Notes of Kay Hassan's 'Morning Ritual'" by Thembinkosi Goniwe, and
"Time Fixed and Time Unravelling In Time and Out of Time" by Ivor Powell.

Kay Hassan was born in 1956 in Johannesburg. where he still lives and works. In 2000 he was awarded the first DaimlerChrysler Award for South African Contemporary Art.
Busca (J.) et. al. TRAVESÍA,
165 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Canary Islands, 2008. R750
Catalogue of the exhibition of work by contemporary African artists, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Canary Islands, 2008 - 2009.

Contributions include "To Dream the Potential, South African art in the context of a continent" by Storm Janse van Rensburg,
"The Social Imaginary of Inmigration, the construct of the migrant as 'other'" by Noemi Hernández Rodriguez,
"In the Name of Vicinity" by Ahmed Ghazali,
"Walter Benjamin's Cousins" by Abdourahmen A.Waberi,
"Grandpa's Last Trip" by Moussa Konaté,
"Traversía with 20" by Christian Perazzone, and
"A Criticism About the Present" by Joëlle Busca.

Artists include Andries Botha, Hobbs/Neustetter and Berni Searle from South Africa and António Ole and Yonamine from Angola

Text in English and Portuguese.
Carman (J.) et. al. eds. VISUAL CENTURY, South African art in context, 1907-2007 volumes 1-4
220 + 217 + 232 + 222 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, boxed, Johannesburg, 2011. R1500
A four-volume publication that reappraises one hundred years of South African visual art from a post-apartheid perspective, and incorporates multiple writers and perspectives. The project was initiated by Gavin Jantjes.

Volume one: 1907-1948, edited by Jillian Carman
Volume two: 1945-1976, edited by Lize van Robbroeck
Volume three: 1973-1992, edited by Mario Pissarra
Volume four: 1990-2007, edited by Thembinkosi Goniwe, Mario Pissarra and Mandisi Majavu

Contributors include: Colin Richards, Kathryn Smith, Zayd Minty, Andries Oliphant, Hayden Proud, Sandra Klopper, Elizabeth Rankin, Anitra Nettleton, Nessa Leibhammer, Melanie Hillebrand an many others.

"A monumental work, one of the most important publishing events in the continent's art" Chika Okeke-Agulu, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University

"The most comprehensive overview of South African art yet." Brenda Schmahmann, Fine Art Department, Rhodes University
Cohn (L.) curator Sasol WAX ART AWARD, 2007
7 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 + 16 pp.+ 5 loose sheets, b/w & colour illus, boxed, (Johannesburg), 2007. OUT OF PRINT
"The finalists of the Sasol Wax Award 2007 explored wax in diverse ways, using it as part of the process, the medium and also the concept of their works".

The finalists were Wayne Barker, Usha Seejarim, Sue Williamson, Andrew Verster and Walter Oltmann, who won the award.

There is a 16 pp. catalogue on the work of each of the 5 finalists as well as a loose sheet depicting their work. There is also a booklet on Sasol's outreach programme which aims to take skills to communities and individuals who need them, while also educating people about the visual arts, and a booklet of views and reviews which includes messages from the executive director of the Sasol Wax Art Award, Carola Ross, and the curator, Les Cohn.
Colombo (P.) curator & ed. MOSHEKWA LANGA,
90 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Milan, 2005. R310
Catalogue of the exhibition, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2006.

Introduction by Paolo Colombo. Includes the essays, "Moshekwa Langa" by Rita Kersting & "Themes in Moshekwa Langa's Art" by Nicola Brandt.

Text in Italian & English.
Cornell (L.), Gioni (M.) & Hoptman (L.) curators YOUNGER THAN JESUS, artist directory, the essential directory to a new generation of artists
540 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, New York, 2009. R565
This book, published to accompany the 2009 exhibition at the New Museum in New York, brings together the work of over 500 artists born after 1975. Over 150 curators, critics and artists from all over the world were asked to recommend younger artists whose work appears to mark a generational shift. The material for the book was assembled from this pool of submissions.

Artists include Zander Blom. Dineo Seshee Bopape, Simon Gush, Daya Heller, Donna Kukama, Nomusa Makhubu, Mustafa Maluka, Thando Mama, Nandipha Mntambo, Athi-Patra Ruga, Lerato Shadi and Nontsikeleo Veleko from South Africa, James Beckett and Kudzanai Chiurai from Zimbabwe, and Nzuji de Magalhaes, Nástio Mosquito, Kiluanji Kia Henda and Ndilo Mutima from Angola.
Costa (A.) et. al. text JORGE DIAS, zoologia dos fluxos
23 pp., colour illus., paperback, Maputo, 2007. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition, Centro Cultural Franco, Maputo, 2007.

Includes essays by Alda Costa, António Cabrita, Pompílio Hilário and Jean Michel Champault.

Text in Portuguese and French.
de Villiers (C.) co-ord. & comp. MASTERPIECE, Absa L'Atelier 2008
111 pp., colour illus., hardback, d.w., DVD, Johannesburg, 2008. R195
Catalogue of The Absa L'Atelier Art Awards, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, 2008.

The Absa L'Atelier Art Award is an annual art competition for young artists in the age group 21 to 35 years. The 2008 winner was James Webb. Merit Award winners were Christiaan Johannes Hattingh, Lunga Kama, Alhyrian Laue and Antonia Digna Steyn. The Gerard Sekoto Award winner was Sophia Margaretha Ferguson.

Please note that this catalogue has a ridiculous cover that has nothing to do with the content.
Dodd (A.) MARCO CIANFANELLI, projected development
23 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R125
Catalogue of the exhibition, Gallery Momo, Johannesburg, 2005.

Sculptor and new media artist Marco Cianfanelli was born in Johannesburg in 1970.
Dodd (A.) text KIM LIEBERMAN, human currents
55 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R160
Catalogue of the exhibition, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg & Esso Gallery, New York, 2006.

Kim Lieberman was born in 1969 in Johannesburg,where she still lives and works. "In 'Human Currents' Kim Lerberman explores the invisible energies that travel between people and the impact these energies can have on our world." Working with oil paint on puzzles and postage stamp paper "she has created a series of artworks exploring the interconnectedness of human experience".

Includes the essay, "Where Information Flows" by Alex Dodd.
Edmunds (P.) KEVIN BRAND, set the world on fire
26 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R85
Catalogue of the exhibition of sculptures in aluminium, perspex and wood, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2007.

Kevin Brand was born in Cape Town in 1953. He won the Vita Art New Award in 1995 and was awarded the Mercedes-Benz South Africa 2008 Award for Art in Public Spaces.
Edmunds (P.), Bussy (B.) & Dawes (N.) text PAUL EDMUNDS, aggregate
47 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R140
Catalogue of the exhibition, João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, 2008.

Includes the essays, "Sensibility" by Brendon Bussy & "Cut-Fold. Do it again" by Nic Dawes.

Sculptor Paul Edmunds was born in Johannesburg in 1970. He is currently based in Cape Town. He won the Tollman Award for the Visual Arts 2007.
Froud (G.) & McInnes (J.) GORDON FROUD 1992-2007/ GORDON FROUD 2007-2008,
29 + 21 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008. R150
This book consists of 2 sections. In the first part Gordon Froud looks back over two decades of art making. The second part serves as a catalogue for two exhibitions: Modular Repetition, University of Johannesburg Gallery, 2008, and Second Hand Process, Worldart Gallery, Johannesburg, 2008. Both exhibitions were submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Technologiae: Fine Art in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Johannesburg.

Gordon Froud was born in Johannesburg in 1963. He established godard Gallery in Johannesburg in 2003.
Fusi (L.) et. al. curators .ZA GIOVANE ARTE DAL SUDAFRICA,
191 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Milan, 2008. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the exhibition of young South African artists, Palazzo della Papesse, Siena, 2008.

Artists include Zander Blom, Frances Goodman, Simon Gush, Nicholas Hlobo, Moshekwa Langa, Churchill Madikida, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Ruth Sacks, Doreen Southwood, Mikhael Subotzky and Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko.

Includes essays by five established South African artists who assisted curator Lorenzo Fusi:
".ZA Young Art from South Africa" by Lorenzo Fusi,
"Skull of My Mother" by Marlene Dumas,
"Young, Hip...and Sussed" by Berni Searle,
"Currencies of Change" by Minnette Vári, and
"Should I Stay or Should I Go: the dilemma of the artists of 'Island Africa'" by Sue Williamson.

Text in English and Italian.
Gevisser (M.), Ratele (K.) & Mergel (J.) NICHOLAS HLOBO, Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2009
107 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R200
Catalogue of the touring exhibition which opened at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, 2009.

Includes the essays, "Under Covers, Out in the Open: Nicholas Hlobo and Umtshotsho" by Mark Gevisser,
"Pride and Playfulness: Hlobo's subversive love of Xhosa traditions" by Kopano Ratele, and
"Nicholas Hlobo, in medias res" by Jen Mergel.

The catalogue includes a selection of the artist's works from 2005 to 2009 and includes sculptures, installations, performances and works on paper.

Nicholas Hlobo was born in Cape Town in 1975. He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Goldblatt (D.) photo. & text SOME AFRIKANERS REVISITED,
235 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R395
"Some Afrikaners Photographed" was originally published in 1975 and has long been out of print. "Some Afrikaners Revisited" is a reprint of all the images included in the original book, plus an additional twenty images from the period. It also includes the introduction to the first edition, notes by David Goldblatt on how both books came into being, as well as the essays, "The Anxiety of Identity and 'Some Afrikaners'" by Ivor Powell & "...between the nose and the mouth. Perhaps more towards the eyes" by Antjie Krog.
Gruntkowski (N.) & Seippel (R.) MBONGENI BUTHELEZI, (imizwa yami) my feelings
87 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cologne & Johannesburg, 2009. R350
Catalogue of the travelling exhibition which opened at the Pretoria Art Museum in May 2009.

Mbongeni Buthelezi was born in 1965 in Johannesburg, where he still lives and works. He works exclusively in plastic on plastic.

Includes the essays, "Melting Art in a Melting Pot" by Ralf Seippel, and
"Changing your Life with Plastic and a Heat Gun" by Nina Gruntkowski.

Hamilton (H.), Fraser (R.) & Sadie (V.) curators LIGHT SHOW,
18 pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2008. R60
Catalogue of a group exhibition of South African and international artists that looks at the notion of light, Bank Gallery, Durban, 2008.

Artists include Siemon Allen, Stephen Hobbs, Vaughn Sadie, Greg Streak, Bronwen Vaughan-Evans, Jeremy Wafer & James Webb,
Hlobo (Nicholas) IZELE,
48 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R70
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2006.

"'Izele' means someone or something has given birth", Nicholas Hlobo in conversation with Sophie Perryer.

Sculptor Nicholas Hlobo was born in 1975 in Cape Town. He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Hlobo (Nicholas) KWATSITYW'IZIKO,
35 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R70
Catalogue of the exhibition of sculptures and paper works, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2008.

"'Kwatsityw'iziki' means 'crossing the hearth' and refers, most literally, to sex. In Xhosa culture, as in many European traditions, married couples sleep in separate beds. To initiate intimacy, one has to cross the centre of the room, where one would traditionally find the hearth." Nicholas Hlobo.

Includes a conversation between Nicholas Hlobo and Joost Boland.

Nicholas Hlobo was born in Cape Town in 1975. He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Hobbs (P.) ed. MTN NEW CONTEMPORARIES AWARD 2006,
20 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2006. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery 2006.

Showcases five emerging South African artists selected by the 2006 curator, Khwezi Gule. The finalists were Nandipha Mntambo, Mlungisi Zondi, James Webb, Julia Rosa Clark & Sharlene Khan. The award was won by Mlungisi Zondi.
Hobbs (P.) ed. MESSAGES AND MEANING, the MTN Art Collection
301 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 2006. R720
The MTN Art Collection was established in 2001 and today owns about 1400 works of traditional and contemporary African art, with a special focus on South African art.

Introduction by Philippa Hobbs, curator of the collection. Includes the essays, "Art, Heritage and a Posse of Pioneers" by Emile Maurice,
"Reading Ceramics" by Wilma Cruise,
"New Humanisms in Contemporary South African Art" by Colin Richards,
"Alter Images and the Aesthetics of South African Resistance Art" by Andries Oliphant,
"Reading Beadwork in the MTN Art Collection" & "Motifs, Memory and Morals in Contemporary African Art" by Nessa Leibhammer,
"Material Messages: sculpture and mixed-media works from the MTN Art Collection" by Elizabeth Rankin, amongst others.
Hobbs (S.) & Neustetter (M.) ONAIR,
93 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008. R100
A selection of various exhibitions and events at The Gallery Premises at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre managed and curated by The Trinity Session from 2004 until 2008. Also includes public space projects in Hillbrow, Braamfontein and Yeoville.

"Directed by Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter, The Trinity Session is a contemporary art production team that investigates the relationships between art and business, collaborative practice and network development."

Exhibitions and events include "Corpa Delica" by Leora Farber, "Panoramas" by Titus Mateyane, "Pierneef, Black White and Coloured" by Ryan Arenson, "Uplift - The Mountain Premises" by Sean Siemon, "no condition is permanent - an in-situ painting installation" by Dorothea Kreutzfeldt and "SOUNDS AND PICTURES and any sort of hyperbolic theoretical promise we want to wallow in" by Zander Blom.
Inggs (S.) et. al. MICHAELIS SCHOOL OF FINE ART, graduate exhibition 2008
173 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R200
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, 2008.

Preface by Stephen Inggs.

Work produced by final year undergraduate and postgraduate students at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town.
Kellner (C.) & van Rensburg (W.) NATHANIEL STERN, Call and Response
22 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition of lamba prints and hand-printed works, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg, 2007.

Includes the essays, "Nathaniel Stern: the compressionist" by Clive Kellner and "Narrating the Database: the performative and iterative prints of Nathaniel Stern" by Wilhelm van Rensburg.

Langerman (F.) ed. ARTWORKS IN PROGRESS, journal of the staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, volume 9:2008
93 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R240
Contributions include "Colophon" by Fritha Langerman,
"Ukungenisa" by Nandipha Mntambo,
"Pogonology" by Malcolm Payne,
"Security" by Jane Alexander,
"Twin Towns, Third Cities and Small Worlds" by Svea Josephy,
"Feral Acts" by Gavin Younge,
"A Brief Consideration of Correspondence - some reflections on artistic process" by Virginia MacKenny,
"The Trouble With Photographs" by Jean Brundit,
"In Transit" by Lyndi Sales, and
"Niggers Can't Be Choosers" by Ed Young.

Leijdekkers (P.) et. al. POWER PLAY, Johann van der Schijff
23 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. R60
Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell-Roberts, Cape Town, 2006.

Includes the essays "Power Play" by Gavin Younge, "Toys for Boys" by Virginia MacKenny, "Choices" by Petri Leijdekkers, "Thinking Things" by Rob van Kranenburg & "Iron Triangle" by Johann van der Schijff.

New media artist and sculptor Johann van der Schijff lives and works in Cape Town.
Maurice (E.) ed. LAST LIGHT, fugitive images from deep space, Karel Nel
43 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R160
Catalogue of the exhibition, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 2007.

Includes an introduction, "Light, Dust, Leaves and Currency, the work of Karel Nel" by Emile Maurice and the essays, "Status of Dust: a profane spirituality, a radical materiality" by Jessica Dubow &"The Secret Life of Forms" by Peter de la Porte, as well as comments by the artist on his work.

Karel Nel was born in 1955. He is Associate Professor of Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Mntambo (Nandipha) INGABISA,
31 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2007. R70
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2007.

"Ingabisa" is a Swazi word referring to a young girl's coming of age.

Includes the essay, "The Fragile Persistence of Memory" by Bettina Malcomess.

Sculptor Nandipha Mntambo was born in 1982 in Swaziland. She now lives and works in Cape Town.
Ncgobo (G.) curator DON'T / PANIC,
108 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2011. R120
Catalogue of the exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, 2011.

'DON'T/PANIC' was an exhibition that engaged artists dealing with the current ecological situation, and was timed to coincide with the COP17 Climate Change conference, which took place in Durban at the end of 2011.

South African artists include Dineo Seshee Bopape, David Koloane, Moshekwa Langa, Thando Mama, Penny Siopis, and Clive van den Berg.

Contributions include:
"DON'T/PANIC" by Gabi Ngcobo
"The Kilimanjaro Ice Coffee Expedition" by Sean O'Toole
"Pushing the On/Off Buttons of our Consciousness" by Jyoti Mistry
Neustetter (Marcus) IN TWO MINDS,
80 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2008. R210
Catalogue of the exhibition, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg, 2008.

"On the last evening of my ascent of Kilimanjaro in December 2006, the night was so clear that the lights of the city of Moshi at the foot of the mountain seemed to be reflected in the stars of the sky.
Inspired by this experience, I have been collating references, revisiting past installations and mapping new projects, compiled in this book". Marcus Neustetter

Marcus Neustetter was born in Johannesburg in 1976. In partnership with Stephen Hobbs he has been developing The Gallery Premises, The Trinity Session and their collaboration Hobbs/Neustetter as documented in www.onair.co.za. He lives and works in Johannesburg.
Njami (S.) curator AFRICA REMIX, contemporary art of a continent, Johannesburg Art Gallery, 24.06.07-30.09.07
260 pp., 4to., map, b/w & colour illus., paperback, First S.A.Edition, Johannesburg, 2007. R250
Catalogue of the travelling exhibition, shown at Johannesburg Art Gallery, June-September 2007.

"This is an adapted version of the German, French and British catalogues for 'Africa Remix'".

Includes the essays ""Chaos And Metamorphosis" by Simon Njami,
"Notes from Down South" towards defining contemporary African practice" by Clive Kellner,
"Afropolitanism" by Achille Mbembe,
"Africa, Exhibitions and Fears of the Dark..." by David Elliott,
"The Reception of African Art" by Jean-Hubert Martin,
"Made in Africa" by John Picton,
"Ah-Freak-Iya, challenging perceptions of Africa's contemporary sounds" by Lucy Durán,
as well as a dialogue between Marie-Laure Bernadac and Abdelwahab Meddeb.

Includes work by Jane Alexander, Wim Botha, Andries Botha, William Kentridge, Willie Bester, Santu Mofokeng, Marlene Dumas, Guy Tillim, Tracey Rose, Jackson Hlungwani, Moshekwa Langa, Rodney Place, David Goldblatt, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Tracey Derrick, Berry Pickle, Fernando Alvim, António Ole, Luís Basto, and many others.
Pather (J.) ed. SPIER CONTEMPORARY 2010, exhibition
292 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2010. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the biennial exhibition launched at Cape Town City Hall, 2010.

Includes the essays "On the Side of the Angels: art and the contemporary" by Ashraf Jamal,
"The Flight of the Trumpet" by Mandla Langa,
"Art, Motion, Voice" by Sarah Nuttall,
"Our Iron Cage of Race" by Andile Mngxitama, and
"Awake to What Is" by Virginia MacKenny.
Also includes conversations with the curatorial team

The exhibition received over 2700 entries submitted at fouteen locations around the country. The curators who selected the work for the exhibition were Meskerem Assegued, Farzanah Badsha, Clive van den Berg, Mwenya Kabwe and Jay Pather. The judges were Mark Coetzee, N'Goné Fall and RoseLee Goldberg. The cash prize winners were Araminta de Clermont (photography), Dave Robertson (photography), Jessica Gregory and Zen Marie (video installation), Christopher Swift (mixed media) and Hasan and Husain Essop (photography).

Artists include Gordon Froud, David Koloane, Michael MacGarry, Brett Murray, Cameron Platter, Helen Sebidi, Jaco Sieberhagen, Ed Young and Dale Yidelman.

Penfold (D.) ARCADIA, Kevin Brand
18 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R80
Catalogue of the exhibition of steel on painted wood, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2008.

Includes the essay, "Comment on Arcadia by Kevin Brand" by Denise Penfold.

Kevin Brand won the Vita Art New Award in 1995 and was awarded the Mercedes-Benz South Africa 2008 Award for Art in Public Spaces.
Perryer (S.) curator IN THE MAKING, materials and process
59 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2005. R80
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2005.

The exhibition "presents work by a range of artists who share a deep concern with materials and materiality, as well as a tendency towards obsessive working processes in which these materials are put to use in previously unimagined ways".

Includes work by Paul Edmunds, Alan Alborough, Dineo Bopape, Retha Erasmus, Nicholas Hlobo, Nandipha Mntambo, Walter Oltmann, Stefanus Rademeyer, Doreen Southwood, Jeremy Wafer, Sandile Zulu & El Anatsui.
Ribeiro (A.P.) curator REPLICA AND REBELLION/ RÉPLICA E REBELDIA, artists from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde and Mozambique/ artistas de Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde e Moçambique
168 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Lisbon, 2006. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the touring exhibition which opened at the Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique, 2006.

Includes work by Fernando Alvim, Tiago Borges, Paulo Capela, António Ole, Yonamine & Viteix from Angola and Luís Basto, Tomás Cumbana, Jorge Dias, Gemuce, Celestino Mudaulane, Mauro Pinto, Ricardo Rangel, Alexandre Santos & Victor Sousa from Mozambique.

Essays include "Exhibition as Representation" by António Pinto Ribeiro, "Watercolours" by Ruy Duarte de Carvalho & "In Search of New Visions" by Alda Costa.

Text in English & Portuguese.
Richards (C.) SANDILE ZULU,
95 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R150
Sandile Zulu was born in 1960 in Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal. He lives and works in Johannesburg.

The book includes a 2 pp. "Signaux de Fumée" in French and is accompanied by an educational supplement written by Philippa Hobbs.

Number 12 in the TAXI Art Book Series.
Schmahmann (B.) IN SEPIA, Maureen de Jager
36 pp., colour illus., paperback, (Grahamstown), 2008. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition of sculptures and photographs on steel at the Alumni Gallery, Albany History Museum, Grahamstown, National Arts Festival, 2008.

Maureen de Jager was born in Kuruman in 1973. She lectures in the Fine Art Department at Rhodes University.
Siebrits (W.) STEFANUS RADEMEYER, surface depth
38 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2004. R80
Catalogue of the exhibition, Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, 2004.

Stefanus Rademeyer was born in 1976 in Johannesburg. He won first prize in the 2001 ABSA Atelier Art Comptetition for his new media installation, "Mimetic Reconstructions".
Siebrits (W.) GERHARD MARX,
22 pp., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2005. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition, Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, 2005.

Includes an interview with the artist conducted by Warren Siebrits.

Gerhard Marx was born in 1976 in Johannesburg. He has been creating works composed of map fragments since 2000.
Siebrits (W.) curator & text THE RATIONALISM OF NATIONALISM?,
34 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2008. R160
Catalogue of the exhibition, Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, 2008.

Warren Siebrits curated an exhibition of works by artists who, in his view, have grappled with the questions: "What drives men to kill one another blindly, in the name of a flag and an ideology? Is there any rationalism in nationalism?" Artists include Kendell Geers, Santu Mofokeng, Paul Stopforth, Jo Ractliffe, Wim Botha and Pieter Hugo. Also includes a collection of hand-printed posters designed and produced by the Nedu Art Ensemble.
Siopis (Penny) PENNY SIOPIS, Paintings
52 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2009. R100
Catalogue of the exhibition of large ink and glue paintings, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, 2009.

Includes "On a Knife Edge", a coversation between Sarah Nuttall and the artist.
Skotnes (L.) LYNDI SALES, 1 in 11 000 000 chances
9 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2006. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the exhibition, Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town, 2006.

Lyndi Sales in a full-time artist living and working in Cape Town. Her installation explores the 1987 crash of the Helderberg Boeing 747 which killed 159 people including the artist's father.
Skotnes (Pippa) BOOK OF ITERATIONS, Lamb of God, Book of Mysteries, with "On Real Presence" by Stephen Greenblatt and "A Miraculous History of the Book" by Isabel Hofmeyr
128 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2009. R450
Catalogue of the exhibition.

The exhibition comprises several books written on the bones of horses and mounted as horse skeletons, decorated skulls, found and made objects, photographs and prints.

"Through themes of sacrifice and redemption, the artist explores relic and archive in the context of writing and language and considers the interchange between text and textuality, the visible and the invisible world" University of Michigan website

Includes the essays.
"On Real Presence" by Stephen Greenblatt
"A Miraculous History of the Book" by Isabel Hofmeyr

Pippa Skotnes is currently Professor of Fine Art and Director of the Centre for Curating the Archive at the University of Cape Town.
Smith (K.) WILLIAM SCARBROUGH, stitches 2008
34 pp., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R80
Catalogue of the exhibition of mixed media collages, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, Cape Town, 2008.

Includes the essay, "The Needle and the Damage Done, notes on William Scarbrough's Stitches 2008" by Kathryn Smith.
Spring (C.) ANGAZA AFRIKA, African art now
336 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2008. R400
Angaza Africa is Swahili for "shed light on Africa". Chris Spring brings together more than 60 of Africa's contemporary artists. "I believe that those I have selected will help to emphasize the sheer diversity of Africa, embracing not only the whole continent and its diaspora, but also its inclusion in the cultural complexes that make up the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds".

Artists include Jane Alexander, Willie Bester, Wim Botha, Jackson Hlungwani, William Kentridge, David Koloane, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Owen Ndou, Karel Nel, Johannes Phokela, Tracey Rose and Sandile Zulu from South Africa, Dominic Benhura and Tapfuma Gutsa from Zimbabwe, Jorge Dias, Pompílio Hilário (Gemuce), Kester, Fiel dos Santos, Hilário Nhatugueja, Adelino Matè, Malangatana Valente Ngwenya and Reinata Sadhimba from Mozambique.

Chris Spring is curator of the Sainsbury African Galleries at the British Museum in London. He is also the author of "African Textile Design" (1997), "Africa: arts and cultures" (2000) and "Silk in Africa" (2002).
The Goodman Gallery ART/ 37/ BASEL / 14-18/6/06,
8 cards measuring 21 x 15 cm, in colour, in cardboard envelope, Johannesburg, 2006. R90
Produced for the Basel Art Fair & the Miami Beach Art Fair, 2006.

Artists featured are Mikhael Subotzky, Frances Goodman, Moshekwa Langa, David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Kendell Geers & Penny Siopis.

The card illustrated here is a detail from "Blush: Rosea" by Penny Siopis.
The Michaelis School of Fine Art GRADUATE EXHIBITION, 2010
252 pp., colour illus., paperback , Cape Town, 2010. R177
Catalogue of the exhibition of work by Bachelor of Fine Art and Postgraduate Diploma of Art graduates, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, 2010.

Preface by Stephen Inggs.
Includes the essays:
"Re-making" by Virginia MacKenny and Carine Saayman
"The Comma, or, a Moment of Great Significance" by Linda Stupart.
Thompson (B.) curator & ed. BLACK WOMANHOOD, images, icons, and ideologies of the African body
374 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Seattle, 2008. R640
Catalogue of the travelling exhibition first shown at Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 2008.

Includes work by Senzeni Marasela, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Berni Searle and Penny Siopis.

With the essays: "The African Female Body in the Cultural Imagination" and "Decolonizing Black Bodies: personal journeys in the contemporary voice" by Barbara Thompson,
"African Women's Body Images in Postcolonial Discourse and Resistance to Neo-Crusaders" by Ifi Amadiume,
"'Les Parisiens d'Afrique': Mangbetu women as works of art" by Enid Schildkrout,
"The Black Female Body, the Postcard, and the Archives" by Christaud Geary,
"The Body of a Myth: embodying the Black mammy figure in visual culture" by Kimberly Wallace-Sanders,
"The Women Who Posed: Maudelle Bass and Florence Allen" by Carla Williams,
"Picturing the New Negro Woman" by Deborah Willis, and
"Housing and Homing the Black Female Body in France: Calixthe Beyala and the legacy of Sarah Baartman and Josephine Baker" by Ayo Abiétou Coly.


van den Berg (C.) & Pather (J.) curators SPIER CONTEMPORARY 2007, exhibition & awards, December 2007 - December 2008
268 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2007. OUT OF PRINT
Catalogue of the national travelling exhibition launched at Spier Estate outside Stellenbosch, December 2007-February 2008.

In February 2007 South African artists were invited to submit works in all categories of the visual arts: painting, sculpture, video, photography and performance. The selection panel included Thembinkosi Goniwe and Virginia MacKenny and the curatorial team included Clive van den Berg, Jay Pather, Churchill Madikida and Kadiatou Diallo.

The exhibition of 120 artworks by 92 artists inlcudes work by Sanell Aggenbach, Brett Bailey, Kevin Brand, Marco Cianfanelli, Steven Cohen, Wilma Cruise, Gavin Younge, Abrie Fourie, Thando Mama, Zanele Muholi, Brett Murray, Kathryn Smith, Doreen Southwood, Jeremy Wafer, Sue Williamson, Dale Yudelman, Manfred Zylla, and many others.

The judges were N'Goné Fall, Clive Kellner and Predag Pajdic chose six winning artists: Abrie Fourie for his photographs, Chuma Sopotela, Mwenya Kabwe and Kenang wa Lehulere for their performance "U nyamo alunampumto", Bettina Malcomess, Rene Holleman and Linda Stupart for their performance "Wrong Side of the River Tour", Nina Barnett and Robyn Nesbitt for their video "Warcry", Andrew Putter for his video installation "Secretly I will love you more", and Peter van Heerden for his performance "Flowers of my Flesh" The seventh prize, designed as a peoples' choice award, was won by Justin Fiske for his installation, 14-kundalini.

Includes the essays, "Reflections on Uneven Ground" by Thembinkosi Goniwe,
"Colonialism, Postcolonialism, and Transculturation: remaking the notion of 'center' and 'periphery'" by Zine Magubane,
"Vulnerabilities" by Deborah Posel,
"Some Traditional, Some Contemporary in Some African Visual Art Practices" by Bisi Silva,
"'skulls, bubbles and art of optimism" by David Brodie, and
"The Grass is Singing: a note on performance in South Africa" by Roselee Goldberg.
van Rensburg (S.J.) curator YOUNG ARTIST'S PROJECT 2005/6, Colleen Alborough, Dineo Seshee Bopope, Bronwyn Lace, Peter van Heerden
30 pp., colour illus., paperback, Durban, 2006. R95
The Young Artist's Project (YAP), hosted by the KZNSA Gallery in Durban and curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg, funds four solo projects every year. The project focuses on new, site-specific work in installation, video, new media and/or performance. A catalogue is produced at the end of the year and includes essays by young writers invited to interpet the participants' work. The 2005/6 cycle of YAP presented "Keep It To Yourself", a installation by Dineo Bopape, "Night Journey" by Colleen Alborough, a work performed through text, video, installation and sound, the installation "1.618" by Bronwyn Lace, and Peter van Heerden's performance piece, "Bok".
Vergon (H.) et. al. text AFRONOVA, modern and contemporary art
84 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 2007. R385
Afronova galley opened in Johannesburg in 2005. This is a catalogue of artists exhibited there over the last two years. Includes work by Samson Mnisi, Sandile Zulu, Helen Joseph, Wayne Barker, Karl Gietl, Bill Ainslie, Nontsikelelo Veleko & Strangelove (Carlo Gibson & Ziemek Pater), from South Africa & Gonçalo Mabunda from Mozambique & essays by Simon Njami and Sean O'Toole.
Wiehager (R.) ed. KEVIN BRAND, Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art Projects in Public Space 2008
119 pp., 4to., colour illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2008. R220
Catalogue of the exhibition, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Sasol Art Museum, University of Stellenbosch, and Pretoria Art Museum, 2008-2009.

Sculptor Kevin Brand, born in Cape Town in 1953, was awarded the Mercedes-Benz Award for South African Art Projects in Public Space 2008.

Includes the essays, "Art Speaks in Public in South Africa" by Renate Wiehager,
"Kevin Brand Still Makes Things" by Paul Edmunds, and
"Moveable Monuments" by Denise Penfold.

Text in English and German.

There is also a catalogue on the eight nominees for the award, available @ R220.
Zaayman (C.) curator JOZI & THE (M)OTHER CITY,
44 pp., colour illus., paperback, DVD, Cape Town, 2008. R95
Catalogue of the exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, 2008.

Artists and writers were invited to make work or produce writing specifically around Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Includes work by Nicola Grobler, James Webb, Stephen Hobbs, Marcus Neustetter, Johan Thom, Nathaniel Stern, Ralph Borland and Carine Zaayman, an essay, "Postcards from the Edge: representations of Cape Town and Johannesburg", by Svea Josephy and a short story, "Turbulence", by Sean O'Toole.

Includes a DVD documentary of the project, with interviews with the artists and writers involved.