04 Nov Openings This Week: JHB | An Instagram Auction, Handmade Contemporary Fair, and Joburg Photo Umbrella

This week’s art openings, exhibitions and creative events include “possibly” the world’s first Instagram auction, the rebranded oh-so nice Handmade Contemporary FoodWineDesign Fair, STR.CRD, the launch of the Joburg Photo Umbrella, three group exhibitions and an invitation to share an artist’s experience of a space.

 

Tuesday 04 November 2014

 

Pilgrim, by Nathan Vuuren, Louis Olivier, and Lehlongonolo Mashaba

 

 

Taking their cue from a metaphorical pilgrimage, artists participating in this exhibition, explore figure studies whilst on a personal pilgrimage, re-examining their own ideas and interpretations of portraiture and figure studies. Using various mediums – sculpture, painting, printmaking, and collage – the artists deconstruct and reconstruct figures, either physically or through the influence of digital and social media.

 

Lizamore & Associates Gallery, 155 jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood

6pm

More info on Facebook event page. 

 

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#AWKS/A series of non-events, by Koos Groenewald  

 

 

“Possibly the world’s first Instagram auction”, #AWKS / A series of non-events  is the follow up to Broken Foot Drawings. So many people commented that Broken Foot was over too quickly, so the idea this round is that the online auction will be open for two hours, with a dutch bidding system in the comments section. Bids start at R50-00 and highest bidder at exactly 9pm is the “winner”.

 

@koooooos 

7-9pm exactly

More info on Koos’ Facebook profile.

 

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Thursday 6 November 2014 

 

Untitled Extravaganza, by Craig Actually Smith and Wilhelm Saayman

 

 

The show will feature recent paintings by the two stalwarts of South African painting.

 

Kalashnikovv Gallery, 153 Smit Street, Braamfontein

6:30pm

More info on the Facebook event page. 

 

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Non Sights and Tasty Ceilings, by Anna Astrand

 

 

Anna has been living at the Sober & Lonely House Residency (incl. bunk beds) for the past week and we would love for you to join us to share in her experiences of the space. There will be home made beer, some snacks, and maybe even electricity.

 

Sober & Lonely Institute for Contemporary Art, 66 4th Avenue, Melville

6:30pm

More info on the the event page. 

 

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Friday 7 November 2014

 

At Hand, a group exhibition paying tribute to the art of bricolage

 

 

The bricoleur incorporates chance, ingenuity and play in the practice of making. The Ithuba Arts Fund has selected seven ingenious projects from around Johannesburg. Each piece brings new insight into methods of practice and display – from painting to performance to zine-printing to photography. Featuring new work by: Matthew Kay, Sanele Moya, Alphabet Zoo, Yael Feldman, Megan Mace, Same Mdluli, and Michelle Harris Johnston.

 

Ithuba Arts Gallery, 100 Juta Street, Braamfontein

6:30pm

More info on the Facebook event page. 

 

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Sanlam Handmade Contemporary FoodWineDesign Fair

 

 

The FoodWineDesign Fair has been newly rebranded as the Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair for its fifth itteration. This year will feature 117 exhibitors and will once again transform the rooftop of Hyde Park Corner shopping centre into a magical space.

 

Opening times:

Friday 7 November: 12pm – 10pm

Saturday 8 November: 10am – 10pm

Sunday 9 November: 10am – 4pm

More info and link to buy tickets on the fair website. 

 

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Stand Together, a collaboration between I See A Different You and Grant’s Whiskey

 

 

The Bullion Bar, 17 Wolmarans Street, Braamfontein

More info on Facebook. 

 

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Saturday 8 November 2014

 

Joburg Photo Umbrella launch & A Return to Elsewhere opening

 

 

The Joburg Photo Umbrella is the first public photography-specific programme in the city of Johannesburg to bring together and network a wide range of photography content, exhibitions, activities and dialogue.

 

A Return to Elsewhere is a collaboration between photographers Kalpesh Lathigra (UK) and Thabiso Sekgala (1981 – 2014) (SA) to develop work within communities in two primary locations, Marabastad and Laudium, South Africa and Brighton, in the UK. Exploring understandings of belonging, histories, silences, memory and loss; it creates narratives, and raises questions, around truth and fiction and notions of connect and disconnect.

 

Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown

10am – 5pm

More info on the Facebook event page.

For the full programme of exhibition listings as well as workshops, talks and screenings that will run throughout November, visit the Joburg Photo Umbrella Tumblr. For regular updates and news like the Joburg Photo Umbrella Facebook page. 

 

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55 Artists/Necklaces

 

 

Tinsel and Liz Loubser Gallery, both leaders in the field of contemporary South African jewellery, are pleased to announce their collaboration on a new collection of necklaces by some of the country’s most talented designers. Each piece is an original, one-of- a-kind necklace which hasn’t been exhibited before, so this show presents a unique opportunity to see a very varied collection of the highest quality design and workmanship, which has been carefully curated by Liz Loubser, Geraldine Fenn and Eric Loubser.

11 Cecilia Avenue, Risidale

10am – 4pm

More info on the Tinsel site and on Facebook page.

 

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STR.CRD 

 

 

STR.CRD™ 2014 is the leading annual urban youth culture event in AFRICA showcasing fashion, music, sneakers, graffiti, skate and dance at Constitution Hill.

 

Constitution Hill, Kotze Street, Braamfontein

More info and get tickets on the event site.