Artbeat Profile: Pauline Gutter

Pauline Gutter was recently honoured with the ABSA L’Atelier award for 2013.  A daughter of the Free State, Pauline’s work often combines a passion for the farming community with carefully picked pallet that reflects her unique style.  Described as an ‘agri-porno’, it toys with the question ‘Does a farmer search for a wife in the way he would search for stud animals and breed them?’  

The 2013 ABSA L’Atelier was not, however, Pauline’s first appearance in the competition, having previously featured pieces in the 2002 to 2007 exhibitions and last year’s 2012 event. She has also participated in several other national competitions and had a number of solo exhibitions at the Aardklop National Arts Festival, the University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, the University of Potchefstroom Art Gallery and the Oliewenhuis Art Museum.  Her artwork is also represented in a number of corporate collections including ABSA’s permanent collection.

To find out more about Pauline and her work visit her website Pauline Gutter – Professional Artist. You can also contact her via her email address art@paulinegutter.com.. 

Jurgen Schadeberg & Andrew Barker @ Kalk Bay Modern

New bronzes from David Tomlinson at Elizabeth Gordon Gallery

Kentridge, Goldblatt to headline Prince Albert Art Festival – PArt – End September 2012

Prince Albert Gallery Press Release

Die Hel Interior by David Goldblatt

To mark the town’s 250^th birthday celebration and the Prince Albert Gallery’s tenth anniversary, more than 30 of South Africa’s most renowned visual artists will be participating in the village’s first art festival.

The festival is scheduled for the weekend of the 28^th of September 2012 and interrogates the theme of The Vulnerable Landscape. Artists will explore all aspects of landscape: interiors, the mind, urban renewal and destruction, the veld and closer to home, the beautiful and vast landscapes of the Karoo.

In addition to the Gallery, housed in the historic Seven Arches Building, other venues around the architecturally acclaimed village will be in use. “We wanted to include as much of the town as possible” said Gallery owner Brent Phillips-White. “We’ll be offering lectures and workshop as well as the exhibitions in some of these venues.”

He said art lovers will find work by painters, photographers, ceramicists, print-makers, sculptors and land artists at the festival.

Prince Albert Gallery co-director, Mary-Anne Botha explained: “The arid Karoo is vulnerable to climate change and human intrusion. Water for food and settlement is scarce. Fossil water held in deep aquifers is irreplaceable.”

Cloud Shadows by Joshua Miles

New work will be on display by David Goldblatt, William Kentridge, Hylton Nel and Hermann Niebuhr. Other artists exhibiting include Standard Bank Artist of the Year 2012 Mikhael Subotzky, internationally celebrate Philip W. Badenhorst and land artist Strijdom van der Merwe.

An exhibition will be curated featuring Karoo artists’ response to the threat of fracking. Workshops will be on offer by photographer Louis Botha, Jill Trappler and reduction woodblock printmaker Joshua Miles. Art-related movies and lectures will be presented in the evenings. Artist JP Meyer and designer Jacques Erasmus will offer a cooking course at the town’s recreational cooking school. Restaurants around the village will host dinners with guest artists.

The Gallery will be updating its website regularly with additions to the programme.

For further information contact: Brent Phillips-White E: karoogallery@intekom.co.za | T: 023 541 1057 | C: 082 749 2128

Local design showcase Southern Guild 2012 at Everard Read Gallery in August

The extremely successful Southern Guild is in its fourth year and will take place from 2 August to 9 September 2012 at the legendary Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg. A showcase of the best in South African contemporary art and design this year’s collection is said to be “the most significant yet”. Work from a record number of 109 participants, including some of the country’s top artists, designers and architects, will be featured in this year’s event. 2012 also marks the introduction of a section dedicated to South African Ceramicists and this year’s event will include a series of interactive events like the Southern Guild Talks programme and guided gallery tours for the public and schools.

For more information on Southern Guild 2012 visit the Southern Guild and Everard Read Gallery websites, or contact Lezanne Van Heerden on Lezanne@southernguild.co.za.

Stars in the Grass

New to the Everything for the Home directory is Stars in the Grass, a collection of detailed pencil sketches, appealing watercolours and life-like oils from local artist Judith Malan.

Born in Botswana, raised in Zimbabwe and now living in South Africa, it’s not surprising that Judith’s artwork conveys a deep love of Africa. She sees it as her privilege to capture the passion, healing prejudices and astounding compassion of her adopted nation and countrymen.

Judith started painting before she reached her teens and rarely goes a week without holding a brush. Despite her pint-sized stature, she is often described as fearless, undaunted by a large “canvas”. In fact, the bigger the better is her motto, with larger-than-life murals being a particular penchant.

To find out more about Judith or to take a gander at her portfolio visit her blog .