BREAKING THE RULES
SA artists ask questions…..
… old rules?
… new rules?
Michael Zondi ‘The Prophet’
Thami Jali'Load sharing'
Breaking the Rules:
Breaking the Rules:
South African artists ask questions…
South African artists ask questions…
Old rules?...New Rules?
Old rules?...New Rules?
Breaking the Rules: South African artists ask questions…Old rules?...New Rules? is an exhibition curated to engage the schools’ FET and IEB curricula - of course the content is designed to appeal to our wider art audience. The exhibition came about through pleas from the teaching community asking for an exhibition relevant to their art syllabi. The Durban Art Gallery (DAG) were fortunate to be able to call on a core group of teachers led by Neith Moore who was instrumental in working with the FET curriculum in the early 2000s.
Breaking the Rules: South African artists ask questions…Old rules?...New Rules? is an exhibition curated to engage the schools’ FET and IEB curricula - of course the content is designed to appeal to our wider art audience. The exhibition came about through pleas from the teaching community asking for an exhibition relevant to their art syllabi. The Durban Art Gallery (DAG) were fortunate to be able to call on a core group of teachers led by Neith Moore who was instrumental in working with the FET curriculum in the early 2000s.
The exhibition, drawn from the Durban Art Gallery (DAG) collections, is spread over four spaces. The narrative ‘Early voices in South Africa…seeking the spirit of South Africa’ begins on the landing and leads up to the foyer concentrating on artists influenced by African and/or indigenous art forms. This plants thoughts of what the old rules were and what new rules are now influencing South African art.
The exhibition, drawn from the Durban Art Gallery (DAG) collections, is spread over four spaces. The narrative ‘Early voices in South Africa…seeking the spirit of South Africa’ begins on the landing and leads up to the foyer concentrating on artists influenced by African and/or indigenous art forms. This plants thoughts of what the old rules were and what new rules are now influencing South African art.
Gallery 1 adjacent to the foyer features 'Izi Labantu…voices of the people'. African identity and what it is to be African is questioned in this theme. Readings of ancestors over a diversity of cultures chronicle traditional worship. Noticeable here are the departures from traditional art mediums to expand the language of the interpretation.
Gallery 1 adjacent to the foyer features 'Izi Labantu…voices of the people'. African identity and what it is to be African is questioned in this theme. Readings of ancestors over a diversity of cultures chronicle traditional worship. Noticeable here are the departures from traditional art mediums to expand the language of the interpretation.
Sharing this space, the exhibition moves into active discord with the politics of Apartheid challenging the viewer in 'Dogs of War: Gods of War'. Prior to the first democratic elections in 1994 South African artists actively expressed resistance by ‘breaking rules’ of the Apartheid system through metaphor and chronicle.
Sharing this space, the exhibition moves into active discord with the politics of Apartheid challenging the viewer in 'Dogs of War: Gods of War'. Prior to the first democratic elections in 1994 South African artists actively expressed resistance by ‘breaking rules’ of the Apartheid system through metaphor and chronicle.
Gallery 2 features post democratic identity in South Africa 'Who are WE? 1994 to now…' and here artists confront issues of language, ethnicity, globalization and urbanization. Alternative contemporary and popular art forms make their appearance in multimedia and new media under the theme 'But is it Art? The new Normal'. Opposite in the same gallery space 'Rites and Wrongs: Gender & Justice' confronts important topics such as abuse, religion, power relations among others. The complexity of identity is explored through gender and societal structures.
Gallery 2 features post democratic identity in South Africa 'Who are WE? 1994 to now…' and here artists confront issues of language, ethnicity, globalization and urbanization. Alternative contemporary and popular art forms make their appearance in multimedia and new media under the theme 'But is it Art? The new Normal'. Opposite in the same gallery space 'Rites and Wrongs: Gender & Justice' confronts important topics such as abuse, religion, power relations among others. The complexity of identity is explored through gender and societal structures.
Sincere thanks to Neith Moore whose ideas and contribution have driven this exhibition to completion. In addition to leading the curatorial process she has also designed a website and an online function available in the foyer. Thanks to the curatorial committee who include a network of local teachers who gave up several Saturdays to conclude the final selection: Jenni Joseph / Crawford College; Njabulo Hlongwane / Mason Lincoln Special School; Joan Martin / Reddam House; Vee Bauer / Roseway Waldorf and Andrea Walters / UNISA. I also thank Thulani Makhaye, Curator: Exhibitions at the Durban Art Gallery.
Sincere thanks to Neith Moore whose ideas and contribution have driven this exhibition to completion. In addition to leading the curatorial process she has also designed a website and an online function available in the foyer. Thanks to the curatorial committee who include a network of local teachers who gave up several Saturdays to conclude the final selection: Jenni Joseph / Crawford College; Njabulo Hlongwane / Mason Lincoln Special School; Joan Martin / Reddam House; Vee Bauer / Roseway Waldorf and Andrea Walters / UNISA. I also thank Thulani Makhaye, Curator: Exhibitions at the Durban Art Gallery.
Jenny Stretton, Curator: Collections
Jenny Stretton, Curator: Collections
Under the main tab at the top, you will find the different collections on separate sub-pages, or use the LINKS below.
Under the main tab at the top, you will find the different collections on separate sub-pages, or use the LINKS below.
