The Art Salon – considered one of the key
events in Cape Town’s visual arts calendar – aims to present a
comprehensive and varied overview of the current state of South African
art. Artists featured include William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Willie
Bester, Sam Nhlengethwa, Colbert Mashile, Richard Smith, Kevin Brand,
Stephen Inggs, Robert Slingsby, Deborah Bell, Claudette Schreuders, Nina
Romm and Wendy Anziska.
Since its inception in 1992, the Art Salon
has been a major enterprise, bringing together – under one roof – a large
showcase of quality artworks, in various media and styles. In keeping
with international trends, this event sees a subtle shift towards the
most cutting-edge art , while still maintaining its backbone of
‘classics’, such as John Kramer, Erik Laubscher and Peter Bonney.
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With the current trends towards the Contemporary,
younger artists, such as Pamela Stretton, Peter Eastman, Sanell Aggenbach,
Dan Halter, Kate Gottgens, Jaco Sieberhagen, Penelope Stutterheime,
Kathryn Smith, JP Meyer, Ryan Arenson and Andrzej Nowicki, are well
represented.
In addition to the traditional genres of landscape and figurative
painting, the Art Salon will also feature examples of some of the best in
sculpture, photography, ceramics and contemporary Shangaan beadwork.
Leading ceramic artists on this year’s Salon include
Louise Gelderblom, Astrid Dahl, Barbara Jackson, Hennie Meyer, Helen
Vaughan, Ruan Hoffmann, Laura du Toit, Shirley Fintz and Yvette McGee;
while photographers of note include Stephen Inggs, Dale Yudelman and
Kathryn Smith.
According to Korber : ‘This year’s Art
Salon promises to have a more focused selection, and is more directed
towards the demands of the contemporary collector than ever before’.
‘Given the economic crisis facing the world’, she
adds, ‘art, and especially South African art, seems to have weathered this
storm amazingly well – against the most dire predictions’.
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