Edoardo Villa – Changing Worlds
R180In March / May 2008 a curated exhibition of South African sculptor Edoardo Villa’s work, entitled Changing Worlds, was presented at the Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind.
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El Anatsui 2006 (Catalogue)
R150This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition of new work by El Anatsui at David Krut Projects, New York. The book features the artist’s work and an interview. El Antsui’s extraordinary, large-scale “cloths” made from metal bottle tops and recycled materials have found their way into several major collections in Europe…
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Out of stockEngaging Modernities
R250Catalogue showcasing some of the major works in the Standard Bank Collection of African Art held at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Issues dealt with in the illuminating texts include: Military and missionary modernity, transformed modernities and traditional forms in modern materials.
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Eoan :Our Story
R330The legendary Eoan Group has performed opera, ballet and drama since the 1930s. The group was the first amateur company in South Africa to perform dance, theatre and grand opera often to packed houses in Cape Town’s best concert halls.
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Eoan: Our Story
R330Through extensive interviews with former members, and rich visual and archival material (from the archive now housed in the Documentation Centre for Music at Stellenbosch University), this book, the first on the history of the Eoan group, makes a unique contribution to South African music history. It illustrates not only how difficult it was for…
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Out of stockErnest Cole – Photographer
R3000These extremely rare prints, most of them made by Cole himself and most never previously exhibited, form the core of this exhibion and book. This book tells the story of Ernest Cole’s life, both in his own words and through the reminiscences and writings of those people who knew him personally and professionally.
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Exorcising The Demons Within
R250Exorcising the Demons Within makes sense of recent anti-outsider violence by situating it within an extended history of South African statecraft that both produced the conditions for the attacks and has been reshaped by it.
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Explore! Awesome South African Artists
R250Let children jump into the lively and flourishing local art scene, see it in full colour, learn about the diverse paths of the artists and their fascinating artworks. In time your little wonder will soon have found their own South African art hero to look up to!
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External Mission :The ANC in Exile 1960-1990
R450Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it termed an External Mission.
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Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers
R190This book documents and exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists who are active at the cutting edge of the global fiber-art movement, transforming fabrics into sculptures, pictures, emulations of nature, or even abstract meditations on memory and identity.
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Foam Along the Waterline: Works by Virginia MacKenny
R200Foam Along the Waterline is a catalogue published to accompany Virginia MacKenny’s solo exhibition of paintings and etchings at the University of Cape Town Irma Stern Museum in September/October 2008.
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For the Fallen: Honouring the Unsung Heroes and Heroines of the Liberation Struggle
R200This book is as much about the author’s concerns that a generation who have only known freedom will forget or never even understand the great price it took top gain our freedom, as it is about the men and women, the often forgotten heroes and heroines who showed their ultimate commitment to their ideals.
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Francois Krige – Centenary (Catalogue)
R1002013 marked the centenary of the birth of Francois Krige (1913-1994). David Krut Projects celebrated the occasion with an exhibition of his work curated by Justin Fox, nephew of the artist and authority on his life and art. In addition to self-portraits spanning Krige’s career, the exhibition presents a selection of significant works on paper over six decades.
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Frank Spears – The Painter
R400Frank Spears – the painter is a visual biography which traces his life from his humble beginnings in Birmingham to his professional life in Cape Town where he met his wife of almost 60 years, the poet, Dorothea Spears.
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Fred Page : Ringmaster of the Imagination 1908-1984
R200Frederick Hutchinson Page was an artist who is regarded as South Africa’s foremost Surrealist painter. He died in 1984 at the age of 76 having produced a body of work which is remarkable not only for its unique personal imagery, but which is also one of the few examples, in the 20th century, of an painter who portrays with some accuracy, the particular architectural features of the city in which he lived. Between 1947 and 1980, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, formed the backdrop for his extraordinarily fertile visual imagination. Reclusive by choice, he lived in an area close to the city’s harbour called Central where most of the material he used for the images was gleaned from sketches and photographs.
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From Protest to Challenge :A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1990; Vol 1 : Protest and Hope,1882-1934
R385Volume 1: Protest and Hope 1882–1934 consists of ninety-nine primary source documents, accompanied by a text that sets the documents in historical context.
