I have not completely forgotten to comment on the Biennale, I promise. It was a very dense show and there is quite alot to take in! So instead of gobbling it up in the Vernissage week I am taking it slow.Considered commentary to follow soon...

In the meantime here's an image taken on my way home last night for Doug and Christian.





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STUDIO VISIT with CONVERSATION

opening at 6 pm
 
Monday, 25 May 2009
 
Exhibition closes on Friday 12 June 2009 at 1 pm
 
Studio Visit the exhibition embraces an open ended curatorial engagement.
The curators Bianca Baldi and Kirsty Cockerill visited as many studios as time and geographical constraints allowed over a three day period selecting artworks.
 

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXHIBITION
 
Barend de Wet, Pierre Fouché, Jonathan Garnham, Douglas Gimberg, Georgina Gratrix, Rebecca Haysom, Vivien K...
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Today I started my studio visits which forms part of my research for the show Studio Visit (co-curated with Kirsty Cockerill) and my new project Conversation.This mornings studio visit started at a the home and studio space in the Bo-Kaap
which included a morning coffee and conversations around premiership league, stone sculptures, girls and sex.

Our next stop was the historically loaded Castle which also is the home to a number of artists based in Cape Town. At Good Hope Studios the artists e...
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I am currently an intern at Warren Edtions which means I'm back getting my hands dirty.
It's great to be at the studio as I never learnt printmaking, save for the foundation
introduction to Intaglio and monotypes during my undergrad.
So far so good. I am currently preparing the plates for the first etching which is both
very excting and daunting.This etching is based on the architectural drawings which
plotted how to best  get the car into Blank Projects for Him & Her.

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Today marks the two year anniversary of You're One in a Million. Click through to
see more documentation from this project.

To celebrate this I have included a concrete poem that was written after the event
by a Cape Town based poet.


Enjoy! Happy Easter.


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STUDIO VISIT
Curated by Bianca Baldi and Kirsty Cockerill
With "Conversation" an ongoing project by Bianca Baldi


Photo Credit: Jonathan Garnham

The AVA in partnership with Spier will be holding an exhibition in all
four of our gallery spaces for three weeks between Monday, 25 May to
Friday, 12 June 2009.

The curators will be visiting as many artists' studios as time
constraints allow between Thursday 16 April, Friday 17 April and Monday 20
April 2009.

All artists who wish to participate in a studio vi...
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