Art scene: Exhibitions 27 August – 3 September
GROUP SHOW: works by Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Jim Dine, Chuck Close, Victor Pasmore , Sam Francis, Damien Hirst, Zolile Phetsane and Sam Nhlengethwa among others will be on show at the White House Gallery, Shop 17, Thrupps Illovo centre, Oxford Road, Illovo, from 21 until 28 August. Details: 011-268-2115; info@thewhitehousegallery.co.za
THE TWO TALKING YONIS: Simultaneous installations of works by Reshma Chhibba, in conversation with Nontobeko Ntombela, that present a set of questions that are about the idea of re-looking, re-examining and re-investigating this position of the female, at three venues: Constitution Hill’s Women’s Jail, Kalashnikovv Gallery and Room, until 31 August. Details: 078-190-1221; nontobekon@gmail.com
TRANSGRESSIONS: Ugandan artist Benon Lutaaya’s debut solo exhibition. This body of work finds form in a series of expressive portraits that are informed by photographic references, as well as paintings of cameras that emphasise the integral part photography plays in his process. At Artspace Gallery, 1 Chester Court, 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, from 7 until 31 August. Details: 011-880-8802; www.artspace-jhb.co.za
THE TREE OF LIFE: an exhibition of artwork and photography by Loren Hodes and Ian Ossendryver, at Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre, corner of Glenhove Road and 4th Street, Houghton, from 31 July until 1 September. Details: 011-728-8088; rchcc@telkomsa.net
RESUSCITATE: physics, religion and biology form the basis of this solo exhibition highlighting the after-life of the artwork by Bronwyn Lace at Nirox Projects, Arts on Main, Maboneng Precinct, from 1 until 22 September. Details: 072-350-4326; www.niroxarts.com
SONGS OF EXCAVATION: an exhibition of truly mixed media work in photographic prints, video installations, paintings and sculptures, Minnette Vari presents the trope of excavation as a key metaphor in the Southern African imagination. At Goodman Gallery, 163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, from 29 August until 28 September. Details: 011-788-1113; www.goodman-gallery.com
ARCHIVAL IMPULSE: a photographic exhibition by Ayana V Jackson at Gallery Momo, 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North, from 29 August until 7 October. Details: 011-327-3247; www.gallerymomo.com
THE GRASS IS BURNING: a photographic exhibition by Martine Kolner at Studio 23, Arts on Main, Maboneng Precinct, from 11 August until 11 October. Details: 072-350-4326; www.niroxarts.com
PATCHED: Marion Boehm’s solo exhibition presents an artistic voyage through Kliptown, at In Toto Gallery, 6 Birdhaven Centre, 66 St Andrew Street, Birdhaven, from 22 August. Details: 011-447-6543; www.intotogallery.co.za
UMHLABA 1913 – 2013: an exhibition of work by more than 30 photographers in commemoration of the Land Act that draws on the collections of 12 archives in order to sketch the history of land dispossession and its legacies, seen through the eyes of photographers who have engaged with these issues for over a century. At Wits Art Museum, corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, from 28 August until November. Details: 011-717-1358; wam@wits.ac.za
EVERARD READ CENTENARY EXHIBITION: an exhibition that analyses the history of gallery, celebrate the present and give hints as to future directions the gallery may take. At Everard Read Gallery, 6 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, from 12 September. Details: 011-788-4805; www.everard-read.co.za
