David and Goliath Auction

You are hereby invited to attend the david&GOLIATH auction to be held at The Bag Factory in Fordsburg, Johannesburg onThursday, 25 September 2008 at 19h00. Preview and auction registration will be possible from 17h00.

Some information related to the auction:-

The relationship between the arts and commercial industry is one in which issues of creative ownership and copyright infringement is frequently contested. It is generally financially impossible for the individual artist to address these issues legally when faced with a corporate giant.

The david&GOLIATH initiative is aimed at creating a platform through which
the arts can support the arts in protecting creative ownership.

Prominent South African artists have generously sponsored artworks to be auctioned off at this fundraising event, which is proudly hosted by The Bag Factory.

Funds raised at this event will be used to support the case of:

Gerhard Marx vs. Ireland Davenport and BMW
due to occur in the High Court on the 9th of October 2008

Any further profits from this auction will enable the establishment of the david&GOLIATH trust, which will aim to financially support artists against copyright infringement and commercial exploitation.

Supporting Artists:

Wim Botha Jo Ractliffe Penny Siopis

Aiden Dom Bronwyn Lace Clive van den Berg Conrad Kemp David Andrew Diane Victor Dorothy Kreutzfeldt Ellen Rose Gerhard Marx Jeremy Wafer Jo Ractliffe
Jonah Sack Joni Brenner Kim Lieberman Lehlogonolo Mashaba Liam Lynch Maja Marx Marco Cianfanelli Marcus Neustetter Minette Vari Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi
Nhlapo Senzo Nirupa Sing Olaf Bisschoff Penny Siopis Philip Miller Richard Forbes Richard Penn Robyn Penn Sabelo Mlangeni Santu Mofokeng Stefanus Rademeyer Stephan Erasmus Suzanne du Preez Usha Seejarim Walter Oltmann William Kentridge Wim Botha Yvonne Harvey Zander Blom and more.

Date:
25 September 2008 from 17h00 onwards. Auction commences at 19h00

Venue:
The Bag Factory
10 Mahlatini Street
Fordsburg
011 834 9181
See attached map

Auctioneer:
Bernardi Auctioneers

Supported by:
Art Extra / The Artist Proof Studio / Art on Paper / Art South Africa / The Bag Factory /
Bernardi Auctioneers / Brendan Copestake and Jillian Ross / Godart / Goodman Gallery /
John Hodgkiss / Rooke Gallery / Templar Wales / Tonic / The Trinity Sessions / Warren Siebrits

Modern Fabrics

modern fabrics
>urban culture and artists connected to the city landscape<
Curated by Nontobeko Ntombela

Exploring notions of identity, aesthetics, human and geographic relationships; ‘modern fabrics’ interrogates the relationship between 'high' and 'low' culture in the cosmopolitan urban landscape of South Africa.

The exhibition is arranged in a symmetrical construction probing dialogues between works of different artists as a way of finding synergies, commonality and contradictions. This construction is set to demonstrate the diverse and hybrid nature of the city. Whilst the word ‘fabrics’ creates an impression of a show of artists' only working with a didactic inclusion of fabrics, the title of the show is a metaphor for ‘young artists’ on the exhibition. ‘Modern fabrics’ also refers to the constructed weave of the modern urban environment.

Coincidentally, selected artists in the show have works that use fabric, their works have been included because of their conceptual comment relating to the city. Similar to the inclusion of other types of found objects, these low cultured commodities in artists' work, purposefully transform the 'found object' function into new readings. Mkhize, Bengu, Xaba, and Sitas explore this dimension in their work.

Dunywa, Mama, Bopape, Dunn & Zondi interrogate the contemporary language of high tech through the use of new media whilst exploring different and separate concepts in their works. Traditional mediums are also included, particularly the work of Vaughan-Evans and Sibande, who use painting to excavate notions of both human and geographic relationships.

Curated by Nontobeko (Nonto) Ntombela. She is currently employed as the Gallery Curator of the Art Gallery, Durban University of Technology. Trained as an artist in recent years she has worked mainly as a curator and art project manager in Durban.

For More information contact Nonto Ntombela or Bronwyn Lace
nontobekon@gmail.com or Bronwyn.lace@gmail.com
0781901221 (Nonto) or 0716820756 (Bronwyn)

Residency Artists Exhibition 10 September

THE BAG FACTORY

Invites you to an exhibition by artists in residence

SITA MOYO (Pietermaritzburg)

NDIKHUMBULE NGQINAMBI (Cape Town)

HANS WILSCHUT (Netherlands)

Opening: Wednesday 10 September 2008 from 5:30pm

Exhibiting:
11, 12, 15, 16, 17 September 2008 from 9am to 4:30pm

The Bag Factory Artists’ Studios
10 Mahlatini Street, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
Tel: (011) 834 9181
Fax: (011) 838-6791

Email: info@bagfactoryart.org.za

With thanks to:

The Ford Foundation The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund
The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
Rent a Wreck
Photograph - Dinkies Sithole