URBANSTRETCH

Opening Wednesday 26th March 6pm-8pm
Closing Saturday 12th April


Young street artists from various disciplines have been given the opportunity to work, explore and exhibit their ideas for “immoderate public art”. Their intention was to stay away from the more traditional public art ideals; the type of work that would be funded and encouraged in the real world of judging panels and politics. The public art has not been made, the visualizations are being exhibited: sketches of process, studies and plans. The gallery has become an environment to experiment and collaborate; a place where contemporary street culture, traditional artistic practice and “pie-in-the-sky” ideals overlap and coalesce.
Curated by Leigh-Anne Niehaus and Murray Turpin.

Participating Artists:
Black Koki and 351073
Elbowgrease
Kenny Sonono
Phillemon Hlungwani
Rhett Martyn
Satta Collective

With graffiti intervention by Rasty.
Supported by Art Bank Jobrug and Red Bull



The Premises at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre
Loveday Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.onair.co.za/thepremises
thepremises@onair.co.za
Gallery Hours -
Tuesday - Saturday
10h00 - 17h00

PUSHPLAY>> Exhibition of Emerging Video Art @ The Bag Factory

The Bag Factory and SAartsEmerging.org present

PUSHPLAY>>

Opens: 12 March 2008 @ 6 for 6:30
Closes: 14 March

10 Mahlathini St, Fordsburg, Johannesburg

a selection of video art by up-and-coming South African artists. The exhibition, to be opened on 12 March 2008, runs in conjunction with the Johannesburg Art Fair to be launched on the 13March 2008.

SAartsEmerging.org is a collaborative web platform which promotes the work of South African artists though feature reviews, exhibition advertisements and other news links following the career paths of its associated artists. SAartsEmerging.org has an open call for applications to join the website.

The Bag Factory welcomes 'Push Play' as part of its exhibition programme which aims to further the needs of the local Johannesburg art scene.

'Push Play' is SAartsEmerging.org's fourth physical manifestation having exhibited previously in Johannesburg, Cape Town and most recently in February as part of the fringe of the Rotterdam Art Fair.

Line up includes: Lester Adams, Nina Barnett, Shane de Lange, Anthea Moys, Anthea Pokroy, Rat Western, Dean Henning and Rike Sitas and a live performance by MTKIDU and Ismail Farouk.

Enquiries:
Rat Western
rat@bagfactoryart.org.za
+27 72 802 9447
www.bagfactoryart.org.za
www.saartsemerging.org

10 Mahlathini St Fordsburg: Map