Nhunguvana - the Tsonga medicine gourd

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A basket case - one the artworks featured in the African art collection

Wits calls back the past through art April 6, 2004 By Tammy O'Reilly FINDING new ways to rekindle interest in artworks that have reached their sell-by dates is a challenge which the Standard Bank Art Gallery and the University of Witwatersrand aim to embrace with a new exhibition entitled "Voice-overs: Wits writings exploring African artworks". From 30 March until 1 May more than 100 works of art that have featured previously in the Standard Bank Art Gallery and that have since been housed at Wits, are being re-exhibited with the accompaniment of text appraisals from experts. Linaga - the Ndebele cape with beads Each of a panel of 57 people linked to the university or who are in some way involved in the arts, has, according to the Standard Bank Gallery website, "contributed a text about their choice and these texts take the form of poems, short stories, artworks and narrative writing as well as more academic research". "The general impetus of the exhibition is to publicise the collection. Some accounts are autobiographical, some are scholarly and some are academic," said Professor Collin Richards of the Wits School of Arts. Adding to the longevity of the exhibition is a catalogue published by the university that contains illustrations of each piece of art together with the selectors' appraisals. The catalogue sells at R150 and is available from the gallery. "The exhibition comprises works of contemporary and traditional art like paintings, sculptures, masks and beadwork," said Sue Isaac, administrator at the gallery. Some of the items include Jackson Hlungwane's 'Gabriel From the Altar of God', Sam Nhlengethwa's renowned commentary on the death of Steve Biko, 'It Left Him Cold', and rare South African beadwork panels dating back to the nineteenth century. The Standard Bank Art Gallery is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. Entrance is free. For more information, contact the gallery on 011 636 4231 or visit www.sbgallery.co.za. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za