Author Archives: Juliet White

NIROX Foundation in partnership with the Goethe-Institut and David Krut Projects has had the pleasure of hosting and working with renowned artist Jürgen Partenheimer. Partenheimer is a major German artist with a distinguished international career. Throughout his career he has … Continue reading →

Following the closing of Diane Victor’s exhibition Ashes to Ashes and Smoke to Dust at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery a selection of work from the exhibition will be shown at David Krut Projects as a continuation of the … Continue reading →

David Krut Print Workshop at Arts on Main has launched into 2012 full speed ahead with printing and editioning the latest series of linocuts by William Kentridge. Many of the prints will become part of an upcoming exhibition in Australia … Continue reading →

Senzo Shabangu starts off 2012 with fresh lino plates that he carved during the December break, in his home town in Mpumalanga. He is currently back at the Jan Smuts workshop proofing these images in preparation for his much anticipated … Continue reading →

Please join us for a walkabout and question & answer session with the artist as Jessica Webster takes us through her latest body of work on the exhibition Mainly Benoni. And Paintings. The exhibition opened at NIROX Projects at Arts … Continue reading →

If you missed Diane Victor’s exhibition, Ashes to Ashes and Smoke to Dust, this is your last week to catch it before the show at UJ Art Gallery comes down. There will be a closing ceremony taking place this Wednesday … Continue reading →

Following her 2011 residency at the Nirox Foundation, Webster presents her latest body of work, which continues to investigate the ways in which painting exists in two states simultaneously. In one instance, a painting exists as a physical entity – … Continue reading →

Colbert Mashile’s art-making process is what he describes as randomly capturing what comes to him first, without thinking too much about where the inspiration comes from. The image of the caterpillar fascinates him because of the notion that it will … Continue reading →

  [1] Wits School of the Arts, Substation: http://dislocatingthestudio.blogspot.com/p/about.html [2] Cozier, Visual Matters: http://christophercozier.blogspot.com/2011/11/substation-card-1-johannesburg.html [3] Christopher Cozier, email conversation with the artist, November 2011 [4] Christopher Cozier, email conversation with the artist, November 2011

Faith’s images reconstruct lost objects, broken-down cars, old factories and dusty side roads of forgotten towns. She investigates how humans interact with their environment, what scratches and memories they leave behind. Her interactions resonate with our fragility, with our innate … Continue reading →

Julian Opie, Mirjam, 2011 Come and join us at the 2011 Food, Wine and Design Fair 25 – 27 November, Hyde Park, Booth #4 Art and design have always had an uneasy relationship in the view of many observers when, in … Continue reading →

Jürgen Partenheimer, a major German artist with a distinguished international career stayed as a resident at NIROX Foundation from 15 September until 15 November 2011 supported by the Goethe-Institute Johannesburg. Since his arrival at NIROX, the artist has met and engaged … Continue reading →

Diane Victor’s solo exhibition Ashes to Ashes and Smoke to Dust at UJ Art Gallery until 25 January 2012. Book launch at 11am, Saturday 21 January                             … Continue reading →

In 1911, the building that is now known as Arts on Main was originally built. It began as a bonded Liquor store for William Mcbain. D.F Corlett, master builder and mayor of JHB from 1931-32, later used the front offices … Continue reading →

J Ü R G E N   P A R T E N H E I M E R Seeds & Tracks and Folded Spirits L E B O G A N G   M A S H I L E Poetry … Continue reading →

The washing machine switches to the spin cycle while the incessant vacuuming continues. Outside someone is mowing the lawn. From the shopping Mall below, a scream of car hooters cut the air and then an alarm begins to wail… From … Continue reading →

The David Krut Projects Summer Show for 2011 features artworks from a wide selection of artists, most of whom have worked closely with us, some of whom come from further abroad. Untitled brings together a collection of prints that celebrate … Continue reading →

Maja Maljević was recently in residence at NIROX Foundation from 2 September to 17 September with German artist Tatjana Doll. Towards the end of her stay, she also met another renound German artist Jürgen Partenheimer, who is currently in residence at NIROX. … Continue reading →

                    Lisa Jaffe is proud to announce the official opening of her new retail space at 44 Stanley in Milpark, Johannesburg featuring both her latest collection and the first instalment of her collaborative … Continue reading →

With just a hand-full of the official FIFA art posters left in stock, and over a year later it seems the soccer fever has yet to die down completely. David Krut Publishing in Parkwood and the Projects space at Arts … Continue reading →

If you missed out on this year’s FNB Art Fair in Joburg or you would like another chance to see what we had on show, please make a point of stopping by David Krut Projects in Parkwood. The Workshop Gallery … Continue reading →

Richard Penn started working at DKW in 2010 on a series of monotypes. Using nature magazines and images captured by the Hubble Telescope as his references, he immersed himself in exploring the simultaneity of macroscopic and microscopic scale in his artworks. Looking at scale … Continue reading →

Fourth Wall Books recently launched the Kentridge/Marx publication Fire Walker in New York this year and then again at Arts on Main in Johannesburg. The book has been edited by Oliver Barstow and Bronwyn Law-Viljoen and it includes essays by Mark Gevisser, … Continue reading →

To unite fashion and art for the 2011 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Marie Claire, David Krut Projects and fashion label Guillotine have joined forces to present the installation and performance piece First Cut: Paper Scissors Block Print. Performance Collaborators: Lisa … Continue reading →

Mike Houston and Martin Mazorra from Cannonball Press in New York have released woodcuts that are now available in limited numbers from DKW. The Cannonball Press duo printed the woodcuts with RBPW printers Phil Sanders and Deborah Chaney. For more information on the availability … Continue reading →

Colbert Mashile has been creating editions at David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) since 2002, in which time he has produced etchings, linocuts and monotypes in collaboration with DKW printers. In preparation for the The Horse, a group exhibition of horse-themed art works at … Continue reading →

Senzo Shabangu’s solo exhibition Naked Pressure has been extended for another week. The exhibition is located in the David Krut Workshop Gallery in Parkwood. For more information click here.    

Jacki McInnes is a practising artist, arts educator, arts writer and curator. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions and has work in corporate and private collections around South Africa. The David Krut Publishing educational supplement for TAXI-013 Diane Victor was written by Jacki McInnes. Last … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, Diane Victor spent a few days creating new lithographs with Mark Attwood at the Artists’ Press print studio in White River, Nelspruit. At the same time, she was also preparing for the upcoming exhibition as the featured … Continue reading →

Senzo Shabangu and Vumelani Sebeko will be the featured exhibiting artists in the event Idubukele at Ko’Spotong in Newtown today. The performance and installation exhibition is a part of this year’s Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg. Shabangu’s exhibition Naked Pressure … Continue reading →

Helder Torrao is a fifth-generation Portuguese carpenter based in Cape Town. He creates wonderfully varied and beautiful custom work through an intimate understanding of materials and processes. David Krut Projects’ commitment to local initiatives in design, the arts and related … Continue reading →

Following the success of the opening of Naked Pressure, artist and printmaker Senzo Shabangu will be conducting a walk-about at the David Krut Workshop Gallery in Parkwood. Shabangu will be speaking about the processes and ideas behind his art and … Continue reading →

Mary Wafer’s solo exhibition “Countermeasures” will be opening at the Cape Town, Montebello Design Centre space, today. The exhibition, under the same title, will open at DK Projects in Parkwood later in September this year. More details about that to … Continue reading →

Ever since Senzo started working in residence at DKW this year, we have enjoyed watching his talent develop and blossom. In a conversation, not so long ago, he recalled his very first experience as an artist when he was only … Continue reading →