Stephen Hobbs
Collaboration History Stephen Hobbs has been collaborating with David Krut Projects and David Krut Workshop since 2009. Hobbs’ relationship with David Krut Projects has broadened his artistic repertoire through print making, book making and publishing. In addition, David Krut Projects New York has produced a variety of Hobbs’ talks, presentations and workshops in numerous universities and institutions throughout the USA. Fools Gold (2010), DKP Johannesburg Be Careful in the Working Radius (2013), DKP Johannesburg This exhibition was accompanied by an extensive exhibition catalogue. The artist’s first pop-up book, made in collaboration with DKW, also debuted on this exhibition. Permanent Culture (2015), DKP Cape Town This exhibition was the result of a three-year long research project centred on the city’s urban design and planning. The show was accompanied by an installation-based pop-up exhibition at Spin Street Studios in Cape Town, titled SAS Somerset and Other War Stories. Later that year, the exhibition travelled to DKP Johannesburg in a special iteration of the show, Permanent Culture at 1800 Metres. No Fusion (2017), DKP Johannesburg This exhibition was heavily informed by Hobbs’ lecturing visits to the USA, which included print residencies at Salt & Cedar, Eastern Market, Detroit, in 2015; and in 2016...
- Stephen Hobbs, Fool’s Gold (2010)
- Imprint: Selected Editions and Works on Paper (2012)
- Landscape Re-Orientation, 28 April – 30 June 2012, Landscape Re-Orientation (2012)
- DKW Review 2012 (2012)
- THE PRINT SHOW at EBONY Cape Town (2013)
- Be Careful in the Working Radius by Stephen Hobbs (2013)
- The Benediction of Shade (2013)
- 2013 Year End Review (2013)
- Cape Town Art Fair 2014 (2014)
- MATRIX (2014)
- Group Show Presenting William Kentridge’s Lekkerbreek (2014)
- Ring the Changes – A Group Exhibition (2014)
- Equinox – A Group Exhibition of New Editions and Unique Works (2014)
- Place of Gold – Group Exhibition (2014)
- UBUNTU FESTIVAL (2014)
- JOHANNESBURG IN PRINT (2014)
- The Benediction of Shade II (2014)
- The Cape Town Art Fair 2015 (2015)
- Carved: Relief Print Group Exhibitions (2015)
- SAS Somerset & Other War Stories by Stephen Hobbs (2015)
- Permanent Culture by Stephen Hobbs (2015)
- Permanent Culture at 1800 Metres by Stephen Hobbs (2015)
- MANTEGNA | DKW PRINTS (2016)
- UNNATURAL LANDSCAPES (2016)
- 365 Days of Projects and Collaborations (2016)
- NO FUSION | A SOLO EXHIBITION BY STEPHEN HOBBS (2017)
- RADICAL HERITAGE BABY! (2017)
- The Colourist Manifesto (2018)
- Almost Sold Out & Rarities (2019)
- URBAN CHEMISTRY (2019)
- Treasure Trove (2019)
- Body Parts by Stephen Hobbs (2019)
- Kind of Blue (2019)
- Ensemble Staves: City Bound (2020)
- A Short Life with Bungalow Bliss (2022)
- 2022 – A Year in Review (2022)
- What’s the Word? Reading Text in Print-based Art (2023)
- Summer Salon (2023)
- The Visitors (2024)
- Stephen Hobbs at Keyes Art and Design Emporium
- Stephen Hobbs – Optics, Curiosity and Playfulness | Listening Time 35 min
- Print of the Month – (October 2018) Stephen Hobbs ‘Very Dangerous Grid’
- The Art That We Make: The Colourist Manifesto
- The Print Club launched in collaboration with Mesh Club at the Keyes art Mile
- Art My Jozi Project | Urban Chemistry: Creative Place-making in Johannesburg
- The Art We Make: Treaure Trove
- Stephen Hobbs | Body Parts - In Conversation with Jacqueline Flint
- #ArtKeepsGoing – Artsy Campaign response to COVID-19 | Stephen Hobbs
- Turbine Art Fair 2021: Stephen Hobbs in residence at the fair
- Stephen Hobbs Woodview Residency
- A Look Back at Editions, Projects & Collaborations from 2021
- Stephen Hobbs: Bunkers and Bliss in Maboneng
- US Printmaker in Residence | Lauren Krukowski
- David Krut Podcast: Stephen Hobbs – Shallow Sleep | Listening Time: 20 minutes
- Fusing Art, Sustainability, and Skateboarding Culture | Collaborative Creative Wood Workshop
- David Krut Workshop | Where we are!
- Conversations Between Stephen Hobbs and David Krut - EP.1: Reconstructed Trees and Other Mindsets
- Conversations Between Stephen Hobbs and David Krut - Ep.2: Retroactive Orientation
- Beyond the Page: Woordfees 2024
- Defence and deception in the modern South African battlefield: Stephen Hobbs on his etching suite, "Buildings, bombs, bunkers and clouds
- Printmaking in the “armpit of America”: Stephen Hobbs on his whirl-wind lecture tour of the United States
- Destruction/Construction: “Main and Kruger” etching series by Stephen Hobbs
- An enlightening studio visit with Mr. Hobbs
- The Mail and Guardian review Permanent Culture at David Krut Cape Town - "a tight and thoughtful show"
- Hobbs at David Krut makes the top ten cultural highlights in "a well-conceived show that played with the notion of scale and practical constraints, particularly in the realm of architecture" - Mary Corrigall
Artworks
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Beyond the Page: Woordfees 2024
Oct. 17, 2024Woordfees began in 2000 with a focus on celebrating Afrikaans literature and has now become one of the largest arts...
Tags: Beyond the Page, boschendal, Brundyn arts, David Krut Projects, litrature, woordfees, works on paperConversations Between Stephen Hobbs and David Krut – Ep.2: Retroactive Orientation
Aug. 14, 2024Once again, David Krut sits down with Stephen Hobbs to continue their discussion around Hobbs’s life and work, as well...
Tags: David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, ExhibitionDavid Krut Workshop | Where we are!
Jul. 25, 2024The David Krut Workshop (DKW) is the centre of David Krut Project’s artistic collaborations. David Krut Workshop is located in downtown Johannesburg,...
Tags: Arts on Main, Center for the Less Good Idea, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, David Krut Workshop, Home of the Bean, Jillian Ross, Mary Sibande, Mikhael Subotzky, Mikhael Subotzy, Printmaking, Project Inflamed, william kentridgeConversations Between Stephen Hobbs and David Krut – Ep.1: Reconstructed Trees and Other Mindsets
Jul. 24, 2024We are excited to announce a new podcast episode featuring artist Stephen Hobbs! Hobbs has a longstanding relationship with DKP...
Tags: David Krut Projects, Exhibition, Stephen HobbsFusing Art, Sustainability, and Skateboarding Culture | Collaborative Creative Wood Workshop
Feb. 29, 2024We are pleased to announce a special project in development! David Krut Projects (DKP) has teamed up with three organizations...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Collaborators, WoodworkDavid Krut Podcast: Stephen Hobbs – Shallow Sleep | Listening Time: 20 minutes
Sep. 30, 2022Listen to artist Stephen Hobbs tell the story of his long journey from South Africa to Ireland and back which...
Tags: abstract, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Exhibition, Installation Art, Ireland, Maboneng, podcast, walkaboutUS Printmaker in Residence | Lauren Krukowski
Jul. 12, 2022Lauren Krukowski is a second-year Master of Fine Arts candidate at the University of Iowa in the United States, studying...
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, etching, Monotype, printmakersStephen Hobbs: Bunkers and Bliss in Maboneng
Feb. 21, 2022Fiddaun First Floor (2021)Stephen HobbsLinocut, silkscreen, and tape37 x 25 cm Artist Stephen Hobbs’ practice is significantly informed by architecture,...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Glenville, Printmaking, silkscreen, Stephen Hobbs, Woodview residencyA Look Back at Editions, Projects & Collaborations from 2021
Jan. 12, 2022The year 2021 was a productive one in the workshop and the gallery. We saw editions and projects by a...
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, PrintmakingTurbine Art Fair 2021: Stephen Hobbs in residence at the fair
Oct. 14, 2021Photo credit: Elli Saayman, 2021. The beloved Turbine Art Fair was the first Johannesburg-based fair to return to a physical presence in...
Tags: Artist in residence, printmaking south africa, printworkshop, Stephen Hobbs, TAF2021, Turbine Art Fair, Woodview residency#ArtKeepsGoing – Artsy Campaign response to COVID-19 | Stephen Hobbs
May. 1, 2020In April 2020, Artsy launched the #ArtKeepsGoing campaign with the goal of creating content with artists that highlights how they are enduring the unique...
Tags: #Artists in isolation, Art keeps going campaign, Artist, Artsy, Covid-19, covid-19 lockdown, David krut Artist Features, David Krut Podcast, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Gallery, Stephen HobbsThe Print Club launched in collaboration with Mesh Club at the Keyes art Mile
Nov. 29, 2018MESH CLUB is extremely proud to partner with David Krut Projects to bring together a collection dedicated exclusively to printed works of art...
Tags: Keyes Art Mile, Mesh Club, On Paper, Printmaking, PrintsPrint of the Month – (October 2018) Stephen Hobbs ‘Very Dangerous Grid’
Oct. 23, 2018Very Dangerous Grid finds its inspiration in the rotation of banal advertising adorning Joburg’s motorways, where the grid like infrastructure...
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Workshop, Linocut, Printmaking, scaffold, Stephen Hobbs, tape, the city, wooden dowelsStephen Hobbs – Optics, Curiosity and Playfulness | Listening Time 35 min
Jul. 13, 2018Elize de Beer is in conversation with artist Stephen Hobbs in his Studio in Johannesburg. In this podcast episode, Hobbs...
Tags: Artist Books, conceptual art, Pop Up, Public Art, Stephen HobbsStephen Hobbs at Keyes Art and Design Emporium
Jul. 11, 2018PHOTO FOCUS for July’s Art & Design Saturday - 14th of July 2018 The July 14th edition of Art&Design Saturday...
Tags: Artist Books, Photography, Stephen HobbsPrint/s of the Month (March) – Stephen Hobbs
Mar. 3, 2018[caption id="attachment_46568" align="aligncenter" width="378"] Pop Up Forest, 2015[/caption] In the work Pop up Forest Hobbs drew inspiration from: a) The...
Tags: Arts on Main, Collaborative printmaking, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, DKW, ink, Linocut, Printmaking, Stephen HobbsAbstraction at David Krut Projects
Sep. 1, 2017David Krut Projects has collaborated with a wide range of artists working in the realm of abstraction. Abstract art uses a...
Tags: abstract art, article, Jaco van Schalkwyk, podcast, Stephen HobbsStephen Hobbs | No Fusion Student Walkabout
Aug. 22, 2017Stephen Hobbs gave a walkabout to his students from the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ)...
Tags: books, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Exhibition, Letterpress, podcasts, Stephan HobbsStephen Hobbs’ Embodiment and Transmission of the City’s Experience
Jul. 12, 2017The experience of the city is personal, as such artists often choose to depict their vision of a city, a...
Tags: Architecture, Johannesburg, Maboneng, Multimedia, Performance art, Stephen Hobbs, Street Art, Urban artStephen Hobbs | New works in Letterpress
Apr. 21, 2017[gallery columns="2" ids="44061,44060"] Letterpress is a form of relief printing where blocks of movable type are composed and locked into...
Tags: Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Exhibition, Jillian Ross, Letterpress, No Fusion, Printmaking, Salt and Cedar, Stephen HobbsWho are DKP featuring at the FNB Joburg Art Fair? 2016-09
Sep. 6, 201609.2016 Blogger: Jessie Cohen This year, David Krut Projects is proud to showcase South African and Ethiopian artists across 4 separate booths at the...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, DESTA, FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016DKNY Gallery Director, Meghan Johnson, comes to JHB 2016-08
Aug. 24, 201624.08.16 This week, David Krut New York (DKNY) gallery director, Meghan Johnson, touched down in Johannesburg, marking her first ever visit...
Tags: David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, David Krut Projects New YorkMaster printer feature: Jillian Ross 2016-10
Aug. 16, 201628.10.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Master printer feature: Jillian Ross [caption id="attachment_42960" align="aligncenter" width="640"] DKW master printer Jillian Ross[/caption] For profiling Ross,...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, Jillian RossWhat’s new at DKW? A display of prints and paintings curated by our staff 2016-08
Aug. 8, 201608/08/16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen (JC) There is a new display of work on the walls at DKW - a combination...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on MainA Cape Town Colleague’s Visit to the Golden City
Aug. 1, 2016David Krut Projects Cape Town can get icy in winter. We had our annual break for the first two weeks...
Tags: Architecture, City of Gold, Collaboration, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Edoardo Villa, Henri Matisse, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg Art, Maboneng, Prints, Turbine Art Fair, Walter BattissJuly in Review – what have the DKP team and our associated artists been up to?
Jul. 22, 201622.07.16 This month, we showcased a rich selection of contemporary artists at Turbine Art Fair (TAF), including Quinten Williams, Mary Wafer, Robyn...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Cape Town, David Krut Projects JohannesburgDKP proudly present cutting edge talk series: Architecture-meets-Art (AMA)
Jul. 5, 201605/07/16 On Saturday 16 July the successful talk series Architecture-meets-Art (AMA) moves location, from the David Krut Bookstore in Parkwood...
Tags: AMA, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects JohannesburgDestruction/Construction: “Main and Kruger” etching series by Stephen Hobbs
Mar. 2, 2016Main and Kruger I-V Hardground etching series 2014-2015 Stephen Hobbs “These prints are my fantasizing about the aesthetics of grids...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects JohannesburgAOM: Control is the word
Dec. 8, 2015Activities (and weather conditions) are heating up at AOM before we shut our doors for 2015. The team multi-task in...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on MainDefence and deception in the modern South African battlefield: Stephen Hobbs on his etching suite, Buildings, bombs, bunkers and clouds 2015-11
Nov. 27, 201527.11.15 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Visual artist and cultural producer Stephen Hobbs is well known for his war-design-inspired public artwork through which...
Tags: Buildings bombs bunkers and clouds, Dazzle Cloud, Kaleidoscope, Pillbox, Signs of a transforming cityA Luis Alonzo-Barkigia special at AOM
Nov. 24, 201524.11.15 Blogger & photographer: Jessie Cohen It’s almost Christmas but the pace at AOM is not letting up. Master printer...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, Hazard GalleryPrintmaking in the “armpit of America”: Stephen Hobbs on his whirl-wind lecture tour of the United States 2015-11
Nov. 11, 2015Blogger: Jessie Cohen 2015-11 On returning to Johannesburg after an intensive three-week lecture and printmaking tour of the US, Stephen...
Tags: Buildings bombs bunkers and clouds, Printmaking, Special Grids, US tourStephen Hobbs In Studio
Aug. 11, 2015The David Krut Projects (DKP) team paid a visit to Stephen Hobbs' personal studio, located in the heart of Johannesburg...
Tags: Stephen Hobbs, StudioStephen Hobbs David Krut Workshop Pt.1
Aug. 3, 2015With an upcoming show on the 13th August at David Krut Projects, entitled ''Permanent Culture'', Stephen Hobbs has been a...
Tags: permanent culture, Stephen HobbsThis week at David Krut Workshop
Jul. 30, 2015The week at DKW has been effervescent. With new works being produced for multiple artist’s simultaneously. Stephen Hobbs has been...
Stephen Hobbs’ SAS Somerset & Other War Stories: Installation Shots
Apr. 24, 2015Stephen Hobbs' SAS Somerset & Other War Stories opened as part of First Thursdays at the Twenty Fifty Gallery on...
Tags: Cape Town, Exhibition, InstallationDavid Krut Workshop Open for the Year
Jan. 15, 2015The team at DKW is back and carrying on printing artist’s work. Printers Chad and Nathaniel have just finished new...
Visit to Stephen Hobbs’ Studio
Dec. 12, 2014David Krut Projects (DK Projects) staff members Elzette de Beer and Amé Snyman paid a visit to Stephen Hobbs’ studio...
On View at Carnegie Hall | Johannesburg in Print, Curated by David Krut Projects
Oct. 9, 2014Johannesburg in Print | Curated by David Krut Projects On View: October - December 2014 We are excited to announce...
Tags: carnegie hall, Music, South Africa, ubuntu, William Kentridge (Universal Archive)Johannesburg in Print | Exhibition at Carnegie Hall for UBUNTU South African Festival – NYC
Sep. 20, 2014David Krut Projects & Carnegie Hall present: JOHANNESBURG IN PRINT Exhibition runs October 8 through November 5, 2014 in Carnegie Hall's...
Tags: arts, carnegie hall, Festival, live performance, Music, New York City, South Africa, ubuntuDrawings in the Sky: DK Artists Featured on ABSA Lumen Display
Aug. 14, 2014During Maboneng Art Week, the Absa Lumen Display will showcase artwork of artists from Maboneng and surrounding areas. The display...
David Krut to Participate in the Year’s E|AB Fair, NYC
Jul. 14, 2014The Editions | Artists' Books Fair is coming back to NYC this Fall, 2014! Stay tuned to find more news...
Tags: 2014, art fair, E|AB, E|AB FairJAG SNAG: End of Exhibition – Stephen Hobbs
Mar. 5, 2014Opening address by Christopher Till Sunday 16 March at 4pm / Closing 27 July 2014 Following three years of...
Tags: Installation, Johannesburg Art GalleryStephen Hobbs at DKW
Nov. 15, 2013Stephen Hobbs has begun preparations for his upcoming exhibition at David Krut Projects, Cape Town, in 2014. He will collaborating...
Tags: Arts on Main, Linocut, WoodcutImages from Multiplied 2013
Oct. 31, 2013From 18 - 21 October David Krut, Luke Crossley and Jacqueline Nurse represented the David Krut Projects team at Christie's...
Tags: art fair, London, multipliedStephen Hobbs Dazzle Building
Oct. 30, 2013Stephen Hobbs is dazzling in a building in downtown Johannesburg near to Arts on Main. Below are a series of...
Tags: Arts on Main, dazzleThe Shrunken Forest
Jun. 21, 2013Trees call to mind big leafy structures over our heads, like the Oak trees that surround the Montebello Design Centre,...
Tags: The Benediction of ShadeTHE PRINT SHOW at Ebony Cape Town, Installation Images
Jun. 18, 2013Here are a few installation images of THE PRINT SHOW, a collaboration between David Krut Projects and Ebony Cape Town....
Tags: Collaboration, PrintmakingDeciphering “Be Careful in the Working Radius”
May. 21, 2013Mozambique, 2010 Printed on the temporary fencing surrounding a construction site at Maputo airport, Stephen Hobbs notices a strip of...
Stephen Hobbs: The Attraction of Sites Under Construction
May. 21, 2013When approaching the David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) in 2009, the initial intention was to embark on a new making...
Stephen Hobbs – “Very Special Places” Exhibition at Krings-Ernst Gallery, Cologne
Apr. 18, 2013Below are a selection of images from Stephen Hobbs' recent exhibition at Krings-Ernst Gallery, Cologne. The exhibition is a shared...
Tags: Architecture, Exhibition, GermanyScreenprinting at DKW, Arts on Main
Apr. 9, 2013Stephen Hobbs' pop-up book project is steaming ahead. Below are images of Ingrid Schindall and Neo Hlasela pulling new screens...
Tags: Book, Pop Up, screenprintingProduction of Stephen Hobbs Pop-Up Book
Apr. 5, 2013In preparation for his upcoming solo exhibition at David Krut Projects at the end of May Stephen Hobbs has been...
Tags: Book, book-making, Pop UpStephen Hobbs at University of Stellenbosch Gallery
Mar. 14, 2013A series of installation shots from Stephen Hobbs's show, Activities on the grid, which opened 2 March 2013. Photographs courtesy...
Tags: Hobbs, Installation, Photography, sculptureStephen Hobbs – Dazzle Plans – Exhibition presented by Parts and Labour
Oct. 17, 2012OPENING | Thursday 1st November | 18:00 - 21:00 EXHIBITION | November 2nd - December 15th | By appointment Stephen...
Tags: Dazzle Plans, Stephen HobbsStephen Hobbs – Urban Labotomy/Laboratory – 21 July 2012
Jul. 10, 2012On 21 July at Villa Arcadia, 22 Oxford Road, Parktown, Stephen Hobbs will be speaking and taking part in a...
Tags: Architecture, Johannesburg, LectureORANGE SKYSCRAPER – A Wall Installation by Stephen Hobbs at David Krut Projects, Arts on Main
Apr. 26, 2012David Krut Projects hopes that this wall installation allows one to view the work of Stephen Hobbs from a different...
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Projects, InstallationTrinity Session and Hobbs/Neustetter celebrate 10 years of collaboration
Apr. 4, 2012On 15 March 2012, The Trinity Session previewed its REVIEW Exhibition inside the factorybuilding at 281 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg. The...
Tags: Installation, Maboneng, Marcus Neustetter, projection, Stephen Hobbs, Trinity SessionsTrinity Session and Hobbs/Neustetter celebrate 10 years of collaboration
Mar. 20, 2012On 15 March 2012, The Trinity Session previewed its REVIEW Exhibition inside the factory building at 281 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg....
Stephen Hobbs talk on Contemporary South African art at Stephen Welz and Co.
Sep. 30, 2011Stephen Hobbs will be talking on Contemporary South African art at this present point in time at Stephen Welz on...
Tags: Contemporary South African ArtDavid Krut Projects at Joburg Art Fair 2011
Sep. 17, 2011David Krut Projects will be showcasing work by Bruce Backhouse, Gail Behrmann, Deborah Bell, Bronwen Findlay, Claire Gavronsky, Joseph Hart, Stephen...
Tags: First Cut, Johannesburg Art Fair 2011IMPRINT: Selected Editions and Works on Paper, Installation Images
Jul. 20, 2011David Krut Projects is pleased to present IMPRINT, a selection of editions and works on paper by local and international...
Stephen Hobbs: JAG SNAG
May. 10, 2011Stephen Hobbs has chosen to embark on a five year project which aims to revise, deconstruct and re-imagine the architectonic...
Tags: Exhibition, Installation, Johannesburg Art GalleryFILM: Stephen Hobb’s ‘Fool’s Gold’ Exhibition
Oct. 1, 2010https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuRQn-DcfDI ‘Fool’s Gold’ encourages the viewer to see the points in between the points. Hobbs exposes the multi-faceted potential the...
Tags: Film