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Bell-Roberts
has many faces. It's a contemporary art and design gallery, a book design
studio, a bookstore and a publishing house. This makes for an interesting
environment with an array of personalities rolling through our doors for
different purposes. On any given day, you might run into Anushka, the Russian
tourist looking for a piece of Africa to take back home (he might not find that
sought-after giraffe but might just leave the gallery with an ultra modern yakuza
penguin sculpture); Bob, the architect who might pop in to look for one of
our books on contemporary South African architecture but instead leave the
premises not only with the book but also a badge that proclaims that he is a
piece of contemporary art; Libby, the dreamy-eyed design student that will leave
inspired by the latest exhibition in CUBE, the emerging design gallery. Mandy, the artist with an exhibition opening down the road is
frantically trying to get it ready and has just popped in to quickly check on
her framing in the workshop downstairs and also see some of her limited edition
prints being run off the digital art printers mid-level. Upstairs, an editor
might just be debating the merits of an illustration with a designer working on
a magazine or book.
Though modest in size, we have enough room for all
these people because what we trade in are ideas.
Throughout the year, we also have the most
cutting edge contemporary South African art on show in GALLERY, our main
exhibition space.
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CURRENTLY SHOWING
Group
25 June - 8 August 2008
Bell-Roberts' new space at Fairweather House in Woodstock will be launched with an exhibition entitled "Between Meaning and Matter". The exhibition features new works from artists within the Bell-Roberts stable and certain invited artists.
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Editor: Mehita Iqani
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Editor: Mehita Iqani
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
Our literary publication ITCH has a new web site and is calling for submissions for its next issue.
ITCH is a South African born, internationally relevant periodical featuring established and rising literary and visual talent.
Art South Africa's winter issue is now available nationwide. Taking its cue from the success of the inaugural Joburg Art Fair, the June 2008 issue of Art South Africa spotlights the local art market. This is announced through the subtly upgraded cover, which features a photograph of artist Conrad Botes at work on his contribution to the fair.
The second issue of Snapped will be available from 1 July 2008. This new issue takes up the theme of affluence, and features work from photographers from across the continent as well as a conversation with one of the continent's most successful photographers, Malik Sedibe.
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