Recent Arrivals

Writing in the December 2008 issue of Art South Africa, art historian Marilyn Martin lamented "the dearth of texts by artists" in recent times. The March 2010 edition of Art South Africa, which will be launched in Cape Town at Design Indaba Expo(February 26-28, stand B11), directly addresses this absence.

Marlene Dumas is celebrated around the world for her highly charged depictions of the human form. In her oil paintings, drawings and watercolours she captures the body in all its states, from pain to pleasure, eroticism to pathos, birth to death. These works often focus on the body as a contested site with regard to issues such as race, pornography and illegal immigration, but they also address such timeless themes as mortality, sexuality and childhood. Above all, they express a boundless faith in the power of painting to communicate complex psychological realities with eloquence and humour.

The past decade has seen a number of South African photographers rise to local and international prominence. The Summer 2009 issue of Art South Africa, on shelf from December 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, profiles three highly awarded talents: Pieter Hugo, Mikhael Subotzky and the collaborative duo of Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.

David Bruce captures the faces, lifestyles and cultures of the Ju/'hoansi Bushamen of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy in the Kalahari Desert.

Linda Suhr is an internationally successful photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has been shooting since 1997 and her greatest passion is telling stories through the lens of her Hasselblad. Five years ago, while working on a job in South Africa she fell in love with the rugged beauty of Cape Town's coastline, the outlying hills of the wine-lands and the energy and generosity of the people. A Passion for Wine and Surf is the portrait of a lifestyle; about friendship, wine-making, surfing and delicious food.

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