Alfa Romeo Art Talks schedule announced22 September 2011

This year's Art Talks are not to be missed. The Talks are free to ticket holders and inside the Fair.

"As in 2010, Alfa Romeo will once again partner up with the FNb Joburg Art Fair by sponsoring the Art Talks Programme. And, it's a match made in heaven...Alfa Romeo is a brand synonymous with history, culture, design and passion - all attributes that could just as easily be applied to the many diverse and talented South African artists that will be exhibiting at this year's event. Another striking parallel between art and machine is the way both have evolved over time. Local art has finally cast off ots constraints and lovingly embraced 21st century innovation and dynamism - ditto the master car builders that are Alfa Romeo. Here's to an inspiring FNB Joburg Art Fair and a positively scintillating Alfa Romeo Art Talks Programme."

Craig Westray, General Manager: Marketing, Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa

FRIDAY

Time

Gallery/Special Project

Speaker

Topic

11:30-12:00

Migrant-C

 

Nirveda Alleck and Nalini Treebhoobun

Art In Mauritius

12-12:30

Grahams Gallery

Graham Britz

South African Art as an Investment

12:30-1:00

Omenka

Oliver Enwonwu

The changing face of contemporary art in Nigeria

1:00-2:00

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2:00-2:30

Rooke Gallery

Joachim Schonfeldt

State of the nation address

2:30-3:00

Whatiftheworld Gallery

Maja Marx

Between looking and reading

3:00 – 3:30

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3:30- 4:00

Everard Read

Deborah Bell

Art as power object

4:00 – 4:30

FNB

 

Angus Taylor

 

FNB trophies

 

4:30 – 5:00

Smac Gallery

Kathryn Smith

The world is my sculpture: Barend de Wet in conversation with Kathryn Smith

5:00 – 5:30

Artco

Gordon Clark

Coloured

5:30 – 6:00

VANSA

Lester Adams

Two Thousand and Ten Ways to do Public Art

 

WITS Art Museum

Nina Cohen and Fiona Garson

The Architecture of the new WAM

SATURDAY

Time

Gallery/Special Project

Speaker

Topic

11:30-1:00

Goethe Institut

International Speaker: Chris Dercon (Tate Modern)

Audiences: How Much Do We Really Care

1:00 – 1:30

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1:30- 2:30

Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing

International Speaker:

Mme Tao Yongbei

TBA

2:30-3

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3:00- 4:00

WITS University Press Visual Century: South African Art in Context 1907 – 2007

Steven Sack, Dr Jillian Carman and Mario Pissarra

Visual Century: re-writing South African art history

4:00- 4:30

Artspace Mentorship

Louis Olivier

Reflections on effective mentorship in contemporary art:

A personal experience from a past mentee of the Artspace Mentorship Programme

4:30- 5:00

Market Photo Workshop

Musa Nxumalo & Zanele Muholi

Nxumalo & Muholi in conversation

5:00 – 5:30

20 Fine Years

Janet Watts & Kim Berman

20 Years of Partnerships at Artist Proof Studio

5:30 -6:00

 

Candice Breitz

The Character

SUNDAY

Time

Gallery/Special Project

Speaker

Topic

10:30– 11:00

October Gallery

Elisabeth Lalouschek

Contemporary Art: a new landscape

11:00- 11:30

David Krut

Stephen Hobbs

Interrogating the Aesthetics of Decay

12:00-12:30

Gallery AOP

Marcus Neustetter

In the making

12:30-1:00

 

 

 

1:00-2:00

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2:00-2:30

           Omenka       Oliver Enwonwu The changing face of contemporary art in Nigeria

2:30-3:00

Featured Artist

Paul Emmanuel

Six Years of Scratching: Insights into an obsessive artist’s project

3:00-3:30

Jacana Media

Claudette Schreuders in conversation with Rory Bester

Autobiography of Complexity – The Interplay of Autobiography and Fiction in Claudette Schreuders’ work

Please note the schedule is subject to change.