OPEN STUDIOSAutumn Open Studios 18 APR 2021Join us on Sun, 18 Apr from 11 am–3 pm for our Autumn Open Studios.Drop by and get to know our studio and current residency artists at this free event offering Johannesburg audiences a unique opportunity to see, hear about and discuss the research and work-in-progress that our artists … Read more
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Levy Pooe – Cassirer Welz Award
1 DEC 2020 – 19 FEB 2021The Bag Factory and Strauss Education are delighted to announce Levy Pooe as the winner of the tenth edition of the Cassirer Welz Award!The Cassirer Welz Award, named after South African auctioneers Reinhold Cassirer and Stephan Welz, is an annual award presented by the Bag Factory in partnership with Strauss … Read more
Bronwyn Katz: Erf
Working primarily with discarded bedsprings sourced from forgotten and neglected spaces in Johannesburg’s CBD, Katz has produced a body of work titled Erf. The exhibition is a continuation of Katz’s process-based work, through which she explores the potential of her material to serve as markers and representations of space and memory.Artworks/ Installation/ Openning Featured Articles Video interviews
What.Knot.Not – Exhibition
3 MAR – 3 APR 2018 Visiting artists Libita Clayton and Celina Portella present a joint exhibition, culminating the end of their respective residencies at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios. Celina Portella is a Brazilian artist with a dance background. She keeps a direct connection with the choreographic universe, from where her interest in … Read more
Line & Gesture – Exhibition
3 – 13 SEP 2018 “When Degas told Ingres that he intended to be a painter, the master, after saying, C’est grave: c’est très grave,” added “Faites des lignes. Faites beaucoup de lignes. (Draw Lines. Draw a lot of lines).”- Walter Sickert, The New Age, June 16, 1910. This group exhibition brings together work … Read more
Inside Jobs – a solo project by Pebofatso Mokoena
20 SEP – 4 OCT 2018 Engaging in theories of time, chaos, probability and randomness, the exhibition marks the artist’s consistent push to make sense of the chaotic nature of overwhelming global cultures, socio-politically, psychologically, and personally.In short – the works on this exhibition are rooted in conversations about the nature of one’s individuality mingled around … Read more
Simphiwe Buthelezi: LALA La
24 JAN – 22 FEB 2019 Bag Factory Artist’s Studios, in partnership with Blessing Ngobeni, invites you to join us for the opening of Simphiwe Buthelezi’s solo exhibition LALA LA, curated by Chumisa Ndakisa. As the recipient of the 2018 Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize, Buthelezi has spent three months in residence at the Bag … Read more
What is South Africa, even? Vol.2 Curated by Carlyn Strydom
Curated by Carlyn Strydom28 February – 20 March 2019 ‘What is South Africa, even? Vol.2’, a group exhibition curated by Carlyn Strydom, recipient of the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios 2018 Curatorial Development Programme, features works by Jasmin Valcarcel, Thina Dube, Ronald Muchatuta, Vivien Kohler, Neo Gilder, Andrew Ntshabele and Simphiwe Buthelezi. The exhibition is … Read more
MalebonMamoloyi, Ba Re Wa Loya: F*#k Your Fake Ass History
Mmamoloi, Moloi, Mamoloyi, Ba Re Wa Loya: Fuck Your Fake Ass History (Presented By Mamoloyi Healing Ministries) “The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother-country. Thus the history which … Read more
Richard ‘Specs’ Ndimande: The beast of prey and its prey
This exhibition is about conversations we have about outward situations that fill the mind with sorrow, and then go about contributing to the same situations by individually seeking power, domination and achieving. The discussions about how dreadful society is without realising that we part of society and we are equally responsible for for all the … Read more