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Peekaboo – Current South Africa at Helsinki Art Museum

The Helsinki Museum is hosting Finland’s first major review of South African art. Titled Peekaboo Current South Africa , the exhibition considers the current period of transition as one of the most pressing themes for many South African artists. Goodman Gallery represented artists Hasan and Husain Essop, William Kentridge:, Johannes Segogela, Mikheal Subotzky, Nontsikelelo Veleko and Diane Victor all have work featured on the show.

" Peekaboo is not a comprehensive review of postapartheid art,” explains Erja Pusa, Chief Curator, Helsinki Art Museum. “Instead, it seeks to show what kind of content is important in South African art at this moment. For many of the artists, apartheid was part of their own life and its traces are still present today. This is not so very different from how the surrealists looked at and felt about the world after the horrors of the First World War, or the experiences of the horror of totalitarian ideologies that underpin the art of the German artist Georg Baselitz. The experience of history is subjective, and it is always seen against the backdrop of the present, one’s own life, environment and experiences, and so also in art.”

The exhibition will run until 16 January 2011.

The Armory Show / 03.03.2010–07.03.2010

The Goodman Gallery will be exhibiting at the Armory Show (Pier 94, Booth 933), New York (03.03.2010–07.03.2010). Among the artists exhibiting are: Kudzanai Chiurai, David Goldblatt, Frances Goodman, William Kentridge, Thomas Mulcaire, Joachim Schönfeldt, Mikhael Subotzky, Gavin Turk, Minnette Vári. the armory

Ampersand at Daimler Contemporary

Willem Boshoff, Mikhael Subotzky, Nontsikelelo Veleko and Sue Williamson will participate in Ampersand, an exhibition of works by 16 South African and 13 international artists at Daimler Contemporary in Berlin. The show will juxtapose current performative, conceptual and abstract tendencies in contemporary South African art with selected works from the Daimler Art Collection. 11 June – 10 October 2010

Le Moulin / Spheres

In October 2009, the Goodman Gallery will collaborate with Air de Paris, Galleria Continua, Gallerie Krinzinger, Kamel Mennour, Almine Rech Gallery and Ester Schipper to present Sphères, at Le Moulin, France.
The Goodman Gallery will be exhibiting work by Joel Andrianomearisoa, Kader Attia, Willem Boshoff, Claire Gavronsky, Frances Goodman, Thomas Mulcaire, Rose Shakinovsky, Mikhael Subotzky and Minnette Vári. The exhibition opens 24 October, and runs until 30 May 2010.

Mikhael Subotzky receives respected Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Mikhael Subotzky has been awarded the highly respected Leica Oskar Barnack Award for his Beaufort West essay. Selected by an international jury, the prize is awarded to a photographer who has the ability to capture and express the relationship between man and environment without being obtrusive while maintaining a poignant and strong vision throughout the series.

South African photographer Mikhael Subotzky was born in Cape Town in 1981, and achieved both international and South African acclaim for his final year project entitled Die Vier Hoeke – which consisted of an intricate study of the South African prison system. In 2007 Subotzky went on to photograph the town of Beaufort West, an area notoriously associated with violent crime and alcoholism. Exhibited as a solo show at Goodman Gallery Cape in August 2007, the series was then shown at MOMA, New York as part of their New Photography 2008 programme.

While documentary photography has influenced the way in which Subotzky works, he has moved away from the somewhat rigid role of documentation. His work shows a sensitive engagement with his subjects, and his images serve to inform and allow for a questioning of meaning.

Press for Mikhael Subotzky

In Context / The Star / May 2010

A nose and a box to draw art lovers by Ufrieda Ho (3.3 MB)

Mikhael Subotzky / Art Magazin / June 2010

Schwartz, Weiß, und alle Farben by Camilla Péus (1.8 MB)

Visions of South Africa / GQ Japan / July 2010

Visions of South Africa by Kei Wakabayashi (6.5 MB)

In Context / Mail & Guardian / 28 May 2010

Sprawling tales of home by Anthea Buys (2.5 MB)
  • Solo exhibitions

    Mikhael Subotzky / Two Projects: Jan Smuts

    Mikhael Subotzky / Two Projects: Arts on Main

    Mikhael Subotzky with Patrick Waterhouse / Recent Works

    Group exhibitions

    'US' / Curated by Simon Njami & Bettina Malcomess

    Sphères 2009 / Le Moulin

    In Context

    Winter Show

  • Biography

    Artist Statement

    Solo Exhibitions

    Group Exhibitions

    Teaching, Lectureships and Workshop

    Awards and Merits

    Academic Record and Residencies

    Collections

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