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Pretoria Art Museum

PRETORIA ART MUSEUM

Open to the public:

Tuesdays to Sundays, 10:00 to 17:00

Closed on Mondays and public holidays

Admission:

Adults – R20,00; Pensioners/students – R10,00; Learners - R5,00

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

!KAURU  |  24 May to 30 June |  South Gallery

!Kauru provides a platform for African contemporary artists and cultural practitioners to engage around a showcase of contemporary African art, which will travel five African regions. The goal is to tour these exhibitions internationally and to facilitate a change of perceptions abroad about the continent, using the vehicle of contemporary art.

ARTFLUX 2013  |  1 June to 4 July  |  East Gallery

The Artflux 20 3rdTeen exhibition showcases a selection of artworks by youths from schools coordinated by the Tshwaga Cluster, Gauteng Department of Education. The exhibition is part of the Pretoria Art Museum’s Youth Month celebration and its Education and Development Programme, which aims to make the visual arts accessible to everyone.

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LANDSCAPE PRINTS  |  Until 29 May  |  East Gallery

In this exhibition we find landscapes from the permanent collection, made from different printmaking techniques such as etching, linocut, silkscreen and lithography. The word landscape derives from the Dutch landschap, originally meaning a patch of cultivated ground, which later came to mean an image. The word entered the English language at the beginning of the 17th century, purely as a term for works of art. “Landscape art” is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.

ABSTRACT AND SEMI-ABSTRACT ART  |  Until July  |  North Gallery and Henry Preiss Hall A large selection of abstract and semi-abstract artworks ranging from the early 1960s up to 2001, including artists such as Larry Scully, Anthony Nkotsi, Kenneth Bakker, George Boys, Sidney Goldblatt, Dirk Meerkotter and Cecily Sash.

A STORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN ART  |  Until July  |  Albert Werth Hall This selection of artworks from the permanent collection of the Museum briefly reviews South African art. The selection includes the works of early 20th century painters, Resistance artists of the 1980s and artists of the 21st century. The exhibition is based on the secondary school syllabus and artworks are rotated regularly.

COROBRIK CERAMIC COLLECTION  |  Ceramic Gallery

A selection of ceramics is on display, representing the development of studio ceramics and the work of traditional rural potters of South Africa over the past 30 years. Newly acquired ceramic pieces are added throughout the year.

Admission: Adults – R20,00; Pensioners/students – R10,00; Learners – R5,00 Open to the public: Tuesdays to Sundays, 10:00 to 17:00 Closed on Mondays and public holidays

Pretoria Art Museum Cnr Francis Baard/Schoeman and Wessels Streets Arcadia Park, Arcadia Tel: 012 344 1807  |  www.pretoriaartmuseum.co.za Email: art.museum@tshwane.gov.za GPS: Lat: 25◦44'53.63”S Long: 28◦12'45.20”E

Opening Today

Undoubtedly one of the major events on the South African ceramics calendar is the National Exhibition hosted by Ceramics Southern Africa. This exhibition opens today at the Pretoria Art Museum cor. Francis Baard (Schoeman) & Wessels Streets  Arcadia at 11:30 am and runs until the 21st October.At today's opening, awards totalling R30,000 will be presented by Daphne Corregan, an international ceramic artist from France, and new Fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa will be announced. 

During the run of the exhibition on Saturday October 13 Three well known personalities will present a panel discussion on ceramics at the Pretoria Art Museum 
 At 10.30 a.m. Ronnie Watt, who has one of the finest collections of reduction fired ceramics in South Africa, will speak on Collecting Ceramics., and, withMichael Bernardi, Art Auctioneer from Pretoria, will discuss buying ceramics on auction.For the ceramists and artists who work in clay Michael will also give advice on selling their work on auction. At11.30 a.m. Eugene Hön, from the University of Johannesburg will conduct a walkabout to discuss the work on the Exhibition. 
On Saturday October 20 at 2.30 p.m. John Shirley, well known pocelain ceramist will lead a walkabout and discussion. Ceramic artists, potters and sculptors from all parts of South Africa have had their work selected for this exhibition and it is certainly not to be missed 

Exhibition of the full Corobrik Collection

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Corobrik Collection. Featured Artist

Purchased from Kim Sacks Gallery (21 Dec. 2002)

Nesta Nala (KwaZulu-Natal) (No. 165) Handcoiled, burnished and decorated traditional Zulu beerpot.

Corobrik Featured Artist: Karen Sinovich

Purchased from Celebrating Ceramics, National Exhibition, Pretoria - 28 August 2004
National Arts Council Premier Award winner (No. 172)Karen Sinovich - "The Guardians" - Porcelain & Wire

Corobrik featured artist: Elsbeth Burkhalter.

First piece acquired for the Corobrik Collection. Oude Libertas Award 1977. RAU Johannesburg.

Corobrik featured artist: Querardien van Vliet

Purchased from TWR Annual Exhibition of Ceramic Design - October 2003

Terra Sigillata - Interlocking Tiled Panel - 470mm x 280mm

Corobrik featured artist: Ralph Johson

Ralph Johnson

Handbuilt extended pinch method. Black slip, red clay slip, red underglaze. Bronze interior, manganese dioxide and copper. Fired at cone 7

Material used: Stoneware

Acquired: August 2008
Merit Award
2008 Corobrik National Ceramics Exhibition
UJ ART Gallery
Johannesburg