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Adam Hill : As a multitalented graphic designer, illustrator and musician based in Cape Town, Adam's life revolves around his two passions - music and design. He also likes lasagne, graphic novels and growing a beard. www.velcrosuit.com -
Alex Latimer : Alex is both a writer and illustrator. His picture books are published around the world and his first novel for grown-ups, The Space Race, was published this year. Go cosmic at: www.alexlatimer.co.za -
Alex Hamilton : Alex is a pop artist best known for his fabulous hand-cut stencils and exhaustive visual archive of local celebrities. www.alexhamilton.co.za -
Alex Hamilton : Alex is a pop artist best known for his fabulous hand-cut stencils and exhaustive visual archive of local celebrities. www.alexhamilton.co.za -
Cathy Abraham : Based in Cape Town, Cathy interrogates conventional roles of women in the domestic institutions of marriage and religion. She references her personal experience as a pivotal point of departure for her evolving body of work. www.cathyabraham.co.za -
Brandt Botes : Graphic designer and illustrator who made his name on iJusi and at Jupiter Drawing Room, Brandt heads up Studio Botes — a boutique design shop that specialises in corporate identities, packaging design and illustration. www.studiobotes.com -
Brett Murray : Responsible for the very controversial Hail To The Thief exhibition, if there's anyone in SA who has not heard of Brett, they must be living under a rock. www.brettmurray.co.za -
DALeast : Chinese-born street artist DALeast lives in Woodstock but spends about half the year travelling and has tagged walls on nearly every continent. www.daleast.com -
Claudette Schreuders : Claudette creates figurative sculptures that reveal the richness and complexity that characterise interpersonal relationships. The gorgeous bronze public sculptures at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town are by her. www.claudetteschreuders.com -
Black Koki : Black Koki is an artist, curator, illustrator and photographer living in Cape Town. Specialising in good times, look out for him on a wall near you or check out black-film.tumblr.com -
Chad Rossouw : Chad is an artist, writer and lecturer based in Cape Town. A lecturer of what, you ask? Find out at: www.chadrossouw.com -
Brandt Botes : Graphic designer and illustrator who made his name on iJusi and at Jupiter Drawing Room, Brandt heads up Studio Botes — a boutique design shop that specialises in corporate identities, packaging design and illustration. www.studiobotes.com -
Brandt Botes : Graphic designer and illustrator who made his name on iJusi and at Jupiter Drawing Room, Brandt heads up Studio Botes — a boutique design shop that specialises in corporate identities, packaging design and illustration. www.studiobotes.com -
Gabrielle Raaff : Gabby is a painter who lives and works in Cape Town. Her fascination lies with the people and architecture of the South African city and neighbourhoods. www.gabrielleraaff.com -
Daniel Ting Chong : A Cape Town illustrator and designer who has worked with nearly ever major brand and underground movement, "Talented" would be Daniel's middle name if it wasn’t ‘Ting’. www.danieltingchong.com -
David Brits : David has a background in audiovisual and photographic archiving as well as graphic design. he is a practicing artist, designer and illustrator. www.davidbrits.com -
Frank van Reenen : A renowned contemporary artist specialising in animation, painting and sculpture, Frank's work draws inspiration from a multitude of subjects ranging from toys, pop culture, anime, suburbia and everyday life in SA. www.frank.co.za -
Faith47 : Faith47 is a mother, artist, thinker and doer. Her work combines the best of tradition and expression to spread positive messages to society in public and private spaces. www.faith47.com. -
Faith47 : Faith47 is a mother, artist, thinker and doer. Her work combines the best of tradition and expression to spread positive messages to society in public and private spaces. www.faith47.com. -
Ello : Ello is an artist and designer working from Cape Town. Say hello to Ello’s work at: www.yoyo-ello.tumblr.com and www.the-return.tumblr.com -
Emma Cook : Emma is an illustrator and maker of things both weird and wonderful, while juggling being an illustration rep for Alexander’s Band. She lives and works in Cape Town. You can see more of her brilliant work at www.makenice.co.za. -
Gabrielle Raaff : Gabby is a painter who lives and works in Cape Town. Her fascination lies with the people and architecture of the South African city and neighbourhoods. www.gabrielleraaff.com -
Ello : Ello is an artist and designer working from Cape Town. Say hello to Ello’s work at: www.yoyo-ello.tumblr.com and www.the-return.tumblr.com -
Gabrielle Raaff : Gabby is a painter who lives and works in Cape Town. Her fascination lies with the people and architecture of the South African city and neighbourhoods. www.gabrielleraaff.com -
Galia Gluckman : Born in Israel, Galia grew up in South Africa and has come to call it home. Her works are bold and tactile, a balance between intricate detail and abstraction, combining the disciplines of painting and collage. www.galiagluckman.com -
Jade Klara : Jade's work is characterised by a strong feminine style as she plays with whimsical imagery and narrative. She has been published in Monsa’s Sweet Illustration book and won a gold Loerie for Craft in 2011 for her illustration work. www.jadeklara.co.za -
Helen Pritchard : Helen completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. Her recent solo exhibitions include Moths, Drones and Drainpipes at the Rove Gallery in London, and Between Object and Place at SMAC Cape Town. More at www.waterside-contemporary.com. -
Gerhard Human : A skillful illustrator and graphic designer, Gerhard resides in Cape Town, South Africa. www.gerhardhuman.com -
Hannelie Taute : Hannalie specialises in sculpture and mixed media as well as collage, where she usually uses old dressmaking pattern paper as medium. She lives and works in the Klein Karoo and has a fascination with children's toys. princealbertgallery.co.za. -
Gemma Orkin : Gemma is a ceramic artist, who makes and paints all the things she loves in life. www.gemmaorkin.frelio.com -
Jordan Metcalf : Jordan Metcalf is a graphic designer, illustrator and artist. More at www.jordan-metcalf.com. -
Joey Hi-Fi : Joey Hi-Fi is the alter-ego of award-winning illustrator and designer Dale Halvorsen. He is also responsible for the first SA edition cover design of The Shining Girls, as well as most of Lauren's other book covers too. www.alexandersband.com -
Helen Pritchard : Helen completed her Masters at the Royal College of Art in London. Her recent solo exhibitions include Moths, Drones and Drainpipes at the Rove Gallery in London, and Between Object and Place at SMAC Cape Town. More at www.waterside-contemporary.com. -
Galia Gluckman : Born in Israel, Galia grew up in South Africa and has come to call it home. Her works are bold and tactile, a balance between intricate detail and abstraction, combining the disciplines of painting and collage. www.galiagluckman.com -
Heath Nash : As an artist and designer, Heath likes to use the raw materiality of any given medium to draw attention to the inherent value therein; and right there to find visual and cultural relevance for the contemporary viewer. www.heathnash.com -
Gareth Owen : Born and bred in Cape Town, Gareth studied to be an art director at The AAA School of Advertising. Here he learnt to master the craft of cat-vertising. When he's not at the gym getting biiig, he's coming up with biiig ideas at Y&R. www.garethowen.co.za -
Jesse Breytenbach : Jesse is a printmaker, illustrator and artist of few words. Get strong and silent at: jessebreytenbach.co.za. -
Beth Diane Armstrong : Beth is a young sculptor whose career kicked off with her master’s exhibition, Hippocampus, entailing a man-sized seahorse that evolved into sculptures of the shadows cast by the original seahorse. www.bethdianearmstrong.com -
Ed Young : Working as a conceptual artist, Ed often challenges the art world - one of his installations has Archbishop Desmond Tutu swinging from a chandelier in the conference room of the IDASA headquarters. www.edyoungwork.com -
Conrad Botes : One of the founders of Bitterkomix, Conrad is known for his biting satire, frequently directed at South African society, politics and religion. www.stevenson.info/artists/botes.html
WORDS Lauren Beukes PRODUCTION Chantel Hans
As you may have read in our SPRINGLOADED VISI 68, Lauren Beukes staged a charity art show in aid of Rape Crisis, following the success of her book The Shining Girls. With all the works snapped up in 20 minutes, VISI felt that the exhibition needed to be shared with far more people, as well as a place to live together and so we have coordinated this online extension. Lauren also shared her thoughts with us:
You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words; in this case the exchange rate worked out about one to one. My 90 000 word novel, The Shining Girls, translated into R95 000 raised for Rape Crisis in 20-minutes flat through the sales of original artworks created by major local talents on a page ripped from the book.
I dreamed up the idea, in keeping with the charity art projects I’ve done to tie in with all my novels, but never on this scale. The show was curated by Jacki Lang who wrangled 67 artists, from Zapiro to Conrad Botes and Sindiso Nyoni to street artists like DalEast and Faith47, as well as designers, illustrators and even jewellers, Philippa Green and Ida Elsje; found us a gallery space at the Cape Town School of Photography; and organised sponsorship from Pick’n’Pay, Genevieve MCC and Carola Koblitz to cover the niggly hard costs.
The final show featured 95 original artworks donated by the artists that ranged from the most simplistic, like Cameron Platter’s Fuck Rape, to elaborate craftsmanship that engaged directly with the book, like Willeen le Roux’s keyhole light box or Jesse Breytenbach’s laser-cut three dimensional butterflies.
Every work was democratically priced at R1 000 each, whether by a major artist or a young up-and-coming to ensure that the artwork was accessible to all. Buyers were also restricted to one purchase only, which meant that people started queuing up two hours before the exhibition opened and when we finally opened the doors, the line snaked down four flights of stairs!
It was a beautiful thing and a poignant reminder, for me, that it’s good to get angry about the terrible things that happen in the world, it’s good to voice that anger, in a novel or a tweet and we can also take action.
Rape Crisis requires R8-million a year to run. Last year, they got R46 000 from private donors. This year, they’ve had people donate R800 000, moved by the relentless news stories of horrific violence against women that have come up through 2013. You can make a difference. If you missed the exhibition, you can donate to Rape Crisis or join The Thousand Hearts Campaign for a R100 a month to support the difficult and vital work they do.
The first part of the exhibition showing in the gallery above includes work by Claudette Schreuders, Brett Murray, Conrad Botes, Ed Young, Adam Hill, Alex Hamilton, Beth Diane Armstrong, Daniel Ting Chong, Gabrielle Graaff, Black Koki, Ello, Helen Pritchard, Brandt Botes, Alex Latimer, Faith47, DALeast, Chad Rossouw, David Brits, Frank van Reenen, Emma Cook, Galia Gluckman, Jade Klara, Gerhard Human, Jordan Metcalf, Hannelie Taute, Gemma Orkin, Joey Hi-Fi, Heath Nash, Gareth Owen, Jesse Breytenbach and Cathy Abraham.
