KARL GIETL @ the AFRONOVA gallery in Newtown

Posted on Apr 4, 2006

This is a gallery made for artists and people that like to enjoy their days… it’s only open from 1pm – 8pm everyday and is right over the road from the Market Theatre. This is the second exhibition – make sure to get there and tell all your friends!

Joburg figure and multi talented artist Karl Gietl embarks on a colourful Search for Paradise in the streets of the African globa…
l village and he is not in a hurry to reach his destination. He takes us on the road to perdition and explores the sinful corners of human psyche, lit only with red lights and inhabited by city mythologies and lurid encounters.

Karl Gietl is first of all a powerful painter, traditional yet inventive. In an organic balance of ability and boldness, he captures the human situations and appropriates the space, whether it is in Jozi, in Maputo or in Paris and Amsterdam. He is a disciplined and gifted storyteller celebrating life with humour. CLICK HERE FOR KARL’s SITE to find out more about him and see his work.

Exhibition runs until Saturday 29 April
Gallery Hours : Tuesday to Saturday 13:00 to 20:00

Contacts
c: +27(0)837265906

The gallery is just across the Market Theatre entrance
Safe parking corner Miriam Makeba and Gwigwi Mrwebi St – Newtown
Po box 3205 – Parklands 2121 – Johannesburg – South Africa

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26 Jan

Afronova presents an exhibition of new works by Joburg based Sandile Zulu and artist Gonýalo Mabunda from Maputo.

The second exhibition will present new works by Joburg based Sandile Zulu together with Gonýalo Mabunda from Maputo, starting Friday, October 28. More fire !

In this show, both artists explore the cycles of destruction and regeneration in the process of creation and history, suggesting new symbols of universality and vitality.

An internationaly acclaimed artist, Mabunda deals with the destruction of civil war by neutralizing its weapons and creating peaceful or cheerful sculptures. Zulu, in his own way, scientifically explores the elemental cycle of life in search of new meanings and creative truth by burning and extinguishing canvases and materials.

Exhibition runs from 28 October until saturday 26 November.
Tuesday to Saturday 13:00 to 20:00
Email Afronova
Phone: +27(0)837265906
Safe parking corner Miriam Makeba and Gwigwi Mrwebi St – Newtown
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11 September
Afronova is a new Pan African gallery for modern and contemporary art created by Billie Zangewa together with Henri Vergon. The elegant gallery space is located in the heart of Johannesburg, the Market Theatre Precinct in Newtown, and contributes to the cosmopolitan landscape of the city.

Afronova presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art from the African continent and represent artists. The gallery has a specialized bookshop with a catalogue of local and international publications on the art of the continent.

The first exhibition of the season showcases works by Johannesburg artist Samson Mnisi and Gera Mawi Mazgabu from Addis Ababa, starting Friday 16 September.

Inspired by ritual practices, Mnisi creates sacred spaces with bold paintings and installations that strongly evoke his African heritage. He lives and works in Johannesburg.

Gera, an erudite of the Ethiopian Church, realizes powerful talismans in the style of the tradition nurtured by the orthodox religion. He is a scholar of traditional science, who has carved out a personal route to modernity.

Samson Mnisi & Gera Mawi Mazgabu
FREE SPIRITS
STARTS FRIDAY 16 SEPT
Tuesday to Saturday 13:00 to 20:00

Email Afronova
Phone: +27(0)837265906
Safe parking corner Miriam Makeba and Gwigwi Mrwebi St – Newtown