Spier Contemporary 2010 biennale exhibition
The Africa Centre’s art biennale, the Spier Contemporary 2010 launched on the 14th March 2010 at the Cape Town City Hall.
The free exhibition is a key event on South African art calendar, and has become one of the best things to do in cape town for art lovers. The Winning Artworks from the Exhibition will now travel across the country to be hosted in regional centres.
The Exhibition was compiled after an exhaustive nation-wide selection process. As a result, the Spier Contemporary 2010 in Cape Town featured 101 artists and 132 art pieces as South Africa’s largest contemporary art exhibition.
The event
The artworks were selected from a national call for submissions, with artworks collected at thirteen selection centres across South Africa. The final exhibition was chosen from over 2,700 entries, which represents an increase of 10% on the submissions received for the Spier Contemporary 2008. The selection was made in November and December 2009 by a curatorial team of five local and continental industry professionals. Click here to see each one of the 101 artists exhibited in the Cape Town exhibition.
The Exhibition magically transformed the Cape Town City Hall, where the first leg of the Exhibition was held. The Spier Contemporary commissioned architect Nabeel Essa to design the exhibition. Nabeel’s vision involved contrasting the contemporary nature of the artworks against the historic grandeur of the Edwardian building.
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The Spier Contemporary 2010 artists, in alphabetical order, are:
- Janine Allen
- Eugene Arries
- Lindi Arbi
- John Barrow
- Stuart Bird
- Matthew Blackman
- Joanne Bloch
- David Bloomer
- Richard Letsatsi Bollers
- Brydon Bolton
- Candice Borzechowski
- Justin Brett
- Bruno Brincat
- Tegan Bristow
- Elizabeth Buys
- Kurt Campbell
- Jonathan Cane
- Richard Chauke
- James Clayton
- Melanie Cleary
- Lean Coetzer
- Roxandra Dardagan Britz
- Araminta de Clermont
- Angela de Jesus
- Frikkie Eksteen
- Nicola Elliot
- Hasan Essop
- Husain Essop
- Gordon Froud
- Frina Galloway
- Jonathan Garnham
- Jessica Gregory
- Ndivhuwo Gundula
- Dan Halter
- Gerrit Hattingh
- Matthew Hindley
- Zakhele Moses Hlatshwayo
- Phillip Raiford Johnson
- Sarah Jones
- Matthew Kalil
- Philippe Kayumba-wa-Yafolo
- David Koloane
- Arie Kuijers
- Neil Le Roux
- Tim Leibbrandt
- Sentso Lele
- Nina Liebenberg
- Carla Liesching
- Jacky Lloyd
- Elsa Lourens
- Michael MacGarry
- Daniel Maggs
- Maja Malievic
- Zen Marie
- Christopher Marsberg
- Dillon Marsh
- William John Martin
- Maja Marx
- Emile Maurice
- Maurice Mbikayi
- Jacki McInnes
- Jean Meeran
- Mohau Modisakeng
- Frans Masobe Mothapo
- Brett Murray
- Mxulisi Nkononde
- Vusumuzi Derrick Nxumalo
- Mamela Nyamza
- Carolyn Parton
- Colin Payne
- Richard Penn
- Dawood Petersen
- Kurt Pio
- Cameron Platter
- Lucy Pooler
- Philip Rikhotso
- Dave Robertson
- Wilhelm Saayman
- Brink Scholtz
- Johannes Scott
- Helen Sebidi
- Jaco Sieberhagen
- Sonja Smit
- Jane Solomon
- Anthony Strack van Schyndel
- Karen Suskin
- Nicolene Swanepool
- Christoper Swift
- Motseokae Klass Thibeletsa
- Lucas Nkahloleng Thobejane
- Rudolph Tshie
- Johann van der Schijff
- Francois Van Tonder
- Roelof Van Wyk
- James Webb
- Hanje Whitehead
- Xolile Mazibuko
- Ed Young
- Dale Yudelman
- Sicelo Ziqubu
- Mlu Zondi
