FynArts Booklet 2017
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Stephan Welz Series - Talks & Presentations<br />
5 6<br />
South African Art Museums - Quo Vadis:<br />
Marilyn Martin, Stefan Hundt and Christopher Till<br />
Our art museums always seem to be at some or other crossroads. Right now the challenges<br />
outweigh the opportunities, and the future appears daunting. Publicly funded art museums<br />
- at national and city levels - are struggling against extraordinary odds: finances, politics and<br />
bureaucracy; relevance to audiences; government indifference. They lack internal capacity and<br />
maintenance of buildings and their influence on artistic production has shifted to the private<br />
sector. Three prominent art curators discuss this environment, what happens to the ideal of<br />
custodianship, of taking care of what they have inherited? Of building collections, doing research,<br />
educating and animating the museums? Of fulfilling their role as social entities for the common<br />
good?<br />
Date: Tuesday 13 June Time: 9:30 Venue: Municipal Auditorium Tickets: R85 / R75 (early bird)<br />
The Past in the Present - Continuity and Disruption:<br />
Michael Godby<br />
Contemporary South African Photography<br />
The essential characteristic of photography is that it records whatever is in front of the camera in present time. When photographers<br />
wish to portray history they are obliged to import techniques from painting to extend the dimension of time. Because the legacy of<br />
the past affects South Africa so very strongly, several photographers explore the pictorial potential of their medium to bring past and<br />
present together. This presentation explores the different ways that photographers Jean Brundrit, Nomusa Makhubu and Francki<br />
Burger, amongst others, introduce a sense of the past into their work to explore ideas such as continuity and disruption.<br />
Date: Tuesday 13 June Time: 11:00 Venue: Municipal Auditorium Tickets: R85 / R75 (early bird)<br />
Stories Behind the Canvas: Felicity Jervis<br />
Framed: a duchess, a dwarf, the dancer and the ‘hero’<br />
Social historian Felicity Jervis delves into the social history, secrets and reality behind some world-famous portraits. Felicity’s<br />
revelations will intrigue, expose, shock, and shame. A fast-paced presentation - sometimes controversial - using over 180 visuals,<br />
music and video clips to entertain, inform, amuse and enlighten. Felicity’s previous presentations have always been a feature of<br />
<strong>FynArts</strong>, no doubt this new one will be no exception!<br />
Date: Wednesday 14 June Time: 14:30 Venue: Municipal Auditorium Tickets: R85 / R75 (early bird)
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