The annual Turbine Art Fair returns with a bold leap
The indeterminacy of our times and a new world trying to be born are reflected abundantly in the works to be displayed
The past dozen years have not been happy ones for the SA political scene. But when it comes to art, things have never been better. It is perceived as the habitat of the refined and pampered soul, but it showed the brutal potency of its resources in the political unconsciousness by breaking onto that political scene, messing with the national debate, sparking riots, marches and personal statements.
Contemporary SA art has burst from its seams in that time, as has art on the continent in general, creating new ecosystems and getting institutionalised in events and ventures that are determined to stay. One of the more popular has been the annual Turbine Art Fair, with its aura of experimentation, repurposing the old and initiating the new, which starts on Friday...
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