The day is drawing to a close; the sun is setting. The bright sunlight which gave the day its clarity, is quickly dimming. Everyone is hurrying to get inside before the depths of darkness set in. The twilight, the blinkuur, is a time to barricade against the uncertainty of the upcoming evening, when the world becomes still and threats begin to lurk. Surrounded by family and inalienable possessions, inside the home discussions begin. The elders of the home, while polishing the brass, are restless and confront their adult children, sensing their blinkuur has arrived: who will inherit these brass pieces when they are gone? The holy book, medals, crockery and tea set, the painting, the cabinet? Who of the next generation will inherit their values, embedded in these items?
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21 June: Stephané Conradie
23 June: Stephané Conradie
28 June: Expert
Artist Biography
Stephané Edith Conradie is a lecturer in print media at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has a PhD in Visual Arts at the University of Stellenbosch, where she completed her MA in Visual Arts (Art Education) and her BA in Visual Arts (Fine Arts). Although primarily a trained printmaker, she is known for her bricolage assemblages.
Her research work focuses on trying to make sense of her social and economic ‘situatedness’, in a South African context.
She has received these accolades:
• 2023 Humanities Faculty Emerging Researcher Award, the University of Cape Town,
• 2022 15th Triennial Young Artist Award Kleinplastik Fellbach, Germany,
• 2020 Finalist, Megalo International Print Prize 2020, Kingston, Australia, and
• 2014 Swains Yard First Space Young Artist Studio Award.
Conradie is a co-founder of the Black Ink Collective, a group of printmakers.
Her work sits in permanent collections such as the Leridon Collection, France; Wits Art Museum Collection, UNISA Art Gallery, Spier Collection, South Africa and GAUTREAUX Collection, and Cansas P.O.C Galila Barzilaï-Hollander, Belgium.
She has exhibited in New York City, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Portugal, and has participated in Art Fairs in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Brussels, Paris, and Chicago.
- New Gallery
- Monument Building
- Daily during the Festival 09:00 to 17:00
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