27 Aug 2010

Candice Breitz at Editions for ArtThrob

www.artthrob.co.za is South Africa's longest running visual art publication, started in 1997 by Founding Editor Sue Williamson. Twelve years on it remains an authoritative voice on South African contemporary art.

ArtThrob is funded by sales of original prints, sold through Editions for ArtThrob. Over the years ArtThrob has been privileged to offer prints by artists such as Jane Alexander, William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Mikhael Subotzky and Robert Hodgins.

ArtThrob is pleased to announce the latest release of a new print by Candice Breitz titled 'Ex Libris South Africa.'

The books photographed for Candice Breitz's Ex Libris South Africa were all found by the artist on the same dusty and neglected shelf within Bikini Beach Books, Gordon's Bay, South Africa, during a single book-browsing session in January 2009. Collectively they catalogue a diverse range of anxieties, fears, hopes and expectations pertaining to life in South Africa over nearly a century.

Described as a 'found-footage' practice, Candice Breitz's internationally recognized artistic production scavenges the overwhelming output of popular culture. Her reductive editing processes isolate images, video clips and performances from their original contexts to fuel new reflections.

Best known for her Mother + Father (2005) installation at the 51st Venice Biennale, Breitz's works continue to feature on major exhibitions around the world. Breitz was born in Johannesburg in1972 and is now based in Berlin where she has been Professor of Fine Art at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. ArtThrob is honoured to include her in this portfolio of South African artists.

Candice Breitz
Ex libris South Africa, 2009
Cibachrome photograph
24 x 60cm
Edition of 60
Editions 11-29 R5 000.00
Editions 30-45 R5 500.00
Editions 46-60 R6 000.00