Sun City: Positive

This past month, nine of the SAarts Emerging artists were fortunate enough to be featured on the continent’s largest and most ambitious Aids fund raising initiative to date, Sun International’s POSI+IVE.

The exhibition, which opened at Sun City’s Hall of Treasures on the 16th of June, was created to showcase work from internationally renowned South African artists, as well as some of South Africa’s emerging artists.

The line up of artists included Andries J Botha; Anton Kannemeyer; Athi-Patra Ruga; Babak Fakhamzadeh; Berni Searle; Brett Murray; Bronwyn Lace; Churchill Madikida; Clive van den Burg; Colbert Mashile; David Koloane; Dianne Victor; Donna Kukuma; Doung Anwar Jahangeer; Frances Goodman; Gerhard Marx; Hentie van der Merwe; Ismail Farouk; Jill Trappler; Jo Ractliffe; Joachim Schönfeldt; Johan Thom; Julia Teale; Kagiso Pat Mautloa; Kathryn Smith; Konrad Weltz; Lawrence Lemoana; Lester Adams; Luan Nel; Marco Cianfanelli; Minnette Vári; Nadine Hutton; Paul Emmanuel; Penny Siopis; Peter Schütz; Pieter Hugo; Rat Western; Robert Hodgins; Sabelo Mlangeni; Sam Nhlengethwa; Samson Mudzunga; Santu Mofekeng; Senzeni Marasela; Simon Gush; Sue Williamson; Tracey Rose; Willem Boshoff; William Kentridge; Zach Taljaard; Zanele Muholi and Zwelethu Mthethwa.

Some Images from the show:

Zach Taljaard’s The Kiss

We Can Not Continue to Die Like This
Ismail Farouk with Babak Fakhamzadeh

Hierachy of Colour, Lawrence Lemoana

8/5, Bronwyn Lace
Ranger Circle, Simon Gush

Deep Roller, Lester Adams

The Tarot of Johannesburg, Rat Western