OUTLET PROJECT ROOM

Outlet is an ulterior spacial initiative, focusing primarily on alternative artistic practices; a project room of sorts that allows artists, designers and the like to explore their more experimental tendencies. The space is situated inside a seemingly innocuous, proverbially indiscreet, projector room, outside the old painting hall of Tshwane University of Technology arts faculty. This project room is the brainchild of South African conceptualist, and recent Spier contemporary winner, Abrie Fourie.

Outlet opened in 2003 and has had a prolific history, sporting the exploits of artists such as Gerhard Marx, Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, Sean Slemon, Johan Thom, Sue Williamson and Marcus Neustetter. Many of the SAartsEmerging artists have also exhibited in this space, such as Bronwyn Lace, Simon Gush, Nathaniel Stern, Colleen Alborough, and Shane de Lange.

Abrie has recently moved to Germany and passed over the reigns of the Outlet gallery to Ingozi Disco co-founder and fellow SAartsEmerging member Shane de Lange. The first show to be hosted by Outlet this year will be "Marvelous World"; an installation of works by Guy du Toit, Richard John Forbes, Sarel Petrus, and Paul Cooper. Marvelous World opens on April 19th at 14:00. For more information refer to http://outletprojectroom.blogspot.com/ or email ingozidisco@gmail.com