House and Leisure – August 2019

‘Artcanaddcolour,textureandshapetoaspace,and

ofcourse,itcanaddhumour.Oftenapieceofartis

aconversationstarter...andifitdoesthat,thenyou

choseright.’–ChrizandaBotha,DecorEditor

‘IloveThembaKhumalo’scharcoaldrawings.The

messagestheyconveyarestrong,butalsodonewith

finesse.’–GreerKrige,KeyAccountDirector

‘Havingbeenblownawaybytherecentretrospective

ofherworkattheBarbicaninLondon,I’dreallylike

toownLeeKrasner’s“PortraitinGreen”.’–Robyn

Alexander,DeputyandDigitalEditor

‘Whenaddingarttoyourhome,choosepiecesthat

speaktoyou–thatyouwillloveforeverregardlessof

time,settingorvalue.’–KarenTennent,Managing

andCopyEditor

‘IfIcouldpickanyartworkintheworldtohavein

myhome,itwouldbe“BlueNudeII”byHenriMatisse.’

• RosalyndWatson,SeniorProjectManager
  ‘Myfavouritepieceofartinmyownhomeis
  awatercolourtitled‘UndertheSea’byLeviWale,
  mygodchild.Itsparksjoy,plusthelittlechapis
  verytalented.’–GemmaBedforth,ArtEditor
  ‘What’stheonepieceofadviceI’dgivesomeone
  whowantedtostartasmallcollectionofart?
  Supportlivingartistsinanywayyoucanmanage.’


• GarrethvanNiekerk,SeniorStoryEditor

HL / FROM THE TEAM

AUG 6 SEP

LEE KRASNER’S ‘PORTRAIT IN GREEN’ (1966) OIL ON CANVAS (55 1/4 X 94 3/8 INCHES; 140.3 X 239.7 CM) © 2019 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. COURTESY OF KASMIN GALLERY. PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER STACH

he annual Art Issue is one of the House and Leisure

team’s favourites – we get to take you along with us as

we explore homes owned by artists and art lovers, as

well as cover some of the latest developments in the art

world. In short, the art issue presents a summary of

what we think is HERE / NOW in contemporary art.

This year, we discovered an art-filled homestead in

Limpopo(p70),persuadedartistandcuratorKarelNel

toshowusaroundhishouseinJohannesburg(p78),and

managedtogetstarphotographerTrevorStuurmanto

poseforaportraitandrevealhisnewhometous(p38).

WealsotalkedtoiconicSouthAfricanartist

WilliamKentridgeontheeveoftheopeningofhis

majorretrospectiveshowsatZeitzMOCAAandNorval

FoundationinCapeTown(p32),andfoundoutmore

aboutthecountry’slatestartmuseum–theremarkable

Javett-UPattheUniversityofPretoria(p34).

Thisissuewasplannedbyouroutgoingeditor,

TiaanNagel,andhaditsfinalstagesoverseenbyour

neweditor,CharlEdwards.Whichiswhywe’rejointly

authoringthis‘editor’sletter’asateam–itgivesusthe

opportunitytothankTiaanforhisyearsofdedication

toHouseandLeisure,andtowelcomeCharltotheteam

andwishhimwellashetakesthebrandonwards.

Wealsothoughtwe’dtakethischancetorevealabit

aboutourselvesinrelationtowhatwelovemostabout

art,hencethequotesbelow.Wehopeyouenjoythis

issueasmuchaswerelishedputtingittogetherforyou.

‘Art adds a senseofpersonalnarrativeandcontexttoanyinterior.’–CharlEdwards,Editor

FROM TOP ‘Blue Nude II’

(1952) by Henri Matisse;

‘Amakholwa’ (2018) by

Themba Khumalo; ‘Portrait

in Green’ (1966) by Lee

Krasner; ‘Under the Sea’

(2018) by Levi Wale.

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