Michaelis Graduate Show 2007 - press

Installation view of EFFERVESCENE - THERE'S NO I IN APATHY (image courtesy of Esti Strydom)








"Michaelis Graduate Show 2007
Another body of work that utilises movement is Moa Lindh’s work. Lindh has created bizarre contraptions that the viewer can interact with. Along one wall of the gallery space lies, what appears to be bright red lobster tails that writhe in a Mexican-wave fashion when a switch is flicked on..."
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"Michaelis Graduate Show at Michaelis
Moa Lindh's Effervescence (There's No I In Apathy) was a conceptually dense body of work executed with a refined touch of humour and thoughtfulness..."
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"Michaelis 2007 Graduate Exhibition
Search engine Yahoo just released its top 2007 searches with the environment, politics, celebrity and militancy all scoring high in the rankings. The Michaelis 2007 Graduate Exhibition reveals similar trends. One to watch on the show include this year’s Michaelis Prize winner Rowan Smith, who work presents a dystopian view on technology, Moa Lindh whose mad lobsters muse ecology and economy and Molale Monnapula who offers a dark take on security and urbanisation."
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"This is Our Last Dance: The 2007 Michaelis Graduate Exhibition
David Bowie and Freddy Mercury are singing in Moa Lindh’s exhibition space, and as her crayfish tails rise and fall in a Mexican wave to the refrains of Under Pressure, a particular lyric struck me in its relevance not only to Lindh’s work, but the exhibition as whole. It’s the terror of knowing what this world is about, croons the late Mr Mercury in a lament that is oft repeated in the work of the 2007 Michaelis graduates: a fear, anxiety and distrust of the outside world and all its many uncertainties..."
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Graduate Show of Michaelis School of Fine Art 2007 – Press Release





















An increasingly important event on the local and national arts calendar, the Graduate Show of the Michaelis School of Fine Art is a unique opportunity to view the emerging talent emanating from one of South Africa’s top art schools and to see a first glimpse of the new face of art that will, if previous shows are anything to go by, dominate the market.

To be opened at 6 pm on 5 December, the show will run until the 15th of that month and showcase the best work of the graduating 4th Year cohort as well as post graduate students. Many of our past graduates have gone on to have significant solo shows and gain international exposure. Institutional and private collectors make a point of attending the show to see what new and fresh faces may be out there.

This year’s show will be accompanied by a lavish catalogue that will contextualise the work on display and theory lecturers Nasan Pather and Andrew Lamprecht will conduct a walkabout on Thursday the 6th at 11 am. This year’s opening will be a celebratory event and will be followed by an auction of works by major South African and international artists as well as up and coming artists, the proceeds of which will be used for student bursaries and School projects.

Opening times: 10h00–16h00, Mondays to Fridays and
Saturdays, 10h00 to 14h00
6-15 December
Michaelis School of Fine Art
UCT Hiddingh Campus, 31 Orange Street, Cape Town.
Enquiries: Lisa Essex lisa.essex[a]uct.ac.za, tel. 021 480 7111.
www.michaelis.uct.ac.za