After an exhaustive nation-wide selection process 100 artists and over 130 art pieces have been chosen for South Africa’s largest contemporary art exhibition, the Spier Contemporary 2010.

The Spier Contemporary exhibition has been conceived to provide an open platform for all artists to show their work, uncompromised by the limitations of technology, space and access. Artists in South Africa work under extremely varied conditions and see from radically different perspectives. These differences are what define our collective identity and unique social and cultural landscape. The Spier Contemporary provides a space for exploring our diversity, giving audiences insights into our complexity and thus contributing to our understanding of difference.

The Africa Centre’s art biennale, the Spier Contemporary 2010 will launch on the 14th March 2010 at the Cape Town City Hall.

The artworks were selected from a national call for submissions, with artworks collected at thirteen selection centres across South Africa. The final exhibition was chosen from over 2,700 entries, which represents an increase of 10% on the submissions received for the Spier Contemporary 2007/8. The selection was made in November and December 2009 by a curatorial team of five local and continental industry professionals.

The Spier Contemporary 2010 artists, in alphabetical order, are:
Janine Allen, Eugene Arries, Lindi Arbi, John Barron, Stuart Bird, Matthew Blackman, Joanne Bloch, David Bloomer, Richard Letsatsi Bollers, Brydon Bolton, Candice Borzechowski, Justin Brett, Bruno Brincat, Tegan Bristow, Elizabeth Buys, Kurt Campbell, Jonathan Cane, Richard Chauke, James Clayton, Melanie Cleary, Lean Coetzer, Roxandra Dardagan Britz, Araminta de Clermont, Angela de Jesus, Frikkie Eksteen, Nicola Elliot, Hasan Essop, Husain Essop, Gordon Froud, Frina Galloway, Jonathan Garnham, Jessica Gregory, Ndivhuwo Gundula, Dan Halter, Gerrit Hattingh, Matthew Hindley, Zakhele Moses Hlatshwayo, Sarah Jones, Matthew Kalil, Philippe Kayumba-wa-Yafolo, David Koloane, Arie Kuijers, Neil Le Roux, Tim Leibbrandt, Sentso Lele, Nina Liebenberg, Carla Liesching, Jacky Lloyd, Elsa Lourens, Michael MacGarry, Daniel Maggs, Maja Malievic, Zen Marie, Christopher Marsberg, Dillon Marsh, William John Martin, Maja Marx, Emile Maurice, Maurice Mbikayi, Jacki McInnes, Jean Meeran, Mohau Modisakeng, Frans Masobe Mothapo, Brett Murray, Mxulisi Nkononde, Vusumuzi Derrick Nxumalo, Mamela Nyamza, Carolyn Parton, Colin Payne, Richard Penn, Dawood Petersen, Kurt Pio, Cameron Platter, Lucy Pooler, Philip Rikhotso, Dave Robertson, Wilhelm Saayman, Brink Scholtz, Johannes Scott, Helen Sebidi, Jaco Sieberhagen, Sonja Smit, Jane Solomon, Anthony Strack van Schyndel, Karen Suskin, Nicolene Swanepool, Christoper Swift, Motseokae Klass Thibeletsa, Lucas Nkahloleng Thobejane, Rudolph Tshie, Johann van der Schijff, Francois Van Tonder, Roelof Van Wyk, James Webb, Hanje Whitehead, Xolile Mazibuko, Ed Young, Dale Yudelman, Sicelo Ziqubu, Mlu Zondi.

Work has begun on the Cape Town City Hall, where the first leg of the Exhibition will be held. The Spier Contemporary has commissioned architect Nabeel Essa to design the exhibition. Nabeel’s vision is to contrast the contemporary nature of the artworks against the historic grandeur of the Edwardian building.

For more information on the project, and the exhibition, visit www.spiercontemporary.co.za

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