Intersections Intersected

David Goldblatt

25 Eki 2008
6 Ara 2008

Galerie Paul Andriesse presents the work of David Goldblatt.

David Goldblatt’s photographs of the last decade are an ongoing exploration of the intersections between people, values and land in post-apartheid South Africa. They develop and take into new terrain the approach underlying his major essays from the years of apartheid.

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David Goldblatt: Sisters Ella and Betty Marais in their father's orchard, Gamkaskloof in the Swartberg Mountains, Western Cape. 1966, silver gelatin print on fiber paper. Image from Michael Stevenson -

Born in Randfontein in 1930, Goldblatt has been documenting the changing political landscape of South Africa for more than five decades. His retrospective exhibition, David Goldblatt 51 Years, was seen in New York, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Lisbon, Oxford, Brussels, Munich and Johannesburg. His photographic essay South Africa: the Structure of Things Then was shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1998. He was included on Documenta 11 in 2002 and Documenta 12 in 2007, and on the travelling mega-exhibition Africa Remix (2004-2007). His limited edition book, Particulars, won the award for the best photography book at the Rencontres d'Arles festival, France, in 2004. Goldblatt won the 2006 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand in April 2008.

From 25 oktober 2008 to 6 December 2008.
Opening on Saturday 25 October from 17:00-19:00 hrs.