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Majak Bredell

Hoedspruit

MY CARMINA BURANA DREAM AND ITS MEANING (2014)

Type of book work: Unique / sculptural book-object (one-of-a-kind)
Dimensions: 310 x 220
Media: Khadi papers, ink and gouache, bookcloth and endpapers

Artist's / designer's statements

7 page double-sided accordion-fold book with two covers. The book, when displayed, can be viewed from both sides.





7 CHAKRAS - MAGDALENE'S HEALING (2014)

Type of book work: Unique / sculptural book-object (one-of-a-kind)
Dimensions: 310 x 220
Media: Khadi papers, ink and gouache, bookcloth and endpapers

Artist's / designer's statements

7 page double-sided accordion-fold book with two covers. The book, when displayed, can be viewed from both sides.

My work engages with religious and mythological female characters and strives towards a feminist revision that vindicates these figures from historic misogyny and modern oblivion.





Artist

1945 Born in Kroonstad, South Africa.
1962 Matriculated from The Kroonstad Technical College, in Art and Design.
1963-65 Studied at The Johannesburg Art School.
1981 Emigrated to America where I lived and worked for 23 years. Taught Drawing and Composition at Pratt Institute, Manhattan.
Learnt printmaking with George Nama at the National Academy School of Art and studied bookbinding at the Center for Book Arts with Susan Miller and Barbara Mauriello.
2004 Returned to live in my homeland, South Africa, in the house where my parents lived. Built a studio.
2007 "2 DECADES +" at Fried Contemporary in Pretoria. Solo retrospective exhibition with catalogue.
2009 "ALTER IMAGES I" at The Association of Art Gallery in Pretoria, South Africa. Solo exhibition. "ALTER IMAGES II" at The University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa. Solo exhibition with catalogue, "2 EXHIBITIONS".
2013 "ROLL CALL" Solo travelling exhibition with catalogue. A vindication of the many lives lost during the many centuries of European witch persecutions. Opening at University of Johannesburg Art Gallery in March, the Association of Arts, Pretoria in May, and the White River Gallery in August.
2014 "Deconstructing Dogma", Group invitational exhibition curated by Karen von Veh, with catalogue, at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery.
2016 "CODEX MAGDALENE & MONUMENTS". Towards a new iconography and re-imaging the mythology and legends of Mary Magdalene. Solo traveling exhibition with catalogue. The Association of Arts, Pretoria in May and at University of Johannesburg Art Gallery in August.
2017 "CODEX MAGDALENE & MONUMENTS" at the White River Gallery. This exhibition is dedicated to the memory and spirit of Judith Mason who passed away in December 2016.
2017 Published "Sacred Scars: Why the gender of God has done injury to women's bodies and sense of self".



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