Place publication: Kasterlee, Belgium Publisher: The Flemish Centre for Graphics
Additional notes: Colophon: "Cooperation Project between Flanders and South Africa. This set of playing cards, reproductions of original graphic prints made by Flemish and South African Artists, is the result of the cooperation between the Flemish Centre for Graphics "Frans Masereel" from Kasterlee, the Artist Proof Studio from Johannesburg, and the Hard Ground Printmakers from Capetown."
Two complete packs of playing cards in clear plastic container. One pack of these has bibliographic details of each artist on the back of each card and the other pack has the same image on the back of each card.
In addition, there is a special edition where the cards have been pasted onto four black accordion folded booklets, all of which are housed in a perspex container. Contained in a black drop-back box by Peter Carstens with antique marbling.
Clubs and Diamonds contain images from Flanders.
Hearts contain images from the Artist Proof Studio from Johannesburg.
Spades contain images from the Hard Ground Printmakers from Capetown.
The South African artists (Hearts and Spades) are indexed hereunder.
See also: Print Exchange Portfolio (GB/10886) for the print portfolio from which this was taken.
Exhibition notes: Samplings: South African Artists' Books
Basement Gallery, WAM
26 March to 6 July 2019
Ref: GB/05420
Articles
Ace of Hearts (Instrument Muso) Nhlanhla Xaba
Two of Hearts (Rhythm movement) Grace Tshikhuve
Three of Hearts (3 hearts (broken)) Mandy Conidaris
The Four of Hearts (or the Cradock four) Kim Berman
Five of Hearts (The soul's settlement) Sheila Flynn
Six of Hearts (Ancestors) Jacob Molefe
Seven of Hearts (All sett. . .) Magda van Staden
Eight of Hearts (Amnion) Paul Emmanuel
Nine of Hearts (Untitled) Jacob Motsoane
Ten of Hearts (Untitled) Flora More
The Jack of Hearts Carol Hofmeyr
Queen of Hearts (Judith (loves) Holofernes) Diane Victor
King of Hearts (King of Sotho (Moreno Basotho)) Osiah Masekoameng
Ace of Spades Lien Botha
Two of Spades Pieter van der Westhuizen
Three of Spades Robert Siwangaza
Four of Spades Pieter Roux
Five of Spades Margaret Poynton
Six of Spades Michele d'Argent
Seven of Spades Lyn Smuts
Eight of Spades (Lucky Diver) Billy Mandindi
Nine of Spades Preston Bessenger
Ten of Spades (Pere Fontein) Sophie Peters
Jack of Spades (One eye'd Jack) David Yule
Queen of Spades (Die MOER van SkoppensBOER) Titia Ballot
King of Spades Jonathan Comerford
Joker (Playing till your heart's content) John Moore