FLATLANDS

(Pic by Marc Shoul: SAB Fountain Swimmers, Newtown, 2006)

Marc Shoul to focus on a contemporary Johannesburg inner city.

For over a century now Johannesburg has been a beacon for people from all over the world, offering the promise of a better life.

In his forthcoming exhibition at the KZNSA Gallery, Marc Shoul’s Flatlands focuses on a contemporary Johannesburg inner city, and the work documents people who have moved there – refugees searching for ‘gold’ in one form or another.

The artist writes: “I wanted to document this new era of the Flatlands in post-Apartheid times. This huge mix of people and culture squeezed so tightly together in a place barely able contain it all. This is an area that was once compared to the great modern cities of the first world. Now it has taken on a significantly different character; it is a space of transience, a place on the way to something better, be it in South Africa or back at home. I wanted to see how people are making their own way through this amazing matrix of crumbling buildings, while still holding onto the promise of a better future that Johannesburg offers.”

Flatlands opens on March 23 at 18h00 to runs until April 17 at the KZNSA Gallery at 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, in Durban. More information on 031 277 1703, fax 031 201 8051 or cell 082 220 0368 or visit www.kznsagallery.co.za