Our Mein Kampf
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Due to the lack of exhibition space in Cape Town, especially for minor first years. Two heroic unnamed individuals [oops!] have taken upon themselves the task of pioneering a new exhibition space(without permission): The Michaelis Entrance Hall Contemporary...
The Gallery is situated at The Michaelis School of Fine art and has previously housed semitic'ally' significant exhibitions such as 'The Winning Smile of Jonathan Kope'. 'Our Mein Kampf' was the result of finding a series of letters then on display at the gallery, and re-arranging them to more noble purposes than that of spreading the gospel (amen), rather spreading the gospel of the greatest struggle of them all: The Struggle of the First Years (hence the title which directly translated from German means "our my struggle").
The work God is an Ewok (2006) has strong pop-cultural and biblical themes and draws on the work of George Lucas and God himself to create a refreshingly cynical and humorous look at the worship of big bearded guys in white robes and small furry midgets with god like spirit. The viewer is startled by the sudden arrival of these works expecting instead to be faced with a dirty brick wall. The influences of the artists are unashamedly represented, evident in works such as Ed Young is a Wookie (2006) although rumours persist that the almighty Mr. Lamprecht played a part in the creation of this work which initially started as comparison between Mr Young and a certain deep dish chinese cooking utensil...any guesses?
In keeping with contemporary practice of the temporary nature of the physical work, the many pieces in this exhibition were promptly removed by the Michaelis cleaning staff, accidentally confusing them with vandalism. This resulted in only a select few being able to engage with the
works and thus making them all the more exclusive. Two works, First Qear (2006) and Secunt Year(2006) managed to survive the shameless removal and are still viewable. If anyone wishes to purchase any of the photo's (taken by the esteemed Hugh Upsher) that documented the exhibition please e-mail: cottage_cheese@hotmail.com , they are available in unlimited high quality ink jet colour prints at any size and prices will be considered on enquiry. Please support the "Re-arrangerist" movement. Don't be cheap and copy paste from Artheat, that's as bad as buying a framed "Picasso" from that framing store near the Kloof Street Mugg and Bean!
Yours Sincerely
Tim Leibbrandt and Marco Filby
P.S save Melvyn MINnaar!
posted by the barman at 3:03 PM
29 Comments:
Mother fucking first years get cheekier every year!
Am I wrong in thinking that those letters were originally part of a third year project?
i think you are...? apparently they were part of some kind bible study group advertisement. they originally said something along the lines of: "god is undeniable, spirit and soul, god is love"- the only full word was god -christians...oh well what can tou do?
Make a cheesy exhibition apparently. But is it art?
could also be that the student's project was intended to be religious art - it does not have to be a bible study group. also, maybe the idea of god can be articulated from a number of different angles, including an "art" one, which is what i think the point was here, and also it was definately NOT intended to be CHRISTIAN of all things. oh dear.
Heh heh, anymous's work got played with!
First years are the shit!
Maybe Joe needs to learn to spell.
Start a new movement - eat a prune.
we dont want to be anonymous anymore, that previous post was ours. We stole it from a Commerce poster can you believe it?
in all seriousnesws whatever happened to first years spending all their time either in the studio or crying in a corner about their inadequacy's? bring back Julia Teale I say....
Viva la Teale. Those hours spent crying in the studio were incredibly valuable. we really got all the crap beaten out of us and became tough human beings. Though, I also got any desire to paint or draw beaten out too. Oh well...
I'm sure I'm better for that loss.
The 11:16AM anonymous is Revenge of the Red Book!!! ahhahahahahahahahahahaha, socialising with first years again!
they just can't leave us alone...can they?
penis club!!!
penis! penis! penis!
B===========================D
Penis club forever!
HI FIVE!!!
8========D
cock a doodle doo!
This is really well written, especially for a first year. What's with all the penises?
Who is Marco Filby and Tim Leibrant?
thats like asking who Picasso is...
penis club should be banned
you must be a feminest....yes?
you first years seem to have an infatuation with penis's. could it be because you are still youngens and have yet to live?
i'm a first year and I'm hot. I think my tutors think so too.
And I have a penis. I think.No I do.
Jon has a gigantic purple-headed womb ferret.
I'm a jew, i have many muscles, i make art, i read books, i have blonde hair...does anyone know where the shoot is? i love arno carstens!!!
you guys are sick!
HI FIVE the Michaelis first years.........nice to see some imagination back in town
You Fuckers. Im in first year and have no obsession with penis. The guys who do are a small insignificant group who are overcompensating for that which they do not have. They have a framed picture of Ed Young in their studio for gods sake. This should be an indication of something...
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