Congratulations to Johann van der Schijff who won two awards at Dak'Art this year. I couldn't figure out which work was on the show: the Dak'art website is singularly unhelpful, so I put up this picture of a two-headed snake instead.

Thanks to Andrew for the heads up.

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Johan van der Schiff's Arm Wrestling Podium (The winner of the 4th Spier Public Sculpture Competition) will be unveiled at 18:00 outside of the AVA on Thursday November 1st. The podium features the rules for armwrestling in English, Xhosa, Afrikaans and Braille and is intended to " take on an important role in resolving those nasty art world disputes that seem to be
part and parcel of the "scene"."

Since we at ArtHeat love nasty artworld disputes, we have taken it upon ourselves to organise the lineup of competitors for opening night. Andrew Lamprecht and Christian Nerf will launch the proceedings, finally settling an old and complex dispute and dyke collective Doing it For Daddy will take on those nasty mysoginists from Galerie Puta later in the evening.

Considering the complexity of the Cape Town Artworld's social history there must be countless others angling for a fight.

Any suggestions? Use the comments, or email us on the address up at the top.

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