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Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Representations of Otherness and Resistance , Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 20 May – 19 June 2015 The Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery presents the exhibition Representations of Otherness and Resistance in collaboration with the Centre for Africa Studies at the University of the Free State (UFS) from the 20th of May to 19th of June 2015. The exhibition is part of a five year multi-disciplinary project that seeks to capture the mult-layered nuances of spatial, temporal and sonic dynamics within the context of Africa (and more specifically South Africa) as these relate to the core pillars of various artistic and alternative creative forms of representation of otherness and resistance. The exhibition runs together with a colloquium, seminars and the Africa Day Memorial Lecture by Prof Alcinda Honwana planned for the week of the 20th of May. A critical dialogue session on the exhibition also takes place on the 21st of May, facilitated by Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela. The exhibition is co-curated by Annali Dempsey from the UJ Art Gallery and Angela de Jesus (UFS). It includes a selection of works from institutional collections namely, the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, William Humphrey's Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg and University of the Free State collections. The exhibition is presented with an exhibition catalogue which includes academic articles by Prof Heidi Hudson (UFS), Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (UFS), Landi Raubenheimer (UJ) and Wilhelm van Rensburg (UJ). 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was selected by the curators for this exhibition. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Sleep series 4 , 1995. Copperplate drypoint etching. Image 9,5 x 6,5 cm. Edition 5 Grafik – Sydafrika , Grafiska Sällskapets Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden, 28 November – 16 December 1998 This group exhibition, curated by Mattias Fagerholm, featured work by several Swedish printmaking artists, as well as an impression from Sleep Series IV (1995). Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 Exhibition ‘After-image’, 16 April – 15 May 2005 ←Previous Next→

“Touch me” , 2013, Digital program, high Definition, single-channel digital video, touch-sensitive screen, stereo soundtrack “Touch me” (South Africa – France Seasons 2012-2013). Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France, 1 – 30 October 2013 Exploring the concepts of memory & memorial, “Touch me” (2013) is a digital, touch-sensitive, video and sound artwork created by Paul Emmanuel. It is a non-partisan complement to his The Lost Men France planned for the 2014-18 Centenary of World War One. “Touch me” portrays a progression of closely-cropped, video vignettes of Emmanuel's body either fully exposed or clothed in historic and contemporary military regalia or in formal corporate attire. A soundtrack of the artist's voice invites the viewer to touch the ‘sensitive screen’ or ‘skin’, provoking the enrobing and disrobing of different areas of his body, revealing and concealing his skin temporarily branded with the names of casualties of armed-conflict. These fleeting impressions fade or re-appear as the viewer continues touching – evoking a repeated ‘healing’ or ‘re-wounding’ of the skin. “Touch me” depicts the names of both black and white South African First World War servicemen, pressed into the artist’s body alongside those of the Allies and Germans. Further unveilings also reveal South Africa's involvement in The Second World War, Korean War, Angolan Bush War, the 2012 Marikana Miner's Massacre and the 2013 Central African Republic Conflict. The exhibition of “Touch me” (2013) at Le Cube is organised as part of the South Africa-France Seasons 2012 – 13. Related content Video artwork ‘Remember-dismember’, 2015 Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 25 June – 31 July 2015 ←Previous Next→

Amnion , (detail), 1998. Manière noire stone lithograph, watercolours on 250 gsm Arches white paper, 46,5 x 33 cm. Edition 10 Print – Exchange , Co-operation printmaking project between Flanders and South Africa 1995 A co-operation 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. Comprising 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. 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. The suite is contained in a black drop-back box by Peter Carstens with antique marbling. (courtesy South African Artists Books website) Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 ←Previous Next→

Independently produced catalogues and other ephemera containing artworks created by Paul Emmanuel Faire L’histoire des Violences en Guerre Dir: Andrea Brazzoduro, Ken Daimaru, Fabien Thófilakis Creaphis Editions, Paris, France, 2021. ISBN 978-2-35428-165-6 See more → Villa Arcadia: Views from the Ridge Text: Sue Blaine Hollard Insurance Company Limited, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 2019. (ISBN 978-0-620-83831-3) Contemporary Art Auction Text: Frank Kilbourn Strauss & Co Fine Art Auctioneers/consultants, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 2018. Booknesses: Artists’ Books From The Jack Ginsberg Collection Texts: Kim Berman, Rosalind Cleaver, Keith Dietrich, David Paton, Robyn Sassen, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Pippa Skotnes University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 2017. (ISBN 978-0-86970-769-8) International Academic Printmaking Alliance Invitational Exhibition Editor: Wang Huaxiang. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, China, 2016. (ISBN 978-78860-5038--1) Rites of Passage Between Light and Shadow Text: Sulger-Buel Lovell. Sulger-Buel Lovell, London, UK and Cape Town South Africa, 2016. (ISBN n/a) Representations of Otherness an Resistance Texts: Annali Cabano-Dempsey, Angela de Jesus, Heidi Hudson, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Wilhelm Van Rensburg. Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa, 2015. (ISBN 978-0-86886-830-1) Battleground Texts: Michael Godby, Jeff Peires, Rod Hooper-Box. Standard Bank Gallery, Albany History Museum, National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Primavera Publishing, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 2015. (ISBN 978-0-620-66482-0) Between Democracies 1989 – 2014: Memory and Commemoration Texts: Karen von Veh, Judy Peter, Richard Gregor, Cristian Nae. University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 2015. (ISBN 978-606-547-266-2) Permanent War: The Age of Global Conflict Text: Pamela Allara. Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery and Mrs. E. Ross Anderson Auditorium. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 2015. (ISBN n/a) Voir La Grande Guerre: Un Autre Récit Text: Annette Becker. Postface: Pierre Bergounioux. Armand Colin, Paris, Île-de-France, France. 2014. (ISBN 978-2-200-28757-3) Doing Hair: Art and Hair in Africa Texts: Anitra Nettleton, Lesley Spiro Cohen, Connie Mashaba, Erin Bosenberg, Shayna Goncalves, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Paul Davis, Dipalesa Mpye, Susan Middleton, Hazel Cuthbertson and Laura De Becker. Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2014. (ISBN 978-0-620-61860-1) 2014 Centenaire de la Premiere Guerre Mondiale Prefaces: François Hollande, Kader Arif, Elrick Irastorza, Antoine Prost. Texts: Joseph Zimet, Rémy Pflimlin, Natalie Nougayrède, Jean-Luc Hees. Mission du Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale, Paris, Île-de-France, France. 2013. (ISBN n/a) My Joburg Text: Sean O'Toole. La Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, Île-de-France, France. 2013. (ISBN 978-2-84975-301-9) Not My War Text: Natasha Norman. Michaelis Galleries, University of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. 2012. (ISBN n/a) Dak’Art: 10th Biennale of Contemporary African Art Foreword: Gérard Senac. Texts: Christine Eyene, Nadira Aklouche-Laggoune, Riason Naidoo, Brahim Alaoui, Mamadou Diouf, Yacouba Konaté, Daniel Sotiaux. Le Ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme, Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal. 2012. (ISBN n/a) FNB Joburg Art Fair Forewords: Bernice Samuels, Roshene Singh, Lebogang Maile. Artlogic, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2011. (ISBN 978-0-620-51056-1) 9th In The Palace International Short Film Festival In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Balchik, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria. 2011. (ISBN n/a) 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands. 2010. (ISBN n/a) 4th Africa-In-Motion International Film Festival Africa in Motion International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. 2009. (ISBN n/a) 12th Antimatter Film Festival Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 2009. (ISBN n/a) Signature Pieces: The Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection Texts: Julia Charlton, Federico Freschi, Emile Maurice, Wilhelm van Rensburg, Monna Mokoena, Nicola Danby, Barbara Freemantle & Anitra Nettleton. Standard Bank, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2009. (ISBN 978-0-9814200-1-1) Vokabelkrieger IV: Schuld und Sühne Sylt-Quelle / Hybriden-Verlag, Rantum, Sylt Island, Germany. 2009. (ISBN n/a) National Arts Festival 2009 Official Programme National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2009. (ISBN n/a) Post Apartheid Fragments: Law, Politics and Critique . (Book 14 of Imagined South Africa series) Edited by Karin Van Marle and Wessel Le Roux. Text by Wessel Le Roux. Brill Academic Publishing. 2008. (ISBN 978-1868884056) La Mia Vita, La Mia Collezione (My Life, My Collection) Texts: Vittorio Meneghelli, Eva Viani and Karel Nel. Totem Galleries, The Meneghelli Family, The Andrea Meneghelli Trust. Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2007. (ISBN 978-0-620-38246-5) Navigating the Bookscape: Artists’ Books and the Digital Interface Texts: David Paton, Jack Ginsberg and Robyn Sassen. David Paton. FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2006. (ISBN 0-620-37094-7) Bag Factory Artists Texts: Meredith Randall. Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. 2005. (ISBN n/a) Making Waves: A Selection of Works from the SABC Art Collection Texts: Peter Matlara, Clive Kellner and Koulla Xinisteris. SABC, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2005. (ISBN 0-620-33139-9) Art @ Work: A Decade and More of the SASOL Art Collection Texts: Lucia Burger, Kathryn Smith, Teresa Lizamore and Brenda Jacobs. Sasol Limited, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2005. (ISBN 0-620-33835-0) Waldsee 1944 Texts: Hedvig Turai. 2B Foundation, Budapest, Hungary and Alma on Dobbin Foundation, New York, New York, USA. 2004. (ISBN n/a) ITCH (Volume 1 Issue 1). Text: Lisa Cohn. Bell Roberts Publishing, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. 2004. (ISBN 0-6203-1894-5) National Arts Festival Main Programme. National Arts Festival Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 2004. (ISBN n/a) The Ampersand Foundation Texts: Warren Siebrits, Jack Ginsberg, Emma Bedford and Lesley Cohn. Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 2003. (ISBN 0-620-31363-3) 5e Triennale Mondiale de L’Estampe Petit Format Texts: Claude Wolff, Annie Clauzet, Jean-Louis Gautier and Claude Bouret. Chamalièrs, Auvergne, France. 2000. (dépôt légal 2000 No. 1135) (ISBN n/a) Grafik – Saydafrika Grafiska Sällskapets Galleri. Konstnärer för Afrika, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden. 1998. (ISBN n/a) Print – Exchange Text: Verle Rooms. Frans Masreel, Kasterlee, Antwerp, Flanders; Artists Proof Studio, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and Hard Ground Printmakers, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. 1998-99. (ISBN n/a) Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa Texts: Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin. David Philip Publishers, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. 1997. (ISBN 0 86486 334 9)

Paul Emmanuel REMNANTS (2015) Freedom Park Museum, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Exhibition views and opening address by André Croucamp for Remnants, Freedom Park Museum, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, 25 June – 31 July 2015 Remnants , Freedom Park Museum, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 25 June – 31 July 2015 In WWI, white South African servicemen fell alongside the Allies fighting against the Germans. Their black comrades, who were not allowed to carry weapons, died as labourers in camps located on the English Channel. The names of black servicemen who died were left off memorials, while those who survived were denied medals to honour them. In ‘Remnants’, Emmanuel presented the remains of the silk banners from ‘The Lost Men France’ (2014) counter-memorial and the casts used to press the names of fallen servicemen into his skin. The video ‘Remembering a Counter-memorial’ documented the process. Photographs of previous installations in ‘The Lost Men’ series, ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’ (2004) and ‘The Lost Men Mozambique’ (2007) were also on view. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, 2014 Interview ‘Paul Emmanuel on The Lost Men project’, SABC News, 2015

Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec At Home with the Ludskis: Midnight Mass (Edition #7), 10th London Short Film Festival, Rio Cinema, London, UK, 12 January 2013 At Home with the Ludskis: Midnight Mass (Edition # 7) – a multidisciplinary event held at the famous Rio Cinema as part of the 10th London Short Film Festival, brings together intriguing and inspiring moving image makers, artists, music makers and performers for a unique late night art club, curated by Granny Ludski. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was chosen after a call for artists sent out by guest curator Christine Eyene, invited to take part in this Midnight Mass by its host Granny Ludski. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel AFTER-IMAGE (2005) Villa Arcadia, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Info After-image The Gallery Hall, Villa Arcadia, Hollard House, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 16 April – 15 May 2005 The fourth showing of this touring solo exhibition comprising early etchings and lithographs, photographs from The Lost Men Grahamstown (2004) and a major drawing also entitled After-image (2004). This drawing is permanently housed in the main reception room of Villa Arcadia as part of the Hollard Collection of South African Contemporary Art. After-image was exhibited in South Africa at the US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, The Old Fort at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State and Villa Arcadia, Hollard House, Johannesburg, Gauteng. An illustrated, colour catalogue with essay by Julia Charlton was printed and published by US Art Gallery. Press release from Art Source South Africa [PDF] Catalogue essay by Julia Charlton Article by Alex Dodd for Business Day Art newspaper Article by Yvette Greslé for Art South Africa magazine Review by Robyn Sassen for Artthrob Review by Bettie Lamprecht for Beeld newspaper (Afrikaans) Review by Taryn Cohn for Art South Africa magazine

Platform number 5 , 2011. Manière noire stone lithograph, hand printed, hand coloured, signed, numbered and dated by the artist. Black lithographic ink and watercolour pigment on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper, 80 x 156 cm. Edition 35 International Printmaking Alliance Exhibition , Taimiao Art Gallery, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China 25 September – 10 October 2017 This international exhibition showcases printmaking works with perspective and constructive features recommended by Alliance members as well as the latest creations based on national culture, history, literature or other materials. Participating artists from South Africa: Dominic Thorburn, Bevan de Wet, Sara-Aimee Verity, Christine Dixie, Vuli Nyoni, Mongezi Ncaphayi, Paul Emmanuel, Vusi Kumalo, Sam Nhlengethwa, Nhlanhla Xaba, Diane Victor, Kagiso Patrick Mautloa, Thama Kase, Michael Taylor, Ina van Zyl, Katherine Bull, Zola Toyi. The South African contingent was curated by Professor Dominic Thorburn of Rhodes University, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Platform number 5 (2011) was selected for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 Recent Acquisitions: UNISA – University of South Africa Permanent Art Collection , UNISA Art Gallery, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, 5 – 31 August 2017 A group exhibition of new acquisitions for the UNISA Permanent Art Collection, featuring the video Remember-dismember (2015). Including works by Wayne Barker, Florine Demosthene, Frikkie Eksteen, Paul Emmanuel, Megan Erasmus, Ann Mary Gollifer, Ayana V. Jackson, Gwen Miller, Mohau Modisakeng, Aida Muluneh, Cedric Nunn, Obie Oberholzer, Jody Paulsen, Johannes Phokela, Xolela Sogoni, Nicola Roos, Ransome Stanley and others. Curated by Bongani Mkhonza. Related content Text ‘Garments for Remember-dismember’, 2016 Exhibition ‘Remnants’, 28 January – 20 March 2016 Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

The Lost Men France 2 , 2014. Pigment printed photograph on archival paper, 50 x 65 cm, Edition 5. Courtesy of 2014 Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale and Art Source South Africa Sway: A Photographic Exhibition , Now Gallery, The Open Window, Irene, South Africa, 27 March – 30 June 2019 ‘Sway’ was Now Gallery's first photography exhibition, considering the theme of motion and the possibility of changing one's mind. Participating artists: Elsa Bleda, Mary Sibande, Michael Meyersfeld, Dani Bester, Ross Garrett, Alet Pretorius, Carla Crafford, Susanna Smith, Bernard Brand, Suzette du Plooy, Shannon Daniels, Jonina Botha, Dan Roberts, Warren James, Ryno Stols, Karl van Heerden, Paul Emmanuel, Graham De Lacy and Henry Engelbrecht. Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men France’, 1 July – 1 October 2014 ←Previous Next→

Still from Remember-dismember , 2015. Hi-definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 3 min 45 sec (looped). Edition 5 4th Africa-In-Motion International Film Festival , Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 22 October – 1 November 2009 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was shortlisted by a selection committee of film specialists for the Africa in Motion Short Film Competition. The Festival received over 60 entries from 22 African countries. All the shortlisted films were screened as part of the 4th Africa in Motion Film Festival 2009 on Monday 26 October, at the Edinburgh Filmhouse Cinema. The winner was selected by a jury, consisting of acclaimed Algerian filmmaker Amor Hakkar; filmmaker, presenter and writer Zina Saro-Wiwa; director of the Scottish Documentary Institute, Noe Mendelle; and high profile film critic, writer and producer Mark Cousins. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was officially selected for this festival and competition, and won first place and the jury prize. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→