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Still from 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Conférence de Paul Emmanuel , EESI/École européenne supérieure de l'image, Angouléme, France, 8 October 2013 Après la projection de son court-métrage 3SAI : A Rite of Passage (2008), Paul Emmanuel, artiste sud africain, retracera la création de ses projets ‘Transitions’ (2008) et ‘The Lost Men’ (2004 – ). Il parlera également de sa nouvelle création “Touch me” (2013), présentée en avant-première au Cube, Centre de Creation Numerique, Issy-Les-Moulineaux. Il s’agit d’une œuvre tactile visuelle et sonore qui explore les idées liées à la mémoire et aux souvenirs. “Touch me” fait partie d’un projet global appelé ‘The Lost Men France’ (2014) coïncidant avec les commémorations des 100 ans du début de la première guerre mondiale durant laquelle de nombreux soldats sud-africains sont tombés. Paul Emmanuel y présente son corps en plan serré, tantôt vêtu de tenues de cérémonie militaires historiques ou contemporaines, tantôt habillé comme un employé d’entreprise. Une bande-son de la voix de l’artiste invite le spectateur à toucher l’écran tactile, provoquant l’habillage et le déshabillage des différentes zones de son corps et révélant sa peau, temporairement marqué des noms de soldats Sud-africains de la Première Guerre mondiale, mais aussi des victimes de la grève de Marikana Miner (2012) et de l’incursion armée de la République Centrafricaine en 2013. Ces impressions fugitives disparaissent ou réapparaissent tant que le spectateur continue à le toucher, évoquant une "guérison" ou une "nouvelle blessure" répétée de la peau. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Number 05000674PV , 2009. 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. Courtesy of Art Source South Africa My Joburg , La Maison Rouge: Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, France, 20 June – 23 September 2013 La Maison Rouge continues the series of exhibitions focusing on the arts scene in major provincial cities. After My Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada), an exhibition presented during the summer 2011, the second of the cities will be Johannesburg (South Africa). An event on the occasion of the Seasons South Africa 2012/2013 in France in partnership with Institut Français. My Joburg , toured to the Staatliche Kunstammlungen, Dresden, Germany, 26 October 2013 – 5 January 2014. My Joburg was organised by La Maison Rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, with the support of the National Art Council (NAC) of the Republic of South Africa and the Institut Français, under the curatorial direction of Paula Aisemberg and Antoine de Galbert. number 05000674PV (2009) was selected by the museum's curators for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Installation view of 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Doing Hair: Art and Hair in Africa , Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August – 2 November 2014 This exhibition celebrates the creativity, individuality and innovation in hairstyling and art, in South Africa, and in other parts of the African continent. The exhibition is sponsored by Black Like Me, South Africa’s iconic hair care company. This partnership between WAM and Black Like Me, the company who revolutionised the South African hair care industry in the 1980s, makes possible an exciting and highly topical exhibition. The political, social, cultural and economic implications of hair and hairdressing are explored in the exhibition. It also looks at how hair communicates information about age, religious affiliation, social status, political ideologies and aspirations. Extraordinary objects that are used to protect, style and adorn hair, historical and contemporary artworks, barbershop posters, films and installations from Wits Art Museum and other public and private collections are included. Emmanuel's short film 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→

Number 05000674PV , 2009. 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. Courtesy of Art Source South Africa DAK'ART 2012, Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Museum Theodore Monod, Dakar, Senegal, 11 May – 10 June 2012 CURATORS: Christine EYENE, Nadira LAGGOUNE, Riason NAIDOO THEME: "CONTEMPORARY CREATION AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS" The tenth edition of the biennale is held in a particular context. Indeed, 2012 is an electoral year in Senegal as was 2000. This year also marks the twentieth birthday of the most former biennale of the African continent. DAK'ART is maintained as a key event in the international art calendar. The theme chosen for this edition is expected to examine through various angles the dialogue that contemporary artists maintain with a social environment which is in constant mutation. Contemporary creation and social dynamics, is a field of investigation which academics, art critics and artists are invited to explore in the context of the meetings and exchanges of the edition 2012 of the Biennale. number 05000674PV (2009) was selected by the curators 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 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec VIDEOGUD , 10th Video Konst Festival, Uppsala Konsert and Kongress, Sweden, 27 – 28 May 2010 The VIDEOGUD programme screens selected videos in two periods in sixteen venues spread out in three counties in the middle of Sweden – in public libraries, museums, cultural centers, hospitals and schools. These programmes reach out to art and media students alike as well as new audiences. The focus of these programmes is to educate and inform. In addition, every spring in May, a two-day Video Art Festival takes place with national competitions where artists and critics give lectures to compliment the many screeenings. 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) was selected to be screened on this programme and at this festival in 2010. Related content Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 Exhibition ‘Transitions’, 27 September – 31 December 2008 ←Previous Next→

Amnos , (detail), 1993. Copperplate mezzotint etching. Image 9 x 7 cm. Edition 10 Open Bite: A New Look at Intaglio Printmaking , Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 1994 A group exhibition installed in the Civic Gallery (later known as The Gallery Premises) at The Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Related content Exhibition ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 ←Previous Next→

Table number 12 , 2010. 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. Courtesy of Art Source South Africa I Am Because You Are: A Search for Ubuntu with Permission to Dream , Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2 February – 31 March 2018 The Standard Bank Gallery joins hands with renowned artist and curator, Usha Seejarim to present an inspiring exhibition of art works lifted from the bank's corporate art collection. Featuring Table number 12 (2010). Including works by: H.C Andrews, Percy Ndithembile Konqobe, Alan Crump, Paul Emmanuel, Barbara Jeppe, Johannes Masego Segogela, Gerard Sekoto, Willie Bester, Robert Hodgins, Daniel Naudé, Norman Clive Catherine, William Joseph Kentridge, Walter Oltmann, Dumile Feni, Kim Lieberman, Lucky Madlo Sibiya, Andrew Tshabangu, Thami Mnyele, Samuel Daniell, Joni Brenner, Diane Victor, Lisa Brice, Kudzanai Chiurai, Hasan and Husain Essop, Haroon Gunn Salie, Gerhard Marx, Sydney Kumalo, Pierre Crocquet, Norman Kaplan, Colbert Mashile, Thomas Trevor Motswai, Sam Nhlengethwa, Penelope Siopis, Nhlanhla Xaba, Pieter Hugo, Anton Van Wouw. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 8 September – 5 November 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 ←Previous Next→

Installation view of 3SAI: A Rite of Passage , 2008. High-Definition, single-channel video, stereo soundtrack, 13 min 58 sec Not My War , Michaelis Galleries, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 29 June – 25 July 2012 Not My War is an exhibition of works by significant South African artists that have reflected on their country’s involvement in border wars in Northern Namibia and Southern Angola during the 1960s to 1980s. Marking the 25th anniversary of the war’s bloodiest and most decisive battles, most notably at Cuito Cuanavale, Not My War looks at how these artists have been impacted by and responded to what is now commonly referred to as the Border War. Furthering the resurgence of dialogue around this ‘silent war’, the exhibition will endeavor to engage the complex personal and institutional discourse surrounding this conflict, as well as highlight the war’s continuing relevance and effect on South African society. Curated by David Brits, participating artists are Wayne Barker, Christo Doherty, Paul Emmanuel, John Liebenberg, Jo Ractliffe, Colin Richards, Chad Rossouw, Penny Siopis, Christopher Swift and Gavin Younge. Exhibition and catalogue text by Natasha Norman. Emmanuel's short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008) and his manière noire stone lithograph titled number 05000674PV (2009) were selected by the curator for this exhibition. Related content Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Exhibition ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Publication ‘Transitions Multiples’, 2011 Short film ‘3SAI: A Rite of Passage’, 2008 ←Previous Next→

The Lost Men Grahamstown 1 , 2004. Photograph, archival pigments print on 300 gsm photo-rag paper Image 10,5 x 14,8 cm. Edition 20 Photographed by Andrew Meintjes. Courtesy of Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Art Source South Africa Waldsee, 1944 , 2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary, April 2004 The 2B foundation and the Alma on Dobbin Foundation invited selected artists to participate in this touring exhibition with a postcard size work that reflected on these events of 60 years ago. The show featured The Lost Men Grahamstown I (2004). “... The letters of Holocaust victims are today preserved in archives. The postcards, letters and scraps of paper are unique documents of forced labour and deportation. They were written in the shadow of death, in most cases in the last moments of their authors’ lives. (Waldsee 1944 catalogue). In the summer of 1944, recently deported persons sent postcards to Budapest from a certain place called Waldsee. The postcards were handed to the Jewish Council in Budapest to be distributed by them to the addressees. The text of the postcards would read: ”I am doing fine, I am working.” or ”I have arrived safely. I have got work in my occupation.” or ”We are doing fine. Follow us here!” It was later discovered that the postcards came from Auschwitz...” (Hedwig Turai) Waldsee 1944 also toured to Florida Holocaust Museum, Florida, USA; St. Petersburg, Russia (Sept – Dec 2006); Hibel Museum, FAU-Jupiter, Florida, USA (Jan – March 2007); Ben Uri Gallery, London, UK (Autumn 2007); and Alper JCC, Miami, Florida, USA (April – June 2008). Related content Counter-memorial ‘The Lost Men Grahamstown’, 1 – 10 July 2004 ←Previous Next→

Paul Emmanuel PAGES FROM CATHEXIS (2000) Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Info Pages from Cathexis The Open Window Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa 30 April – 27 May 2000 Emmanuel's first solo exhibition comprised small, intimate copperplate etchings from the Sleep Series as well as his first landscape lithographic work Vault of Breath (2000). Page proofs from his artist’s book in progress Cathexis , were also on view. His artists book Nomina sunt Numina (1993) which was submitted for the partial fulfilment of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1993, was also displayed. The exhibition was extended by an educational display of lithographic and etching equipment. Three skills-transfer printmaking workshops were held at the gallery with young participants from The Ipopeng Project. Supported by a grant from the National Arts Council of South Africa. Review by Reney Warrington for Artthrob (2000)

Twelve Apples , 1995. Manière noire stone lithograph, watercolours on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper, 29 x 39 cm. Edition 10 The First Four Years , The Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 1995 A group exhibition installed in the Civic Gallery (later known as The Gallery Premises) at The Johannesburg Civic Theatre. Related content 7a.jpg ‘Pages from Cathexis’, 30 April – 27 May 2000 ←Previous Next→

Air on the Skin , (detail), 2002. Incised original drawing, shoe polish, acrylic on 285 gsm Fabriano Rosaspina Avorio paper. 70 x 304 cm. Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection SASOL Wax in Art Competition , SASOL WAM! Festival, Sasolburg, South Africa, September 2002 A group show, curated by Lesley Cohn, of selected artworks submitted nationally for the competition. Sasol Corporation – the competition sponsor – is the largest producer of wax in the world and the competition was unique in that it challenged South African artists to create work in or through wax. The two categories: ‘Wax as the medium’ and ‘Wax as part of the process’ constituted the criteria by which works were judged. Air on the Skin (2002) – a one-off work – won the ‘Wax as the medium’ category. This 70 x 3 040 mm triptych was created by layering black shoe polish over pva-treated paper. The images were then scratched into this surface with a fine blade, gradually working from dark to light. Related content Press article ‘Paul Emmanuel Perfects the Fine Art of Turning Oddness into Transcendence, March 2003 ←Previous Next→