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Paul Emmanuel TRANSITIONS (2009) William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa Info Transitions William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Northern Cape province, South Africa 15 April – 15 May 2009 Transitions documents shifting male identity. This was the 3rd showing of this touring solo museum exhibition comprising an installation of 5 original drawings, courtesy of the Spier Contemporary Collection and the short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008). Transitions premiered at The Apartheid Museum , Johannesburg South Africa in 2008 and debuted internationally at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA in 2010. Art Source South Africa are managers of Emmanuel's Transitions project. Press release from Art Source South Africa [PDF] Go to 3SAI: A Rite of Passage page Transitions book with essay Conversations on the Transience of Light by André Croucamp [PDF] Transitions concept document [PDF] How the Transitions drawings were made [Video 2 min 42 sec] On making 3SAI: A Rite of Passage [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel, contemporary artist. Creator of ‘Rising-falling’, ‘Substance of shadows’ and ‘The Lost Men’. Untethered (2024) Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA. See more→ Substance of Shadows (2021) University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa. See more→ Rising-falling (2021) General Louis Botha Monument, Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa. See more→ Men and Monuments (2021) Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa. See more→ Impermanence (2018) Fried Contemporary Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa. See more→ Remnants (2017) The Reservoir, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa. See more→ Remnants (2016) 808 Gallery, Boston University, USA. See more→ Remnants (2015) Freedom Park Museum, Pretoria, South Africa. See more→ The Lost Men France (2014) Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France. See more→

Paul Emmanuel REMNANTS (2015) Freedom Park Museum, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Info 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. Review by Rudolf Stehle in Beeld newspaper (Afrikaans) (2015) [PDF] Art Source South Africa press release [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel TRANSITIONS (2009) Spier Gallery, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Info Transitions Spier Old Wine Cellar Gallery, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa 26 November 2009 – 15 February 2010 25 February – 31 March 2010 Transitions documents shifting male identity. This was the 6th showing of this touring solo museum exhibition comprising an installation of 5 original drawings, courtesy of the Spier Contemporary Collection and the short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008). Transitions premiered at The Apartheid Museum , Johannesburg South Africa in 2008 and debuted internationally at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA in 2010. Art Source South Africa are managers of Emmanuel's Transitions project. Article by Alex Dodd for Wanted magazine (2010) Article by William Dobson in The Cape Times (2010) Spier Gallery press release [PDF] Go to 3SAI: A Rite of Passage page Transitions book with essay Conversations on the Transience of Light by André Croucamp [PDF] Transitions concept document [PDF] How the Transitions drawings were made [Video 2 min 42 sec] On making 3SAI: A Rite of Passage [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel REMNANTS (2017) The Reservoir, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa Info Remnants The Reservoir, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa 25 May – 9 July 2017 First exhibited at South Africa's Freedom Park Museum and then at Boston University's 808 Gallery USA, this solo, museum exhibition features artworks related to Emmanuel's counter-memorial, The Lost Men France which was installed adjacent to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in 2014. The Lost Men France , the 3rd in his The Lost Men series, comprised 5 large silk banners depicting the artist's body bearing names of WWI servicemen from all nations pressed into his skin. The exhibition underscores concepts of loss, memory and memorialisation in an installation centred around the 'remnants' of The Lost Men France banners, torn and battered by the winds of the Somme. The banners are complemented by videos, drawings, prints and plaster casts of the artist's body. Oliewenhuis Art Museum press release [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel TRANSITIONS MULTIPLES (2011) Featured Artist, FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Info Transitions Multiples FNB Joburg Art Fair Special Project: Featured Artist FNB Joburg Art Fair in association with Gallery AOP, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 23 – 25 September 2011 Transitions Multiples formed part of Emmanuel’s Transitions project in which he explores the way society constructs perceptions and performances of a masculine identity. The exhibition comprised a suite of hand printed, hand coloured 'manière-noire' stone lithographs as well as the short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008). The show was presented by FNB Joburg Art Fair in association with Gallery AOP. Art Source South Africa are managers of Emmanuel's Transitions project. Review by Wilhelm van Rensburg for South African Art Times (2011) Article by A. van Wyk in Life, Sunday Independent newspaper (2011) Interview by Michael Smith in ArtThrob (2011) Article by N. Bosman in The Citizen newspaper (2011) Press release by FNB Joburg Art Fair Transitions Multiples brochure published by Gallery AOP and Art South South Africa [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel THE LOST MEN (2009) Sylt Foundation, Rantum, Sylt Island, Germany Info The Lost Men Sylt Foundation, Rantum, Sylt Island, Germany July – September 2009 Paul Emmanuel was invited to the Sylt Foundation as an artist-in-residence from 26 May to 26 June 2009. The Sylt Foundation is located on the island of Sylt in the North Sea , off the coast of Germany. During this residency, the existing memorial installations of The Lost Men Grahamstown (2004) and The Lost Men Mozambique (2007) were installed on the island, to be seen by visitors to the Meerkabarett Cultural Festival , which takes place annually from 6 July to 23 August 2009. Article in the Sylter Spiegel (German) [PDF] Newspaper article (German) [PDF] Article by Christiane Retzlaff in Sylter Spiegel [PDF] Art Source South Africa press release [PDF] The Lost Men project concept document [PDF]

Paul Emmanuel REMNANTS (2016) 808 Gallery, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA Info Remnants 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 28 January – 20 March 2016 This solo, museum exhibition features artworks related to Emmanuel's counter-memorial, The Lost Men France , which was installed adjacent to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in 2014. The Lost Men France , the 3rd in his The Lost Men series , comprised 5 large silk banners depicting the artist's body bearing names of WWI servicemen from all nations pressed into his skin. Paul Emmanuel: Remnants underscores concepts of loss, memory and memorialisation in an installation centred around the 'remnants' of The Lost Men France banners, torn and battered by the winds of the Somme. The banners are complemented by videos, drawings, prints and plaster casts of the artist's body. An artist talk and panel discussion were presented at Boston University in conjunction with this exhibition. Review by Cate McQuaid in The Boston Globe (2016) Review by John O'Rourke in BU Today (2016) Remnants brochure published by Boston University Art Galleries [PDF] Boston University Art Galleries press release [PDF ]

Paul Emmanuel AFTER-IMAGE (2005) US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Info After-image University of Stellenbosch Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa 3 – 26 August 2004 The first 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] (2004) Catalogue essay by Julia Charlton Article by Alex Dodd for Business Day Art newspaper Article by Yvette Greslé for Art South Africa magazine

Paul Emmanuel SUBSTANCE OF SHADOWS (2021) University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, Gauteng, South Africa Carbon Dad 2017 , 2020, hand incised, perforated carbon paper, carbon residue, perspex rail, 110 x 440 cm Substance of Shadows , University of Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa 11 September – 2 October 2021 Inspired by the Human Shadow Etched in Stone at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima, Japan, this solo exhibition tracks Emmanuel's continued personal fascination with the tenuous nature of memory. The only certainty is change. We try to hold onto memories in the hope of maintaining some coherence and continuity, but our memories are largely inventions and they too change over time. We commemorate our invented pasts in an attempt to fix them in the present. This exhibition is a collection of works scratched by hand into delicate carbon 'paper' or film. These carbon 'shadows' are all metaphors for carbon copies and products of one of life's greatest narratives – the carbon cycle. Carbon is an element in nature. Related Content Review by Elizabeth Delmont for LizAtLancaster website (2021) Read more → Review by Thango Ntwasa for The Sunday Times newspaper (2021) [PDF] Read more → Review by Johan Myburg for Beeld newspaper (2021) [PDF] Read more → Exhibition catalogue [PDF] Read more → Essay by Pamela Allara and Mark Auslander for Art Beyond Quarantine blog (2020) Read more → Essay by Mark Auslander for Art Beyond Quarantine blog (2020) Read more →

Paul Emmanuel TRANSITIONS (2008) Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Info Transitions Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, Gauteng province, South Africa 27 September – 31 December 2008 Transitions documents shifting male identity. This was the 1st showing of this touring solo museum exhibition comprising an installation of 5 original drawings, courtesy of the Spier Contemporary Collection and the short film 3SAI: A Rite of Passage (2008). Transitions then travelled to The Oliewenhuis Art Museum , Bloemfontein, South Africa in February 2009. A full-colour book with writings by André Croucamp and Robyn Sassen was published by Art Source South Africa. Review by Mary Corrigal for Sunday Independent newspaper (2008) Review by Alex Dodd for SA Art Times (2008) Article by Aryan Kaganof for Art South Africa magazine (2008) Article by Gail Strauss for Business Day Art newspaper (2007) Press release from Art Source South Africa [PDF] Go to 3SAI: A Rite of Passage page Transitions book with essay Conversations on the Transience of Light by André Croucamp [PDF] Transitions concept document [PDF] How the Transitions drawings were made [Video 2 min 42 sec] On making 3SAI: A Rite of Passage [PDF]