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Gallery 21 Hyde Park Corner Sandton and London

Exhibitions from 1972 onwards

 


 

Exhibitions held at 

Gallery 21 Johannesburg and London

between 1972 and 1993

 

When Fernand F. Haenggi left the Gallery 101 Group in 1972, he took over the former Hyde Park branch premises for his own account, renamed the gallery Gallery 21 and quickly proceeded to establish an operation presenting mainly modern South African and international art, both within South Africa and in Europe.

In the following lists of exhibitions held at various venues - Hyde Park Corner - Equity House Fox Street - Victory House Harrison Street, Johannesburg, as well as 13a Grafton Street, London W1, the names of black artists have been highlighted for research purposes.

 


 

Gallery 21 Hyde Park Corner (1972-1976)

Gallery 21 London branch (1974-1976)

Gallery 21 Johannesburg (1977-1993)

 


 

 

Gallery 21 Hyde Park Corner (1972-1976)

 

1972

Stanley NKOSI "The beginning of the end" 1972 bronze ed. 6, cast by Vignali in 1974

"The beginning of the end" 1972 by Stanley NKOSI

05/08

Federica GALLI - Italy - pastels, lithographs, etchings

02/09

Stanley NKOSI

16/09

Fred SCHIMMEL

07/10

"SELECTION '72" - 28 artists: Keith ALEXANDER, Walter BATTISS, Noel BISSEKER, John BLANK, Barbara BORBEREKI, Zoltan BORBEREKI, Norman CATHERINE, Michael COSTELLO, Ernst DE JONG, Koos DEN HOUTING, Karin JAROSZYNSKA, Tadeusz JAROSZYNSKI, Daniel KOVACS, Vernon LAZARUS, Angela MURRAY, Stanley NKOSI, Michael O'SULLIVAN, Alan RAPHAEL, Ann SASSOON, Fred SCHIMMEL, Lucky SIBIYA, Cecil SKOTNES, Anton UYS, Nico VAN RENSBURG, André VAN VUUREN, Harold VOIGT, Stephanie WATSON, Clarence WILSON

11/11

"Mixed Exhibition" - 38 leading ... artists including: Stanley NKOSI, Hargreaves NTUKWANA, Lucky SIBIYA

02/12

"SUCCESS 1972" - Lionel ABRAMS, Armando BALDINELLI, Walter BATTISS, Zoltan BORBEREKI, George BOYS, Larry SCULLY, Cecil SKOTNES

 


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1973

Gallery 21 Hyde Park Corner - upper floor - 1 of 3 adjoining exhibition rooms 

Gallery 21 Hyde Park Corner Sandton in 1973

27/01

Contemporary Graphics from Japan - 21 artists: Araki T., Ay-O, Funai Y., Hasegawa, S., Hashimoto F., Ichinose, M., Ida, S., Kim, T.H., Kurozaki, A., Kusaka, K., Matsutani, T., Noda, T., Okamoto, S., Onosato, T., Shimamotu S., Shimomura, R., Shinohara, U., Yayanagi T., Yoshida Katsuro, Yoshida Kenji, Yoshihara J.

03/03

Roswitha VON GLEHN

24/03

Walter BATTISS

19/04

"Collectors' Choice: Autumn 1973" - 27 artists including: Sydney KUMALO, Stanley NKOSI, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE

05/05

Pearl GELB

19/05

Lucky SIBIYA

09/06

Anton UYS

July

"Winter '73"

21/07

Betrand DORNY - France - graphics, tapestry, sculpture

21/07

Roland BUGNON - Switzerland - paintings, graphics, sculpture

08/08

Participated at NICRO Art Dealer's Fair, Milner Park - works by a.o. L ABRAMS, W BATTISS, Z BORBEREKI, G BOYS, A RAPHAEL, L SCULLY, Lucas SITHOLE, C SKOTNES 

10/08

Harold VOIGT

31/08

George BOYS

29/09

Stephanie WATSON

13/10

Hannatjie VAN DER WAT - images in stoneware

November

"Selection'73"

07/12

Joan MIRÓ - 33 orig. lithographs and col. etchings incl. "Homage to Joan Prats" and "Barcelona 1972/73" from Sala Gaspar, Barcelona  

 


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1974

Editions 21 seal

This was the official seal used for all editions of original graphics by SA artists published by Editions Gallery 21, Johannesburg

 

04/01

Pablo PICASSO - 23 orig. graphics from the collection of Sala Gaspar, Barcelona - plus other international artists

15/05

FOUR AMERICAN ARTISTS (J DINE, C OLDENBURG, J ROSENQUIST, F STELLA)  AND PAOLOZZI - graphic works

19/06

Participated at ART 5'74 BASEL - A BALDINELLI (mosaics), W BATTISS (paintings), sculptures by Z BORBEREKI and Lucas SITHOLE, panels by C SKOTNES, and original graphics from the "Editions 21"  

July

"Winter '74"

03/08

"Editions 21" - L ABRAMS, A BALDINELLI, W BATTISS, E DE JONG, K JAROSZYNSKA, T JAROSZYNSKI, S WATSON

17/08

Armando BALDINELLI - including launching of his latest book

07/09

Berrell JENSEN

28/09

Lucky SIBIYA

05/10

Lucas SITHOLE

November

"SUCCESS 1974" 

 


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1975

Zoltan BORBEREKI "Butterfly" 1974 in sodalite, exhibited at ART6'75 - Sackler Collection, New York

"Butterfly" 1974 in sodalite  by Zoltan BORBEREKI, exhibited at the ART6'75 BASEL

 

11/01

Antoní TÁPIES - oils, gouaches, collages, graphics

17/01

John BLANK - "Space Windows"

07/02

Karin JAROSZYNSKA + Tadeusz JAROSZYNSKI - "The Helsinki Series"

04/04

Stephanie WATSON

01/05

Lionel ABRAMS

01/05

Annette MAGID

29/05

ART 6'75 BASEL entries - 4 day preview

18/06

Participated at ART 6'75 BASEL - Z BORBEREKI, N CATHERINE, K JAROSZYNSKA, T JAROSZYNSKI + "Editions 21"

21/08

Karin JAROSZYNSKA + Tadeusz JAROSZYNSKI

21/08

Salvador DALI - "Les diners de Gala" (12 engravings, ed. of 195)

21/08

Simo HANNULA - Finland (black/white etchings)

18/09

Lucky SIBIYA - wood panels + "Umabatha" portfolio of 15 woodcuts in an ed. of 225

14/10

Arts Fair - SAAA, Carlton Hotel, Johannesburg

18/10

October Feast - international exhibition including sculptures by Harry Kivijärvi, Konrad Quillmann

15/11

Geoffrey ARMSTRONG - "Autumn Series" - 21 oils on paper

15/11

Salvador DALI - "The conquest of the cosmos"

15/12

Ceramics from Kolonyama (Joe & Trudi Finch, Bill van Gilder, Toff Milway) (ad-hoc exhibition in lieu of APSA Hyde Park)

 


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1976

Cecil SKOTNES incised wood panel commissioned for Gallery 101 Hyde Park Corner in 1970 now part of PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION - CSKO70/01

 

2 of the incised woodpanels by Cecil SKOTNES at the gallery's entrance, commissioned in 1970, can now be seen at the Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein 

 

Cecil SKOTNES incised wood panel commissioned for Gallery 101 Hyde Park Corner in 1970 now part of PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION - CSKO70/02

08/01

"Summer Madness" - sale

05/02

Leslie HEDLEY

28/02

From a private collection: French impressionists, German expressionists, contemporary great master graphics

25/04

Karin JAROSZYNSKA + Tadeusz JAROSZYNSKI 1974-1976 - exhibition held at University of the Witwatersrand

May

"Editions 21" - original graphics by 10 SA artists presented at Rand Afrikaans University

01/06

6 Spanish artists - Clavé, Miró, Ortega, Picasso, Tàpies, Viladecans - sale

01/07

Gallery space reduced by 1/3 - new tenant Jean-Paul Barnard (mohair weaving)

01/08

Gallery space reduced by 1/3 - new tenant Nedbank opened branch with interleading door to Gallery 21 middle room

16/09

Lucas SITHOLE

31/10

Norman CATHERINE

14/11

Zoltan BORBEREKI - retrospective exhibition held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

30/11

Gallery 21 Hyde Park (Pty) Ltd. and associated companies closed their doors on this date

 


 

The staff of Gallery 21 Hyde Park included at various times in support of Caroline Haenggi: Nicky MacArthur, Di Newman, Glenda Levin, Connie Day, Chris and Steven Ditshilwane who had been introduced by staff member Mrs Kossew (Steven started work in 1972 and stayed with the Haenggi's until 1993!)

The rapid expansion of Gallery 21's operations - the publishing of original graphics, the publication of art books, participation at the ART Fairs in Basel, and the opening of a branch gallery in London in 1974, all within a short time, occurred at an internationally unfortunate economic time. The gallery's private financiers and SA bankers withdrew their support and the business had to close by the end of 1976. 

Fernand F. Haenggi, however, soon found premises in Johannesburg's financial centre, and through the family owned business of Galrand Holdings (Pty) Ltd., trading as Gallery 21, he henceforth continued presenting mainly SA art.

 


 

Gallery 21 London (1974-1976)

 

1974

opening exhibition at 16a Grafton Street, London W.1.

Gallery 21 London - 1974 opening exhibition showing Joan Miró, Zoltan Borbereki

31/10

Joan MIRÓ - "Barcelona 1972-73" - opening exhibition

27/11

Antoní TÀPIES - "Homage to the Masters of Cataluña"

 


 

1975

Gallery 21 London - artists in stock 1975

London gallery card listing artists in stock 1975

22/01

Antoní CLAVÉ

19/02

AFRICAN ART from South Africa - DUMILE-FENI, Louis MAQHUBELA, Leonard MATSOSO, Stanley NKOSI, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE, Sydney KUMALO (catalogue 39 works)

Mch/May

"Group Show" - including L ABRAMS, A BALDINELLI, W BATTISS, Z BORBEREKI, N CATHERINE, E DE JONG, K JAROSZYNSKA, T JAROSZYNSKI, B JENSEN, L SIBIYA, L SITHOLE, A UYS, S WATSON - from South Africa and various international artists

08/07

David HOCKNEY - "The Rake's Progress 1961-1963" and other works

26/09

Fabian PEAKE + Phyllida BARLOW - drawings

24/10

Gerd WINNER - 1969-1975

 


 

1976

view from Gallery 21 London onto Albemarle Street W.1.

Gallery 21 London, 1975 - view from 13a Grafton St onto Albemarle St

January

"Group Show" - including the "Umabatha" series by Lucky SIBIYA

06/02

James ROSENQUIST - "America Now" - selected graphics 1969-1975

 


 

Gallery 21 London Ltd. had started at a difficult time. Its manageress was Priska Aves, joined later by Jeanne le Bars and Candy Cochrane; Dan Cornwall Jones assisted during April to July, 1975. Christine Lannon was the gallery's initial P.R.O. (1974).

As no further finance was forthcoming from its SA directors and SA private backers, the London venture ceased with effect 23rd March, 1976.  

 


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