MALCOLM PAYNE

Brecher Street studio. Sunnyside Pretoria. 1968. Second year student work.
 

Unbuckled. 1969. Acrylic on canvas. Whereabouts unknown. Third year student work.

2010. Fake. 2nd Intermodem. International Virtual Workroom, MODEM, Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary. Curated by Àbel Kónya, 6 May – 30 May 2010.

2010. People, Prints and Process — 25 Years at Caversham. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 14 October – 4 December 2010.

2010. 1910 – 2010: From Pierneef to Gugulective.  Curated by Riason Naidoo, Iziko South African National Gallery 15 April – 3 October 2010.

2010. Artworks in Progress. Michaelis Galleries, 16 September – 6 October 2010.

2009/10. Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African Art 1960 – the present. Curated by Roger van Wyk and Kathryn Smith, South African National Gallery, 12 December 2009 – 28 February 2010.

2007. Intermodem. International Virtual Workroom, MODEM, Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary, 24 September – 29 September 2007. Curated by Àbel Kónya.

2005. Snap to Grid. Los Angeles Center for Digital Print. Los Angeles, USA, 8 September – 1 October 2005.

2004. New Prints/Fall. International Print Center New York, New York.

2004. Working Proof. Art on Paper, Melville, Johannesburg.

2003. Kwere Kwere: Journies into Strangeness. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2003. Lexicons and Labyrinths. South African Museum, Cape Town.

2002. Video. Michaelis Galleries in association with World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam

2002. Beyond the Material: Conceptual Art from the Permanent Collection. South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

2002. Variable Contrast. The Month of Photography. UCT Michaelis Galleries.

2002. States of Emergence. Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art, Johannesburg.

2001. New  ideas — old tricks. hARTware projekte Dortmund, Germany.

2001. Head North. Views from the SANG permanent collection. Bild Museet, Umeå, Sweden.

2001. Homeport. South African Maritime Museum, The Waterfront, Cape Town.

2001. 13 Videobrasil. Festival Internacional de Arte Electronica. Sao Paolo, Brazil.

2000. Channeltoo. AVA. Cape Town.

2000. 18th World Wide Video Festival. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2000. Kwere Kwere. Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

1999. Channel.  AVA. Cape Town.

1999. Video Views. South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

1999. Global Conceptualism: Points Of Origin 1950s – 1980s. Queens Museum, New York, USA, Walker Art Center, USA. Enwezor_catalogue_entry.pdf

1999. Emergence. Grahamstown Festival, Grahamstown.

1998. What’s Bread in the Stone. AVA, Cape Town.

1998. 16th World Wide Video Festival. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1998. Bilder für den himmel. Luxemburg.

1997. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale: Alternating Currents. Newtown, Johannesburg.

1997. Arborescence sud-afracaine. Des artistes en fin de sieclè. Nantes, France.

1997. Image and Form: prints drawing and sculpture from Southern Africa and Nigeria. Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

1997. Unplugged II. Rembrandt Art Gallery, Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

1997. Contemporary South African Art

1985 –1995: from the SANG Permanent Collection. SANG, Cape Town.

1997. 30 Minutes. Robben Island Museum, Interview Block, Robben Island, Cape Town.

1997. Printmaking in a transforming South Africa. Grahamstown Festival, Grahamstown.

1997. Trans Figurative. AVA Gallery, Cape Town.

1996. Unplugged. Curated by Kendell Geers.Rembrandt Art Gallery, Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

1996. Fault Lines: inquiries into truth and reconciliation. The Castle, Cape Town.

1996. Artists’ Books in the Ginsberg Collection. Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg.

1995. Panoramas of Passage: Changing Landscapes of South Africa. Meridian Cafritz Galleries, Washington DC, USA.

1994. Trackings. Art First Gallery, London.

1994. States of Contrast — Contemporary Printmaking from South Africa. Florida State University Museum, USA. Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, USA.

1994. Displacements: South African Works on Paper1984 – 1994. Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

1994. Art Kites. Sydney, Australia.

1994. XIT. South African Association of Arts. Cape Town.

1994. The Lager. Newtown Cultural Precinct, Johannesburg.

1994. Images of Metal. Curated by Liz Rankin, University of Witwatersrand Galleries, Johannesburg.

1994. Zuiderkruis. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1993. Incroci del Sud — Affinities. 45th Venice Biennale. Venice, Italy, 9 June to 10 October 1993. Sala Uno, Rome, Italy. 15 October to December.

1993. Momentoes. Newtown Galleries. Johannesburg.

1993. Etching in South Africa. Old Town House, Cape Town.

1992. The Processed Image. Newtown Art Galleries, Johannesburg.

1992. A A Life Vita Art Now Exhibition. Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg.

1991/1992. 5th International Biennial Print Exhibit. Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Republic of China.

1991. Passages and Intuitions. Newtown Art Galleries, Johannesburg.

1991. Decade of Young Artists. National Arts Festival, Grahamstown.

1990. F.I.G. The Michaelis Art Gallery, Cape Town.

1990. F.I.G. Cornucopia Gallery, Cape Town.

1990. Axeage Private Press. South African Association of Arts, Cape Town.

1990. Axeage Private Press. Gallery Atelier, Port Elizabeth.

1984. B.M.W. Tributaries. Germany.

1979. Sixth British International Print Biennale. Bradford, England.

Works in Public Collections

Prizes and Awards

1995. Winner in a national competition, under the auspices of the DACST to represent South Africa at the 46th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1976. First Prize. Open Section, Afrox Metal Art.

1972. Montague White Bursary for Overseas Study in Fine Art.

1971. First Prize. South African Biennale: Art South Africa – Today. Durban.

1971. Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Award.

1971. Merit Award. Printmaking. New Signatures competition, Northern Transvaal branch of the South African Association of Arts, Pretoria.

1969. Merit Award. Painting. New Signatures competition, Northern Transvaal branch of the South African Association of Arts, Pretoria.

1968. First Prize. Painting. New Signatures competition, Northern Transvaal branch of the South African Association of Arts, Pretoria.

Select References, 

Monographs & Articles

Artthrob Artbio, Issue No. 63, November 2002. 

http://www.artthrob.co.za/02nov/artbio.html

Bedford, E. (Ed). 1997. Contemporary South African Art 1985-1995. Cape Town: SANG.

Berman, E. 1983. Art and Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema. Berman_Painting_in_South_Africa.pdf

Berman, E. 1993. Painting in South Africa. Halfway House: Southern. 

Bunn, D. & Taylor, J.(eds). Displacements: South African works on paper 1985 – 1995. Chicago: Northwestern University Press.

Dodd, A. 2004. Malcolm Payne, Goodman Gallery. In Art South Africa, Vol 03 issue 01, Spring 2004. Aled_Dodd_review.pdf

Eubel, P. 1994. Pictures for the Sky. Goethe Institute, Osaka, Japan.

Geers, K. (Ed). 1997. Contemporary South African Art. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Hall, M. 1994. Decapitation – Recapitulation. From Lydengurg to Mafikeng: appropriations of images of the past. In Cooper, B. & Steyn, A. (eds). Transgressing Boundaries: New Directions in the Study of Culture in South Africa. Cape Town: UCT Press.

Harmsen, F. 1985. Looking at South African Art. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.

Hassan,SM & Oguibe, O.(Eds) 2001. Authentic Ex-centric: Conceptualism in contemporary African art. Forum for African arts, Prince Claus Fund Library, The Netherlands.

Hobbs, P. & Rankin, E. 1997. Printmaking in a transforming South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip. Hobbs_and_Rankin.pdf

Kruger, B. 2004. This dark horse gallops far ahead of the pack. Business Day Art.  September, 2004.

Maurice, E. 1997. The pleasure of Payne. De Arte. No54, September 1996. Pretoria: UNISA Press.

Ogilvie, G. 1988. A Dictionary of South African Artists. E.Read.

O’Toole, S. Malcolm Payne. In Art South Africa, Vol 8.3, February 2010.

Ractliffe, J. & Skotnes, P. 1990. Mordant Methods. Cape Town: Katrine Harries print Cabinet.

Rankin, E. 1994. Images of metal. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

Williamson, S & Jamal, A. 1997. Art in South Africa: The Future Present. David Philip: Cape Town.

Williamson, S. 1989. Resistance Art in South Africa. Cape Town: David Philip.

Catalogues

2011. Pogonology. Catalogue to solo exhibition, BLANK Projects, Cape Town.

2005. Illuminated Manuscripts 2003/2005. Catalogue to the exhibition Illuminated Manuscripts, UCT Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town.

2003. Lexicons and Labyrinths. South African Museum, curated by Fritha Langerman, 22 March to 31 May 2003.

2001. hARTware 2001. hARTware medien kunst verein, Dortmund, Germany.

2000. 18th World Wide Video Festival. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1999. Global Conceptualism: Points Of Origin 1950s-1980s. Queens Museum, New York, USA.

1998. 16th World Wide Video Festival. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1997. Trade Routes: History and Geography. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale. Johannesburg: AICA.

1995. XLVI Venice Biennale.

1995. South Africa: XLVI Venice Biennale. Department of Arts Culture Science and Technology.

Powell, I. 1993. Double Jeopardy. In Face value: old heads in modern masks. Catalogue to solo exhibition, SANG, Cape Town. 

1994. Bunn, D. & Taylor, J.(Eds). Displacements: South African works on paper 1985 – 1995. Guide to the exhibition. Chicago: Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University.

1993. Incroci del Sud – Affinities. Contemporary South African Art. XLV Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1991. The 5th International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1991 ROC. Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Republic of China.

1991. Decade of young artists: 10 years of Standard Bank Young Artists awards. Standard Bank, 1991.

1988. Cape Town Triennale

1986. Vita Art Now. AA Mutual Life, Johannesburg Art Gallery.

1985. Cape Town Triennale

1985. Tributaries. A view of contemporary South African art. BMW, South Africa.

1986. Johannesburg Art Gallery

1971. Art South Africa Today. Durban Art Gallery.

1979. Sixth British International Print Biennale. Bradford, England.

1970. First South African Silkscreen Exhibition. UNISA Art Gallery.

1969. Transvaal Academy.

Select Reviews

• Minaar, M. 2005. Payne’s dense visuals in a new light. Cape Times Arts Thursday March 3, 2005. Melvin_Minnaar.pdf
• Pollak, L. 2005. Malcolm Payne at the UCT Irma Stern Museum. Artthrob March
• http://www.artthrob.co.za/05mar/reviews/irmastern.html
  • Payne's comments on Pollak's review. He is generally on the mark but stumbles, rather grumbles, at the end. His criticism collapses into itself when he says: "Payne fails to emotionally involve the viewer, or do full justice to his concerns. His intimations of catastrophe fail to perturb us because their visual manifestation appears far too unreal to lend them substance and actuality. By making Noddy, golliwogs, pixies, elves and gnomes stand in for humanity, Payne infantalises mankind, and so reduces its stature, that it becomes difficult to take it seriously or fret over its fate." Isn't that the focus of the works, that they do not take global carnage seriously. Given a closer look at the works of Hieronymus Bosch or the grotteschi (grotesque) he would see the link these works have with satire and the tragicomic. I think its ironic that his last two moralistic paragraphs of the review overlook the obvious. 
• Dodd, A. 2004. Malcolm Payne, Goodman Gallery. In Art South Africa, Vol 03 issue 01 Spring 2004. Aled_Dodd_review.pdf
• Kruger, B. 2004. This dark horse gallops far ahead of the pack. Business Day Art.  September, 2004.
• Ozynski, J. 2004. Payne’s bearable lightness. This Day, Monday, July 12, 2004. Joyce_Ozynski.pdf
• Williamson, S. 2002. Malcolm Payne. ARTBIO/ a feature on an artist in the public eye. http://www.artthrob.co.za/02nov/artbio.html
• Friedman, H. 1999. Video artists select the right channel. Sunday Independent, 28 March 1999.
• Minnaar, M. 1999. Onbekookte allegaartjie lê die slaggate bloot. Die Burger. 
• Roper, C. 1999. Art? They’ve got it taped. Weekly Mail & Guardian, April 1-8, 1999.
• Dubow, N. 1996. Castle of crossed destinies. Weekly Mail & Guardian, July 5, 1996.
• Korber, R. 1995. Waiting at the gates: South Africa at the Venice Biennale. Flying Springbok, October 1995.
• Munitz, B. 1995. Teething Payne for SA art entry. Cape Times, Thursday May 25, 1995.
• Munitz, B. 1995.  Moving architectural ‘document’ needs to be contextualised. Cape Times.
• Powell, I. 1995. Venice: a site of memory. Weekly Mail & Guardian, June 9-14, 1995.
• Garner, J. 1995. Venice drives artist up the wall in Biennale. Artspeak, Sunday Times Cape Metro 9 June, 1995.
• Payne to fly SA flag in Venice. Monday Paper, UCT. Vol. 14 No. 15, May 22-29, 1995.
• Tonight Reporter. 1995.  Brick walls make South African art statement at Venice Biennale. Argus Tonight.
• Nolte, M A. 1995. SA sê toe tóg ja vir Venesiese Biënnale. Die Burger, Saturday March 11, 1995.
• Morphet, A. 1994. Continental drift. South African Review of Books. Vol. 6, No 3. Issue 31.
• Putter, A. 1994.  Beneath the surface of Face Value. Weekly Mail & Guardian, January 14-20 1994.
• Munitz, B. 1993.  Art in Italy—A huge stride for SA artists. Cape Times.
• Karon, T. 1992. Multiple forces of Payne’s market. Weekly Mail & Guardian, June 12-18, 1992.
• Skotnes, P. 1992.  Mining a rich seam of meaning. Weekly Mail & Guardian, June 12-18, 1992.
• Symonds, H. 1992.  An exceptional showing by artist of first importance. Argus, Tonight, Thursday 11 June 1992.
• Jolly, L. 1990. Exhibition etched in three high standards. Cape Times, 14 June 1990.
• van den Berg, Z. 1990.  Dis die toonkas van jongeres se kuns. Die Burger, May 18 1990.
• Brown, C. 1009. Printmakers exhibition. The Daily News, Durban, 2 November 1990.
• Martin, M. 1985. Payne se uitstalling is nuut en ongewoon. Vaderland, 19 June 1985.
• Powell, I. 1985.  Scratching  open our society’s sore spots. Ivor Powell interviews Malcolm Payne. Weekly Mail, June 1985. Ivor_powell.pdf
• Miles, E. 1985. ’n Onrustige geheimskrif. Malcolm Payne. In die Karen McKerron-Kunssaal.
• Cheales, R. 1985. Around the Galleries. The Star. December 1985.
• Martin, M. 1985. Five different minds explore the centenary. Art: Centenary Print Portfolio. Weekly Mail, December 6-12, 1985.
• Wright, J. 1983. Artists work makes a powerful impact. Evening Post, July 15, 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. Payne—little short of brilliant. Daily News, Wednesday 29 July, 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. Malcolm Payne—a return to visual sensuality. Flying Springbok. October 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983.  Award-winning Malcolm Payne. People, Supplement to Pretoria News, Wednesday February 16, 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. High density visual sensuality. Gallery: the magazine of visual arts. Spring 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. Local artist awarded grant to exhibit in Grahamstown. The Star Tuesday February 22, 1983.
• 1983. 1820 Foundation Young Artist Award. Rand Daily Mail Thursday, February 3, 1983.
• 1983. Combination of spontaneity and refinement. Malcolm Payne exhibition, Settlers Monument. Eastern Province Herald, July 12, 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. Payne at his peak. Arts Calender/Kalender, September 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983. Pretoria-born Payne is worthy winner of prized Five Roses Award. Pretoria News Wednesday July 20, 1983.
• Staff reporter. 1983. Kunste se wenners weet hoe: Grahamstad se fees wag vir die drie uitblinkers. Kalender, bylae tot Beeld, Woensdag, 2 Februarie, 1983.
• Korber, R. 1983.  Malcolm’s a consistent winner. Artlook, supplement to The Argus, Tuesday February 8, 1983.
• Martin, M. 1983. Malcolm Payne verdien erkenning. Breeldende Kuns, Grahamstad, Beeld.
• Lello, B. 1983. Payne’s work a visual fugué. Cape Times, 13 July, 1983.
• Vellet, P. 1984. Only a canvas sky. Frontline, Vol. 5 No2, December 1984.
• Storrar, Z. 1984. Power and a pulped psyche—Fifth anniversary of Market Gallery. The Star.
• Van Rensburg, N. 1981. Payne bewys hy is ’n toonaangeër. Transvaler.
• Green, E. 1981. Symbolism in exhibition. Supplement to the Argus, Wednesday November 11, 1981.
• Munitz, B. 1981. Esoteric picture puzzles of allusion and metaphors. Cape Times, Monday, November 9, 1981.
• Korber, R. 1981. Words are artist’s key. The Argus, Thursday November 19, 1981.
• Schmidt, L. 1980.’n Onsigbare werklikheid—Malcolm Payne, in die Mark-Kunssaal. Beeld, July 1, 1980.
• Vasconcellos, S. 1980. Malcolm Payne’s works create a big stir at art exhibition. The Star, Thursday July 17, 1980.
• Ozynski, J. 1980. Payne finds richness in rejection of ‘poverty art’. Rand Daily Mail, July 4, 1980.
• Knight, N. 1980.  Stimulating and vividly clever. The Star, Tuesday July 15, 1980.
• Van Rooyen, J. 1980.  Payne se tekeninge vol spitsvondighede. Hoofstad, Donderdag 10 April 1980.
• Duby, G. 1980.  A ballet of blips, bars and vortices. Pretoria News.
• 1980. Payne stal in Pretoria uit. Oggenblad, March 27, 1980.
• J.B. 1978.  Fyn reëls in die spel van plesierige lyn. Rapport, 20 Augustus 1978.
• Winder, H.E. 1978. Raw with elegant rythm. Malcolm Payne, Johannesburg Art Gallery. Rand Daily Mail, 1978.
• Ozynski, J. 1978. Teacher Payne a step in the right direction. Art—by Joyce Ozynski, Sunday Express August 6, 1978.
• 1977. The price of culture. Editorial, Rand Daily Mail. April 29 1997.
• Wing, S. 1977. Dealer scraps steel sculptures. Rand Dailky Mail. April 27, 1997.
• 1976. Malcolm Payne se AB.1 die beste inscrywing. Oggenblad 11 November, 1976.
• Scully, L. 1974. A matter of identity. Sunday Express, November 3, 1974.
• Cheales, R. 1974. Gallery Guide. The Star, Tuesday 12, 1974.
• Harmsen, F. 1972. 1972. Art in South Africa: a short survey. Special issue of Report from South Africa. Director of Information, South African Embassy, London.
• Gowans, J. 1971. Meaningful, vital art. Arts and entertainment, Daily News, August 1971.
• Francois, M. 1971. Art S.A. Today. Artlook. Special 5th anniversary edition, November 1971.
• 1971. Exhibition impresses judges. Natal Mercury, August 16, 1971.
• K.S. Art. 1971. Sunday Tribune, August 15, 1971.
• Maritz, B. 1971. Exhibition of rare distinction. Durban.
• 1971. Art exhibits are all deadly serious. Natal Mercury. August 19, 1971.
• 1971. Two city artists win top awards. Pretoria News.
• 1968. Goeie, nuwe handtekeninge. Hoofstad, Woensdag 3 Julie 1968.
• H.E.W. 1968. Swing back to realism. The Arts, inside Mail. Rand Daily Mail, July 13, 1968.
• 1968. New Signatures. Artlook. Vol.2 No 10. September 1968.
• 1968. P.A.K..‘New Signatures’ are in many styles. Pretoria News, July 3, 1968.