Heidi Erdmann is moving her gallery to a double story Victorian building on Kloof Street in Gardens and is redesigning the traditional look and feel of gallery spaces.
It is a move against the trend in Cape Town of large and museum-like gallery spaces. Not following convention, even the standard idea of a project space was taken a step further. Along with partner Carsten Rasch the two conceived the idea of The Blah Blah Bar as a permanent feature in the project space area.
The Blah Blah Bar where talk is cheap and the music is good is launched as a regular neighbourhood bar.
Its operating hours are Wednesday to Saturday 4pm to 2am. Rasch’s program for the bar includes light and sound installation, performance, lots of live music and a soap box; this will run along side a program of exhibitions by emerging talents.
The idea of a neighbourhood bar as a fine art project appealed to Erdmann and Rasch because it is organic, unpredictable, open-ended and exciting.   Â
WHAT: Project Space Launch Exhibition Grada Djeri and Marna Hattingh & introducing emerging talents, Korabo Moletsane, Gerhard Human & Jean de Wet. Curated by Anthea Taylor
The Blah Blah Bar
Friday 11 April at 20:30 The Time Flies (John Trafford, Tessa Gawith, Graeme Blem, Carsten Rasch & Mark Harris)
WHERE: ERDMANNCONTEMPORARY, 84 Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001
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021 422 2762021 422 2762 E. galleryinfo@mweb.co.za Website
Opening hours are Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Saturdays 10:00 to 13:00.
