Judith Mason

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Judith Manson
Pretoria, South Africa
Died28 December 2016(2016-12-28) (aged 78)
White River, Mpumalanga
EducationPretoria High School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Known foroil, pencil, printmaking and mixed media
SpouseRevil Mason

Judith Mason born Judith Seelander Menge (10 October 1938 – 28 December 2016) was a South African artist who worked in oil, pencil, printmaking and mixed media. Her work is rich in symbolism and mythology, displaying a rare technical virtuosity.

Biography

Judith Mason was born in

Potchefstroom, Natal, Stellenbosch and Cape Town Universities. Several of Mason's works deal with the atrocities uncovered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[1] Mason died in White River 28 December 2016.[2]

Exhibitions

Self-portrait at 90

Major retrospective: Judith Mason 'A Prospect of Icons' Standard Bank Gallery 2 – – 6 October December 2008 and Sasol Art Museum, University of Stellenbosch 14 January to March 2009. Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition. Mason's artist's books were showcased in Washington DC at the National Museum for African Art for the 'Artists' Books and Africa' exhibition ended 11 September 2016. 'Undiscovered Animals' June 2016 was her final exhibition.

Mason exhibited frequently in South Africa, with works in all the major South African art collections as well as in private and public collections in Europe and the United States. Exhibitions of her work have been held in Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Switzerland, New York and Miami.

Her major public commissions included: The Man Who Sang and The Woman Who Kept Silent aka The Blue Dress at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, South Africa. Several large tapestries in collaboration with Marguerite Stephens and stained-glass window designs for the Great Park Synagogue in Johannesburg. In 2008, from 2 October to 6 December 2008, the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa hosted a major retrospective of paintings, drawings, assemblage, installations, artists books and essays. Sasol Art Museum at the University of Stellenbosch installed the same retrospective titled: A Prospect of Icons from 14 January to 28 March 2009. Her first solo exhibition was at Gallery 101, Johannesburg, in 1964 after winning second prize in the U.A.T competition in 1963. Mason has exhibited regularly in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Stellenbosch, Mpumalanga and George. Goodman Gallery, Chelsea Gallery, Association of Arts Pretoria, Association of Arts Cape Town, Hout Street Gallery, Strydom Gallery, Dorp Street Gallery, Art on Paper, Abalone Gallery, Sasol Art Museum, University of Stellenbosch, Standard Bank Museum, Karen Mackerron Gallery, as well as lithographs, oil paintings and drawings at Ombondi Gallery in New York in 1990 and more recently, tapestries, paintings and drawings at the Deering Estate, Miami Dade, 2016 and lithographs at Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 and 2015. She represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale, 1986, São Paulo Biennale 1973, Brazil, Valparaiso Biennale 1979, Chile and Houston Arts Festival 1980, USA.

Publications

Select collections abroad

  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City[3]
  • Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC[4]
  • The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, UK[5]
  • Yale University, USA[6]

External links

References

  1. Boston Globe
    , 3 January 1991, p. C3
  2. ^ "Judith Mason 'remained true to her art'". news24.com. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Judith Mason | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Works – Judith Mason". National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Judith Mason". latitudes.online. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Judith Mason – art.co.za – Art in South Africa". art.co.za. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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