16Th Annual Nando's Comedy Festival Kicks Off at Artscape
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The Next 48hOURS ≈ My City 16th Annual Nando’s Comedy Banksy and Mr. Brainwash exhibition at 34FineArt Gallery Festival kicks off at Artscape The group exhibition ‘Emulate’ is is a third or fourth iteration of the showing at the 34FineArt Gallery in same content by another artist. Ar- he longest running Com- writing and acting talents on ‘Mad Guy’, he entertains all ages with his Woodstock until Saturday Septem- tistic freedom and intellectual prop- edy Festival in South Africa TV’. Oscar winning director Barry hilarious impressions. ber 8. It comprises new works where erty infringement tread a precarious is back with another star- Levinson cast the performer in his Born and raised in Los Angeles, the majority of the artists reference path where the difference between studded line-up to rock first feature film ‘Liberty Heights’. Louis Katz’s comedy career began at existing works by other well known copy and new creation sometimes Tthe Mother City. The 16th Annual Jones has continued working with the incredibly early age of nine when, artists. encroach on what is legally accept- Nando’s Cape Town Comedy Festi- such directors as Paul Weitz (‘Cirque as part of a school project, he sub- With one of his biggest com- able. The proliferation of images in val, hosted at the Artscape Theatre Du Freak: the Vampire’s Assistant’), mitted several jokes to ‘The Tonight mercial shows currently on view in the fast moving digital era via social from Monday to Sunday September Peter Hyams (‘Beyond a Reasonable Show’, two of which were read on air London, the exhibition will include media’s global reach has accelerated 3 to 9, will feature seven of the best Doubt’), Ivan Reitman (‘Evolution’), by Johnny Carson. new works by Mr. Brainwash. There the process of alteration and dupli- straight-up stand-up comedians all Mike Judge (‘Office Space’), Harold Katz has performed at the Montre- will also be works by renowned street cation. on one stage. International acts like Ramis (‘Bedazzled’) and Paul Thomas al “Just for Laughs” Comedy Festival, art star Banksy; Takashi Murakami, Artists “borrow “ even more rapid- Orlando Jones, Louis Katz, Brian Anderson (‘Magnolia’). the Atlanta “Laffapalooza” Comedy Damien Hirst and established UK art- ly from existing artworks now avail- Haner, Lil Rel and Loni Love will be Winslow is a master of vocal gym- Festival, the Amsterdam “Toomler ists like Eyesaw, T.WAT, Mau Mau, able online and even more so when joined on stage by local funny man nastics, can imitate over 1000 sound International” Comedy Festival and Grafter, Alec Monopoly and Red- and artist or a work is accompanied David Kau. effects using his voice alone. Famous the Vancouver Comedy Festival. He lock, never shown here before. Also by financial success or branding. Jones began his Hollywood ca- for his roles in the ‘Police Academy’ has appeared on such shows as ‘Last included are two works by Nancy Iconic images from the past includ- reer as a writer on TV programmes movies, as well as ‘Spaceballs’ and Call with Carson Daly’, Comedy Cen- Fouts. ing Michelangelo’s David, The Mona like ‘A Different World’, ‘Martin’ star- several voice-overs for Disney and tral’s ‘Live at Gotham’, Jamie Foxx’s By antagonising historical mem- Lisa, Marilyn Monroe, Campbell’s ring Martin Lawrence and writing/ Universal Studios such as ‘Gremlins’, ‘America’s Funniest Comics’ and ory, religious mysticism, authenticity Soup cans and Disney iconography producing ‘Roc Live’ starring Charles ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Terminator’ and HBO’s ‘Down & Dirty w/Jim Norton’. and authorship - conflating the prac- have been utilized by numerous con- Dutton. Jones later combined his the TV hit ‘Robo Chicken and Family Best known as Guitar Guy from tices of collecting the old and mak- temporary artists. In the show, Flower The Jeff Dunham Show, Brian Haner ing the new - Fouts gracefully claims Thrower by Banksy has been reinter- is that perfect combination of skilled her status as one of the most accom- preted by Eyesaw from London. The guitar player and stand-up come- plished of conceptual artists. creativity of true artists lies in how dian. While many guitar comics sim- It is common knowledge that material can be used, modified and ply play chords while they do their artists revisit themes; not only have adapted as their own. comedy act, Brian is a whole different some been duplicating their own kind of musician. works, slightly modifying them, but * The gallery is open from Tuesday to Brian spent twenty-five years as a appropriation is also widely practised. Friday at 10.30am to 4.30pm and on guitarist, recording and touring with What is more interesting is the pro- Saturdays from 10.30am to 1.30pm. musicians ranging from Avenged cess of adaptation and how the new Entrance is free. Sevenfold to Frank Zappa. For the artwork emulates the original. 34FineArt Gallery is situated on Sec- last four years he has opened for Nearly all artwork is in some way ond Floor Hills Building, Buchanan The Jeff Dunham Tour on more than already second generation, referenc- Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Wood- 500 shows, in just about every city ing excising source material. Novelty stock. in America, as well as South Africa, is not essential in art-making. It has For more information, call 082 Australia, and a tour across Europe. become near impossible to claim 354 1500, send an email to Haner is now headlining clubs across anything as original or new. Where [email protected] or visit the country in his own rock ‘n’ roll it becomes interesting is when there 34fineart.com. comedy show. With over 4.2 million views on his YouTube page, the art- ist has created a rabid fanbase for his live shows. One of the most sought-after co- medians in South Africa, David Kau’s name is synonymous with many firsts. He stormed onto the scene with a performance at the first Nan- do’s Comedy Festival in 1998 (then called the Smirnoff Comedy Festival), becoming the first black stand-up comedian on this coveted comedy stage. He wrote and performed ‘The Rainbow Nation Tour’, his first one- man show in 1998, and never looked back. * Book at Computicket. Visit www. comedyfestival.co.za for more infor- mation. Orlando Jones The original work ‘No Ball Games 2009’ by Banksy 31 August - 06 September 2012 www.48hours.co.za The Next 48hOURS 11.