Gallery 21 took the whole of the first floor of this old building until construction of the new adjoining JCI complex, forcing the gallery to move to an even older building next door, by the end of 1983
The Johannesburg Art Scene from the 60's to the 90's
Gallery 21 Johannesburg - city centre galleries
Exhibitions from 1977 to 1993
Gallery 21 Johannesburg (1977-1993)
Following the closure of the operations at Hyde Park Corner to the north of Johannesburg at the end of 1976, suitable premises were found right in Johannesburg's financial centre. Through the family owned business of Galrand Holdings (Pty) Ltd., trading as Gallery 21, Fernand F. Haenggi henceforth continued presenting mainly SA art.
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Gallery 21 at 88 Fox Street Johannesburg
| 1977 | Gallery 21 took the whole of the first floor of this old building until construction of the new adjoining JCI complex, forcing the gallery to move to an even older building next door, by the end of 1983 |
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| 21/03 | Opening Exhibition - 94 works - including Mslaba DUMILE-FENI, Azaria MBATHA, Stanley NKOSI, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 01/05 | Traditional Art from West Africa - the private collection of Mme. FML Haenggi |
| June/July | Group Exhibition |
| 16/08 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 13/09 | Lucas SITHOLE - 29 sculptures |
| 27/09 | Fabio BARRACLOUGH |
| 25/10 | Michael FLEISCHER + Tessa FLEISCHER |
| 08/11 | "SELECTION '77" - 9 artists: L ABRAMS, Z BORBEREKI, N CATHERINE, D KOVACS, D MEERKOTTER, R MYLCHREEST, Lucas SITHOLE, J VAN HEERDEN, Konrad QUILLMANN |
| 22/11 | John STAPLEY |
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| 1978 |
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Main exhibition area of Gallery 21 at Equity House, 88 Fox Street, Johannesburg |
| 28/03 | "4-WAYS" - watercolours by Cynthia BALL, Nick GARWOOD, Diedie MARAIS, Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 11/04 | Allan D SCHWARZ |
| 09/05 | Albert Chr. RECK - tapestries |
| 29/05 | "A collector's choice" - SA + international artists - including Leonard MATSOSO, Isaac 'NKOANA, Stanley NKOSI, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 17/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 29 sculptures |
| 31/10 | "NEW CAPE ART 1978" - W ANZISKA, B ARNOTT, G LINSLEY, H MORRIS, O SCHOLNICK, C VAN DER MERWE, Sue WILLIAMSON |
| 21/11 | Norman CATHERINE - 67 works |
| 12/12 | "Treasures of the Year" - 93 works - including Lucas SITHOLE |
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| 1979 |
"The endless sleep I." 1979 by David OWEN |
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| 13/03 | David OWEN |
| 27/03 | Louis STEYN - batiks |
| 10/04 | Stephanie WATSON |
| 01/06 | "Winter '79" - 33 artists including Ezrom LEGAE, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 31/07 | John STAPLEY |
| 14/08 | Nico VAN RENSBURG |
| 15/08 | Lucas SITHOLE Retrospective 1958-1979 at Rand Afrikaans University, organised by "The Haenggi Foundation Inc." - 61 sculptures |
| 28/08 | Zoltan BORBEREKI |
| 28/08 | Daniel KOVACS |
| 11/09 | Norman CATHERINE Retrospective 1969-1979 at Rand Afrikaans University, organised by "The Haenggi Foundation Inc." - 131 works |
| 12/09 | Lucas SITHOLE Retrospective 1958-1979 held at the Pretoria Art Museum, organised "The Haenggi Foundation Inc." - 61 sculptures |
| 25/09 | Lucas SITHOLE - 12 sculptures |
| 09/10 | Rika ROUX |
| 20/11 | "Watercolour today" - Ulrich SCHWANECKE, Durant SIHLALI, Hermine SPIES, Leigh VOIGT |
| 10/12 | "Treasures of the Year" |
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| 1980 |
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Calinka PULÉ with one of her paintings |
| 22/04 | Nico VAN RENSBURG |
| 15/07 | Calinka PULÉ |
| 28/07 | Eli KOBELI |
| 12/08 | Barbara BURRY + Henry VAN WYK |
| 26/08 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 09/09 | Christo COETZEE - "Mythological Encounter Paintings from Spain" |
| 23/09 | Frank SPEARS |
| 07/10 | Dirk MEERKOTTER - graphics 1976-1980 |
| 04/11 | Lucas SITHOLE - 9 sculptures |
From 1981 to the second part of 1982, the premises were used by "The Haenggi Foundation Inc." to present to the public various aspects of the growing PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION - Part I. to Part VI. - by now exceeding 280 works.
In addition, "The Haenggi Foundation Inc." presented at these premises, usually in the smaller room, various exhibitions, Gallery 21 handling all sales, with part proceeds flowing to the benefit of the Foundation. These included:
| 1981 | The winning entry by Lucas SEAGE "Found Object", 1981 mixed media 41x102x195 cm |
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| 12/07 | "South Africa Now" - The Winners of "The Haenggi Foundation National Art Competition 1981 for Black Artists and Art Students" - 35 works from 21 artists accepted by a 6-member jury out of 111 works submitted by 31 artists |
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| 02/08 | Elizabeth HARINGTON - "The Guitanjali" |
| 06/09 | Lionel ABRAMS |
| 04/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 7 sculptures |
| 01/11 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 01/12 | "Collectors' Pieces" - including Valente MALANGATANA, Lucas SITHOLE |
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| 1982 |
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"Running Bird Man" 1982 by Koos DEN HOUTING |
| 04/04 | Audrey BERMAN - drawings |
| 02/05 | Koos DEN HOUTING + BASIE YSSEL - sculptures |
| 06/06 | Herman VAN NAZARETH - from a private collection - works from the 60's and 70's |
| July/August | "Accrochage I + II" - including Ezrom LEGAE, Ephraim NGATANE, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 01/09 | Durant SIHLALI - sculptures + watercolours |
As from October, 1982, the larger exhibition room reverted to Gallery 21, and the following exhibitions were held:
| 15/10 | "Selection '82" - including Ezrom LEGAE, Ephraim NGATANE, Stanley NKOSI, Lucky SIBIYA, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 09/11 | Lucas SITHOLE - 14 sculptures |
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| 1983 |
"Loosing Faith" 1983 by Richard MABASO |
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| 18/01 | "Summer Selection '83" - 70 works including Cyril KUMALO, Ezrom LEGAE, Valente MALANGATANA, Ephraim NGATANE, Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 22/02 | "Watercolours Now and Then" - including Stanley NKOSI, Durant SIHLALI, P David MOGANO |
| 22/02 | Lauryn ARNOTT - an introduction |
| 15/03 | John J BLOM |
| 30/03 | "Easter Selection" including Cyril KUMALO, Ephraim NGATANE, Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 12/04 | Michael HEYNS |
| 09/05 | Nat MOKGOSI + Richard MABASO |
| 07/06 | "The Nude in 21" - including Cyril KUMALO, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 05/07 | "Le Poisson" - Variations on a Fish - including Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 26/07 | "Recent Acquisitions" - including Valente MALANGATANA, Ephraim NGATANA, Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 16/08 | Fred SCHIMMEL - "Tideline 1982-1983" |
| 30/08 | Kevin ATKINSON |
| 13/09 | Dirk MEERKOTTER |
| 11/10 | Albert Chr. RECK - "Then and Now" |
| 25/10 | Cyril FRADAN - "Venice Observed, 1980/83" |
| 13/11 | Lucas SITHOLE - 28 sculptures 1980-1983 |
| 22/11 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 09/12 | "Christmas Exhibition" - including Ezrom LEGAE, Lucas SITHOLE |
Gallery 21 was on the move again! J.C.I. having acquired a whole city block to be imploded, excluding Equity House which was due for upgrading, the gallery had to move promptly. Luckily suitable premises were found on the 3rd floor of Victory House, just across the road, ultimately extending over 195 m2.
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Gallery 21 at Victory House, corner Harrison & Fox Sts., Johannesburg
| 1984 |
Caroline Haenggi and Steven Ditshilwane with Fred Schimmel painting, 1984 |
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| 15/01 | "Mid-Summer 1984" - 21 artists including Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 04/03 | Diedie MARAIS |
| 19/03 | "Collectors' choice" - Z BORBEREKI, S KORS, U SCHWANECKE, L SITHOLE |
| 15/04 | Calinka PULÉ - "Die Spinner" |
| 06/05 | Edin CURRIE-WOOD |
| 27/05 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| 08/07 | John J BLOM |
| 29/07 | Elizabeth HARINGTON |
| 19/08 | Deline DE KLERK + Willi LOTTERING |
| 06/09 | "September Selection" - 40 artists including Durant SIHLALI, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 30/09 | Frank HORLEY |
| 11/11 | "Miniature Exhibition" - 100 SA artists |
| 02/12 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
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| 1985 |
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"'n Stad" 1984 mixed media triangular painting by Maryna HUYSER |
| 29/01 | "Summer Exhibition" - 50 artists |
| 03/03 | Frank HARLING |
| 24/03 | Maryna HUYSER - "The mysterious world" |
| 05/05 | John CLARKE |
| 26/05 | Mark ENSLIN |
| 01/06 | PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION (Part) |
| 11/06 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| 07/07 | Izak DE VILLIERS + Julian VENTER |
| 23/07 | Edin CURRIE-WOOD |
| 13/08 | Wendy MALAN |
| 03/09 | Albert Chr. RECK |
| 08/10 | Adrian DE VILLIERS + Ellen PEARSON de Villiers |
| 15/10 | "Cream of the Crop" - Watercolour Society of SA |
| 22/10 | Lauryn ARNOTT |
| 22/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 20 sculptures |
| 27/11 | Diedie MARAIS |
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| 1986 |
"Levitation" 1986 by Sonja ZYTKOW |
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| 27/01 | Mary HENDRY |
| 17/02 | Tim ROBSON |
| 08/04 | Erna BODENSTEIN, Guy DU TOIT, Amanda MARAIS |
| 22/04 | Willi LOTTERING, Izak DE VILLIERS, Pieter ROUX |
| 06/05 | Norman CATHERINE 1970-1986 - 100 works from the PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION |
| 06/05 | Norman CATHERINE - 19 works - gallery stock |
| 27/05 | Michael HEYNS |
| 10/06 | Contemporary African Art in the PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION - 23 artists - 86 works: DUMILE-FENI, FIKILE, HLALELE, KOBELI, KUMALO, LEGAE, MABASO, MALANGATANA, MALEMANE, MASEKO, MBATHA, MBUYISA, MOGANO, MOKGOSI, MOTJUOADI, MUAFANGEJO, 'NKOANA, RAKGOATHE, SEAGE, SIBISI, SIBIYA, SIHLALI, SITHOLE |
| 10/06 | John MUAFANGEJO - 40 linocuts |
| 01/07 | Sonja ZYTKOW |
| 22/07 | Elizabeth HARINGTON - "Homage to J.S. Bach" |
| 05/08 | 25th Anniversary make-me-an-offer sale - including KOBELI, LEGAE, NKOSI, RAKGOATHE, SAOLI, SIBIYA, SITHOLE |
| 19/08 | Maureen QUIN |
| 16/09 | Rosemarie MARRIOTT |
| 30/09 | Dirk MEERKOTTER |
| 21/10 | Wendy MALAN |
| 04/11 | The UNIBO Group - Estelle MARAIS, Adrian DE VILLIERS, Julie KILIAN, Colin COLE, Melvyn BURGER |
| 18/11 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 02/12 | Louis SCOTT |
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| 1987 |
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"Geknelde Land" 1987 collage & ink by William STEYN |
| 27/01 | Contemporary South African Masters Present and Future - 60 works - ABRAMS, ATKINSON, ATTWOOD (MASON), BALDINELLI, BORBEREKI, BOYS, CATHERINE, CILLIERS-BARNARD, CLARKE, COETZEE, DE JONG, DIETRICH, DU TOIT, ERASMUS, HUYSER, JAROSZYNSKA, JAROSZYNSKI, KOVACS, MEERKOTTER, MOOLMAN, PRETORIUS, SCHIMMEL, SCHWANECKE, SCULLY, SITHOLE, VAN HEERDEN, VAN RENSBURG, VILLA |
| 21/03 | "Autumn Exhibition" - 43 artists including Lucas SITHOLE |
| 01/07 | "Winter '87" - 40 artists - including Ezrom LEGAE, Lucas SITHOLE |
| 04/08 | Johann DU PLESSIS |
| 04/08 | John MUAFANGEJO - 60 linocuts from 1969-1986 |
| 18/08 | Guy DU TOIT + Maryna HUYSER |
| 01/09 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| 15/09 | Hannes HARRS |
| 13/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 18 sculptures |
| 03/11 | John CLARKE, Erna BODENSTEIN, Johann MOOLMAN, Jacobus KLOPPERS, William STEYN - 62 works |
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| 1988 |
"Untitled" 1988 oil pastels & m/media by Andrew BREEBAART |
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| 09/02 | "Make-me-an-offer" sale - 143 works |
| 20/09 | John J BLOM |
| 11/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 12 sculptures |
| 15/11 | Pieter ROUX + Walter MEYER + Andrew BREEBAART |
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| 1989 |
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"Dead End - Endless Sunset" 1987 by Izak DE VILLIERS - soon to change his name to Zak BENJAMIN |
| 07/02 | James MPHAHLELE - "The Dialoga Series" of 25 linocuts |
| 14/03 | Maureen QUIN |
| 04/04 | Giulio TAMBELLINI + Sonja STRAFELLA |
| 02/05 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 18/07 | Izak DE VILLIERS |
| 11/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 14 sculptures |
| 31/10 | Dan RAKGOATHE Retrospective Exhibition 1968-1989 - graphics and mixed media - 90 works |
| 21/11 | Willi LOTTERING + Deline DE KLERK |
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| 1990 |
One of the watercolours by Ulrich SCHWANECKE from the Ostermond Series 1990 |
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| 12/02 | Included in "Artists of the 80's" - Rand Afrikaans University - Gallery 21's contribution (21 works by Fred Schimmel, John Clarke, Lucas Sithole, Norman Catherine, Maureen Quin, Wendy Malan, Ulrich Schwanecke, Dirk Meerkotter, Giulio Tambellini, Dan Rakgoathe) |
| 20/02 | Dee JACOBS |
| 06/03 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 20/03 | Rosemarie MARRIOTT |
| 29/05 | Lallitha JAWAHIRILAL |
| 29/05 | Paul SEKETE - 19 sculptures |
The gallery activities were curtailed drastically from mid-1990.
| 1991 |
| 01/02 | "Summer Fever" Make-me-an-offer sale - total disposal of Gallery 21's own trading stock, including Ezrom LEGAE, Richard MABASO, Daniel MATSHIDISO, James MPHAHLELE, Dan RAKGOATE, Winston SAOLI, Paul SEKETE, Lucky SIBIYA, M SIMON, Lucas SITHOLE, Michael ZONDI |
| 06/08 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| Aug./Sept. | Permanent Exhibition - various artists including L SITHOLE |
| 08/10 | Lucas SITHOLE - 13 sculptures |
| 05/11 | Dirk MEERKOTTER |
| 01/12 | Dirk MEERKOTTER, Fred SCHIMMEL, Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
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| 1992 |
| February | "Treasure Trove" - rare contemporary international and SA works of art from the 50's to the 90's |
| April/May | "The R100 sale and other bargains" |
| June/July | Esias BOSCH from 1966-1976 from a private collection |
| Aug./Sept. | "The Pot-Pourri Show" - a series of mini shows |
| Oct./Dec. | Masterpieces from the 60's, 70's and 80's - over 100 works |
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| 1993 | At one stage Gallery 21 stretched over half the 3rd floor of Victory House (195 m2) - by the time it closed for good, there had been no other white owned businesses in it for quite a while - the city was changing rapidly! |
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| 01/01 | Paintings and sculptures by SA masters from a private collection |
| 02/02 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| 23/02 | Dirk MEERKOTTER |
| March | Permanent rotating show till closure of the gallery during 1993: N CATHERINE, D MEERKOTTER, F SCHIMMEL, L SITHOLE |
Fernand F. Haenggi returned to his home country Switzerland by the end of 1993, together with his wife Caroline. However, during 1994 until early 1995, he still used a remainder of the premises for national and international fund-raising drives which The Haenggi Foundation Inc. had been conducting for a number of years on behalf of the PELMAMA ACADEMY SOWETO (q.v.).
From 1st till 19th May, 1995, all sculptures in wood and stone remaining in the Estate of the late Lucas SITHOLE (1931-1994) were sold to the highest bidder on behalf of the Estate, by silent bidding, but were only made available to public institutions and current owners of Sithole's works. The general public was excluded, the exhibition was not subject to reviews. The remaining premises were vacated shortly thereafter, per 31st May, 1995.
Thus ended Fernand F. Haenggi's 30-odd years of art activities in Johannesburg. Politics, national and international, and economic realities had won the upper hand.
return to Gallery 21 Johannesburg (1972-1975)
