Longer Than Before/ Later Than Before

Analogues Cosatu Oistrakh, Prokofiev & Stradivari Felix Gonzalez-Torres Surfaces & Ruptures Performative Gestures Systemic & contract works Text Works	Anticipating Ever residual stress 21 salute for the Death of a collector p.t.o. (16th november 2009) Longer than before/later than before


Longer Than Before Extended opening hours (Sundays 2pm -5pm) 2009 Later Than Before Extended opening hours (Gallery hours extended by 1 hour) 2009 I wanted to make something that really looked at the relationship which the gallery has with its public. Galleries, particularly in South Africa, play an important role in the development of the art scene, yet the hours they keep always bothers me. Something about the strictly business hours seemed to say that they are there for clients first and not for the general public. By asking the gallery be open on a Sunday, I thought maybe I could politicise this and suggest that another relationship might be possible. Longer Than Before was produced at the Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Later Than Before at the Brodie/Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg.