The DaimlerArt Collection
and Education Project
comtemporary art from the Daimler Art Collection -
a comprehensive portrait of the collection
Pretoria
Art Museum
March 21 - June 27
Museum Africa, Johannesburg
March 21 - July 4
Pretoria Art Museum
About 150 art works of the 20.th centuryMuseum Africa, Johannesburg/Newtown
New trends, photography and video
Indroduction
Including South Africa in the Daimler Art Collection world tour indicates both Daimler's close links with South Africa and the country's international importance. The Daimler Art Collection's openings in Pretoria and Johannesburg are in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of free elections in South Africa.
The Daimler Art Collection's concept for South Africa goes well beyond traditional collection presentation: South Africa has never seen works of art from the movements mentioned on this scale and at this international standard. The exhibits have been specially assembled and presented to give visitors a tour of the last 50 years of international art history.
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Education Project
The major extraordinary feature of this project is that the whole exhibition is introduced and accompanied by an "Education Program" for schools and universities. Educational aims and concepts for use with the schools and universities during the exhibition period are already being worked out in advance, in close co-operation with the South African institutions.
School and university students will be given a workbook for free according to the exhibition. It contains A, B and C Levels, so that they can find their own way in to 20th century art. This is unique for South African art and art education.
Daimler South Africa provides shuttle buses to transport school and university students to the exhibition.
This means that a whole generation of school and university students will be able to look at art that has never been seen in South Africa in its original versions before, surveying the essential aspects of art history over the last few decades.
