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CITY VIEWS
Alma Viviers
“The secret lives of objects”
from the exhibiton Labels
IZIKO Slave Lodge, Cape Town, South Africa
City Views, Cape Town, South Africa
April 2013 |
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SUNDAY TIMES
Karen Rutter
“Record labels make music for the eyes”
from the exhibiton Labels
IZIKO Slave Lodge, Cape Town, South Africa
Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Africa
March 17, 2013 |
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DEN HAAG CENTRAAL
Door Egbert van Faassen
“Zuid Afrikaanse kunst in West: 'Shut up! Jy Lieg!”
from the exhibiton 23 Kilograms
Galerie West, The Hague, Netherlands
Den Haag Centraal, The Hague, Netherlands
January 23, 2013 |
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Brenton Maart
"Brenton Maart in Conversation with Artist Siemon Allen"
from the exhibition Records
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Archival Platform, www.archivalplatform.org
South Africa
November 15, 2011 |
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Gavin Younge
"A Pavilion to Far?"
from the exhibition Desire - Ideal Narratives in Contemporary SA Art
Pavilion of South Africa, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Art South Africa, vol. 10, Issue 1
Cape Town, South Africa
Spring 2011 |
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Kristine Kronje
"South African Collector-Artist on his Collection Projects"
from the exhibition Records
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
LitNet, www.litnet.co.za
South Africa
October 21, 2011 |
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Georgia Kotretsos
"Inside the Artist's Studio: Siemon Allen"
Art:21 Blog, blog.art21.org
United States
July 29, 2011 |
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Bhekani Dlamini
"DUT Artists Take Part in International Art Exhibition"
from the exhibition Desire - Ideal Narratives in Contemporary SA Art
Pavilion of South Africa, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The Mercury
Durban, South Africa
June 28, 2011 |
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Sean O'Toole
"The Record Collector - Interview"
from the exhibition Desire - Ideal Narratives in Contemporary SA Art
Pavilion of South Africa, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Mahala, www.mahala.co.za
South Africa
June 1, 2011 |
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Sean O'Toole
"The Record Collector"
Business Day - Wanted Magazine
Johannesburg, South Africa
March 2010 |
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Alex Sudheim
"The Activist Archivist: Dislocation and Relocation in the Work of Siemon Allen"
from the exhibition Imaging South Africa: Records|Newspapers|Stamps
Bank Gallery & Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Art South Africa, vol. 7, Issue 3
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2009 |
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Peter
Machen
“The Collector”
from the exhibiton Imaging South Africa: Records|Newspapers|Stamps
Bank Gallery & Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
The Weekend Witness, Pietermaritburg, South Africa
March 21, 2009 |
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Alex Sudheim
"The Outside Insider"
from the exhibiton Imaging South Africa: Records|Newspapers|Stamps
Bank Gallery & Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Mail & Guardian
Durban, South Africa
February 27 - March 5, 2009 |
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Peter Machen
"Classified Information"
from the exhibiton Imaging South Africa: Records|Newspapers|Stamps
Bank Gallery & Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Artthrob, artthrob.co.za (online)
May 2009 |
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Linda Stupart
"Monomania"
from the exhibition Monmania
Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Art South Africa, vol. 7, Issue 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2008 |
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Miles Keylock
"The Art of Obsession"
from the exhibition Monomania
Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Mail & Guardian
Cape Town, South Africa
August 22 - 28, 2008 |
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Peter Machen
"Bathed in Light"
from the exhibition Light Show, Bank Gallery, Durban, South Africa
The South African Art Times, issue 1, vol 3
Cape Town, South Africa
February, 2008 |
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Claire Angelique
"Light Relief"
from the exhibition Light Show, Bank Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Sunday Tribune
Durban, South Africa
February 3, 2008 |
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Holland Cotter
"Enemy Image"
from the exhibition Enemy, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY, USA The New York Times
October 7, 2005 |
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Rex Weil
"Siemon Allen"
from the exhibition Cards, Fusebox, Washington, DC, USA ARTnews
October 2005 |
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Jena McCarthy
"Allen, Buster, Moe"
from the exhibition Cards, KZNSA, Durban, South Africa Art South Africa, vol. 4, Issue 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2005 |
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Alex Sudheim
"Squirrel Artist"
from the exhibition Cards, KZNSA, Durban, South Africa Mail & Guardian
Johannesburg, South Africa
August 5-11, 2005 |
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Peter
Machen
“Conversation of Objects”
from the exhibiton Cards, KZNSA, Durban, South Africa The Weekend Witness, Pietermaritburg, South Africa
August 13, 2005 |
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Louis Jacobson
“Cards"
from the exhibition Cards at Fusebox, Washington, DC, USA Washington City Paper
June 17, 2005 |
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Mariano
Garcia
“La Zaragozana Cira Pascual Cuestiona el Patriotismo
en el Corazón de EE UU"
from the exhibition Patriot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA Heraldo de Aragón
Spain
June 9, 2005 |
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Blake Gopnick
“Delving into the Notion of Patriotism”
from the exhibition Patriot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA The Washington Post
May 31, 2005 |
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J.
Bowers
“Without Borders”
from the exhibition Patriot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA City Paper Baltimore
April 2005 |
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Howard
Risatti
“Siemon Allen/ Dominic McGill”
from the exhibiton Pop-Agenda, Fusebox, Washington, DC, USA
Artforum
Summer 2004 |
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Glen
Dixon
“When History Throws Us an Endless Curve,"
from the exhibiton Pop-Agenda, Fusebox, Washington, DC, USA The Washington Post
April 17, 2004 |
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Alice
Thorson
“A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad"
from the exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity,
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA ArtNews
April 2004 |
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David
Carrier
“A Fiction of Authenticity”
from the exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity,
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Artforum
March 2004 |
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Brian Rood
"Siemon Allen: Artist examines media coverage of South Africa"
from the exhibition Newspapers,
Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, USA The Times-Delphic
January 15, 2004 |
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Amanda
Pierre
“‘Newspapers’ Looks at How People Are Informed”
from the exhibition Newspapers,
Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, USA The Des Moines Register
January 18, 2004 |
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Marilu
Knode
“Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis”
from the exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Tema Celeste
2003 |
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Susan
Cahan
“A Fiction of Authenticity”
from the exhibition A Fiction of Authenticity
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Art South Africa, vol. 2 issue 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2003 |
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Blake
Gopnick
“The View From Afar”
from the exhibition The American Effect,
Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA The Washington Post
August 24, 2003 |
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Kim
Levin
“A Foreign Affair”
from the exhibition The American Effect,
Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA The Village Voice
July 30-August 5, 2003 |
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Lauri
Firstenberg
“Notes on Renewed Appropriationisms” Parkett, #67
2003 |
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Journal of Contemporary African Art
Lauri Firstenberg
“Siemon Allen’s Stamp Collection” Nka, #16/17
Fall/Winter 2002 |
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Colin
Richards
“The Thought Is the Thing” Art South Africa, vol.
1, issue 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2002 |
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Lauri
Firstenberg
“Making Headlines”
from the exhibition Newspapers at Fusebox, Washington, DC, USA Art South Africa, vol. 1 Issue 2
Cape Town, South Africa
Summer 2002 |
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Jessica
Dawson
“Where Visa are not Needed”
from the exhibition Cultural Crossing, Numark, Washington, DC, USA The Washington Post
April 11, 2002 |
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Andres
Zervigon
“The Weave of Memory:
Siemon Allen’s Screen in Postapartheid South Africa” Art Journal, vol. 61, no. 1
Spring 2002 |
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Roberta Smith
“Context & Conceptualism”
from the exhibition Context & Conceptualism,
Artist's Space, New York, NY, USA The New York Times
February 22, 2002 |
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Lauri Firstenberg
“Siemon Allen" Atlantica
Spring 2002 |
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Martha Schwendener
“Critics Picks”
from the exhibition Context & Conceptualism,
Artist's Space, New York, NY, USA Artforum (online)
February 10, 2002 |
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Joanna Shaw-Eagle
"Exhibit Stamps Country's Image"
from the exhibition Stamp Collection - Imaging South Africa,
Hemicyle/ Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, USA
The Washington Times
July 7, 2001 |
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Lawrence
Van Gelder
“National Image” from the exhibition Stamp Collection - Imaging South Africa,
Hemicyle/ Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, USA
The New York Times
June 26, 2001 |
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Paul Brewer
"Stamp Collection" from the exhibition Stamp Collection - Imaging South Africa,
Hemicyle/ Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, USA Corcoran Views
Summer 2001 |
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Louis Jacobson
"Stamp Act"
from the exhibition Stamp Collection - Imaging South Africa,
Hemicyle/ Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, USA Washington City Paper
July 27, 2001 |
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Sue Williamson
"Artbio" Artthrob, artthrob.co.za (online)
July 2001 |
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Nico Israel
“Translation/Seduction/Displacement”
from the exhibition Translation/ Seduction/ Displacement,
White Box, New York, NY, USA Artforum
May 2000 |
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Chris Gilbert
“Exile Painters” 64 Magazine
May 2000 |
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Holland
Cotter
“Translation/Seduction/Displacement”
from the exhibition Translation/ Seduction/ Displacement,
White Box, New York, NY, USA The New York Times
March 24, 2000 |
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Valerie Cassel
“Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Contemporary Art Exhibitions”
from the exhibition House at Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, USA Art Journal, vol 59, no.1
Spring 2000 |
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Chris Gilbert
“Siemon Allen: Internal Affairs” Sculpture, vol. 18, no.10
December 1999 |
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Claudia Amory
“School 33 ”
from the exhibition Artsites 96 at School 33, Baltimore, MD, USA The Washington Review
June 1996 |
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Benjamin
Weil
“Out of Time-South African Art” Flash Art
January/ February 1995 |
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Kendell Geers
“Social Critique from Young Talent”
from a two-person exhibtion with Greg Streak at the ICA, Johannesburg
Business Day
Johannesburg, South Africa
November 1993 |
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