![]() I remain deeply committed to South Africa with a deep longing for its people. It forced me to start over, to learn a new language, and at age 40 to re-orientate myself. A major shift was moving to Berlin in 2012. ![]() But also hard work, and some incredible individuals who've supported and believed in me. Growing up on a farm with a playful curiosity for the world, encouraged through road trips, ferocious reading and participation in the arts. Now you're head curator of exhibitions at SCAD. Continuing our conversation we went on a walk-about through the current SCAD Museum of Art annual deFINE ART exhibition that includes some of America, and the world's contemporary art stars, intelligently, and accurately reflecting the spirit of our times. Since then Janse van Rensberg has been working with leading international artists, sometimes on new commissions. Storm joined SCAD Museum of Art as staff in 2014 and fell in love with the historic town. While Berlin based he independently curated Abrie Fourie's exhibition which travelled from Berlin to Johannesburg and then on to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). Since then he has lived in Berlin, Germany, where he was a fellow at the Academy for Advanced African Studies. As a Southern belle lip-synched to Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' Storm and I discussed his 9 to 5's since we first met at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2012 when he was manning the Goodman Gallery booth. Seated long legged in his signature dark suit, Storm Janse van Rensburg sipped on a gin and tonic and surveyed the crowd at a venue famous for drag shows featuring The Lady Chablis of 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' fame. How did Vryheid born Storm Janse van Rensburg become the curator at one of North America's top art museums? Whitehot's Petra Mason went to Savannah, Georgia to find out. ![]()
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