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Jonathan (Jon) Berndt

b. 1950, Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa; d. 2010, Cape Town.
Jon Berndt was one of the founders of the Poster Workshop at the Community Arts Project. Best known for his political and educational graphics,  Berndt’s early creative practice was influenced by the Arte Povera movement. His last major project took the form of imagined public art works, where his acute political and graphic sensibilities are amply evident.

  • Imagined Billboards
  • Prints
  • Photography
  • Arte Povera
  • Arte Povera Texts
  • Drawings & Paintings
  • Graphic Design
  • Posters
  • Labour Posters
  • CAP Posters
  • UCT Posters
  • Educational Resources
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  • Documentary
Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm Imagined Billboards series. 21 x 29.7 cm
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Cape Town, 1985. Linocut. 20.5 x 29.5 cm Bolivia - The Unfinished Struggle, 1985. Linocut FAWU, 1985. 3 figures. 29.5 x 20.5 cm Untitled Untitled. Linocut. 29.7 x 42 cm Untitled, linocut. Hay, 1985. Linocut. 15 x 20.5cm Untitled Untitled Untitled Untitled, linocut. Metallurgica. 1985. Linocut. 20.5 x 29.5cm Untitled
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A Toothed Instrument 1, 1973. Text for Land Art A Toothed Instrument 2, 1973. Land Art Documentation A Toothed Instrument 3, 1973. Land Art Documentation A Toothed Instrument 4, 1973. Land Art Documentation Interruption Piece 1, 1974. Text for Performance. Interruption Piece 2, 1974. Performance Documentation Interruption Piece 3, 1974. Performance Documentation Interruption Piece 4, 1974.  Performance Documentation Interruption Piece 2, 1974. Text for Performance Interruption piece 2, 1974. Diagram for Performance Interruption Piece 2, 1974. Performance Documentation Interruption Piece 2, 1974. Performance Documentation Interruption Piece 2, 1974. Performance Documentation Primary Derivative, 1974. Text for Performance Primary Derivative, 1974. Diagram for Performance Primary Derivative, 1974. Diagram for Performance. Primary Derivative, 1974. Performance Documentation Primary Derivative, 1974. Performance Documentation
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Jon Berndt. Texts for Arte Povera works.

Police Negotiation, Pencil drawing. 30.5 x 43 cm Female Figure. Pencil drawing. 29.5 x 39.5cm Two Figures. Pencil drawing. 61 x 43cm Trotsky Drawing. Pen drawing. 30.5 x 23cm Storyboard Image. Painting Voortrekker Monument Storyboard Image. Painting
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Mediaworks folder (front) Mediaworks folder (back) Mediaworks folder (insert) ILRIG Occasional Papers Brochure (front) ILRIG Occasional Papers Brochure (back) Brochure for Gender and Transformation Studies - UCT (back) Brochure for Gender and Transformation Studies - UCT (front) Bibliophiles Conference Pamphlet, 1981 Sexual Harassment Brochure (front). Equal Opportunity Office - UCT Sexual Harassment Brochure (back) Equal Opportunity Office - UCT Intangible Heritage. Desk Calender. District Six Museum Postcard series Postcard series Postcard series Postcard series Seasons Greetings. National Monuments Council greeting card
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Die Duiwel Maak My Hart So Seer, 1993. 42 x 59.4 cm. Movie Poster. Science of The Bicycle, 2002. 42 x 59.4 cm. Exhibition Poster. MTN Science Centre Koornhof Bills. 42 x 59.4 cm. Bird Art Exhibition. 29.7 x 42 cm. South African Library. The Argus Christmas Annual Exhibition. 42 x 59.4 cm. South African Library. The Disabled. Exhibition Poster. South African Library Khanya Advertisement. 29.7 x 42 cm. Labour Film Festival, 2009. 42 x 59.4 cm. SAMWUMED. Labour Film Festival, 2008. 42 x 59.4 cm. SAMWUMED. Worker Solidarity - May Day campaign. 42 x 59.4 cm Quality Public Service: The Key to Sustainable Development. 42 x 59.4 cm Water - A Human Right. 42 x 59.4 cm. Repression & Resurgence, 2003. 84.5 x 34 cm. Campaign Poster. Celebrate Women's Work, 2001. 42 x 59.4 cm. Public Services International. Freedom Means The Right to Choose. 42 x 59.4 cm. Reproductive Rights Alliance Rural Outreach Project , 1994. 42 x 59.4 cm. Reach for your Rights. 42 x 59.4 cm. Soweto Help Centre T Shirt show, 1994. 42 x 59.4 cm. Soweto Help Centre. South African Museum Dakawa Art & Culture Centre advertisement. 42 x 59.4 cm. Educate Adults, WUS. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Allan Boesak. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Mandela Speaks. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Freedom Rally. ANC Poster - Ek het my ID - Duncan Crowie. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Ek het my ID - Derek Whiteboy. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Ek het my ID - Cheryl Roberts. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Poster - Ndina Yo Eyami ID - Nika Khumalo. 42 x 59.4 cm. ANC Memorial Poster - Chris Hani. 42 x 59.4 cm. SACP Memorial poster - Joe Slovo. 42 x 59.4 cm. Community Media Conference, 1993 If you want to know the apple. 42 x 59.4 cm. Claim you Heritage. 42 x 59.4 cm. The National Monuments Council
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Exposing the State of Capitalism, 2010. 42 x 59.4 cm. ILRIG Globalisation School. Capitalism in Crisis, 2010. Annual ILRIG-Rosa Luxemburg Cape Partners' Conference. Capitalism in Crisis, 2009. 42 x 59.4 cm. ILRIG Globalisation school. New Forms of Organization, 2009. 42 x 59.4 cm. Annual ILRIG-Rosa Cape Partners' Conference Alternatives to Globalisation, 2007. 42 x 59.4 cm. ILRIG Globalisation School. Political Power, 2007. 42 x 59.4 cm. Rosa Luxemberg Seminar. The Powerless State: Myth or Reality?, 2002. ILRIG Globalisation School. Is This Your Future as a Flexible Worker? 42 x 59.4 cm LRS Mission and Objectives, 2001.
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John Gomas Memorial, 1993. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project Unemployed Food Campaign. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project Skills Training and Empowerment, 1994. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project. Student Services Centre Mediaworks Retrospective Exhibition, 1996. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project. The Way We Live Exhibition Poster. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project. The Chain. 42 x 59.4 cm. CAP Media Project. Nyanga Theatre Co.
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Edward W Said Memorial, 2003. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Redefining Moments Exhibition Poster, 2003. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Sexual Harassment, 1997. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Understanding Gender, 1997. Course Advertisement. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Centre for African Studies. Course Advertisement. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Documentary Photography in South Africa. Exhibition Poster. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Looking Back, 1998. Exhibition Poster. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Gender, Honours in African Studies. Course Advertisement. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT Graduate Programme in Gender and Transformation. Course Advertisement. 42 x 59.4 cm. UCT
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Globalisation and Resistance, ILRIG Seven Deadly Sins. 59 x 59cm Children's Rights. 42 x 59.4 cm Jobs for All: Dealing with Unemployment. 42 x 59.4 cm 1. Human Rights. Magnet Theatre Awareness series. 42 x 59.4 cm 2. Immigrants. Magnet Theatre Awareness series. 42 x 59.4 cm 3. How We Think. Magnet Theatre Awareness series. 42 x 59.4 cm 4. Are Artists Necessary? Magnet Theatre Awareness series. 42 x 59.4 cm 5. Make a Difference. Magnet Theatre Awareness series. 42 x 59.4 cm You Have Struck a Rock. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Rural Women. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Urban Women. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women's Work. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm The Breadwinners. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Early Struggles. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women Organise. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women Against Passes. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women Against Apartheid. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Working Women's Rights. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women of the Eighties and Nineties. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm Women in the World & at Home. Women's series. Mayibuye Centre. 42 x 59.4 cm 1. Working the Land. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 2. Working in the Mines. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 3. Migrant Labour. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 4. Indentured Labour. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 5. South Africa's First Artisans. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 6. Militant White Workers. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 7. The Early Black Unions. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 8. SACTU and Workers under Apartheid. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 9. Service Workers. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 10. Rebirth of the Democratic Labour Movement. Builders of the Nation series. A2 11. Workers in the Community. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm 12. The Labour Relations Act. Builders of the Nation series. 42 x 59.4 cm
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"Blowing Home: Freedom Struggles Video Series". Mayibuye Centre "A Travelling Song". Video cover. Directed by Lindy Wilson "Nelson Mandela: Inkokeli ngokuzalwa". ABE Development Services Trust "Brazil: A Worker's Story". ILRIG Workers of the world series #3 "Bolivia: The Unfinished Struggle".  ILRIG Workers of the world series #2 "Onnest' Bo: Teacher's Guidebook" (front). The Magnet Theatre Educational Trust "Onnest' Bo: Teacher's Guidebook" (back). The Magnet Theatre Educational Trust "Change Your Attitude: Get Sharpss" (front). UCT Campus Protection Services "Change Your Attitude: Get Sharpss" (back). UCT Campus Protection Services "Educating Tomorrow - Lessons from Managing Girls' Education in Africa". Edited by Angel Thody & Eleanor Stella M Kaabwe "Ndazixelela ukuba ndiza kufunda". ABE Development Services Trust. "Local Government Democratisation & Decentralisation - A review of the Southern African region". Edited by PS Reddy "Media Project". CAP Media Project Community Media Work Centre (folder) "Between Joyce and Remembrance". Mark J Kaplan. "Johnny Gomas - Voice of the Working Class: A Political Biography". Doreen Musson. "ANC: A View from Moscow. Vladimir Shubin". Mayibuye History and Literature Series. "Moses Kotane: South African Revolutionary". Bryan Bunting. Mayibuye History and Literature series. "Who Killed Mr Drum?" Sylvester Stein. Mayibuye History and Literature series.
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Soviets in the Archive, Art South Africa, 2011 V9 I3

Trade Union Library poster, 1993. (Draft version) Designer posters incite passion. Cape Times. Wednesday, March 17, 1999 Yesterday's ideals, today's ornaments. Weekend Argus - Life. October 6, 2007 Memorial Invite, 2010. ILRIG.
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