Three new exhibitions open on Monday 21 October at the AVA Gallery.
STILL LIFE
Co-curated by Chantal Louw and Sarah Walters, include works by:
John Bauer ,Yogi de Beer, Paul de Jongh, Lisa Firer, Louise Gelderblom, Christo Giles, Ralph Johnson, Hennie Meyer, Nina Shand, Rebecca Townsend, Clementina van der Walt, David Walters, Sarah Walters
VISAGE
Jo O’Connor
BEASTS OF BURDEN
Robyn Denny
In Still Life co-curated by Chantal Louw and Sarah Walters, a collection of ceramic objects by 12 ceramicists becomes a sculptural landscape. The curves and angles of the whole are read with clarity while the individual is displayed. Still life an exhibition of ceramic forms, some functional, some not, has been curated into an exhibition installation. The display allows the individual pieces to oscillate between functional object and sculptural form.
Jo O’Connor employs the Long Gallery with a collection of portraits. Using wood as the primary medium, the individual faces have been simplified, rendered in oils onto the wooden surface. The wood grain acts as both a support and a camouflage creating a tension whereby the individuals painted move between blending into the natural environment and being visible.
Robyn Denny presents Beasts of Burden in the Artsstrip. This series of work engages with the shock, beauty and pathos of the biological contingency. By evoking a theme of violence and brutality versus fragility and vulnerability, a dynamic paradox is animated through the use of ink & gouache.
WHERE: Association for Visual Arts Gallery, 35 Church Street, Cape Town, South Africa
WHEN: Opening on Monday, 21 October at 18:00 to 14 November at 17:00
HOURS: Weekdays 10h00 to 17h00, Saturdays 10h00 to 13h00 Closed Sundays and public holidays
