The Sea the Sea, at The Cape Gallery, is a themed exhibition showcasing artists reflecting upon their personal connection to the sea. Here dreams meet immersive reality, waves pound the shore, monsters rise from unplumbed depths.
Mandy Lake
“Breaking Dawn captures a backlit breaking wave during the early morning hours. There’s something magical about the interplay of light and water, where the first rays of sunlight delicately skim across the ocean’s surface. In this moment, the wave comes to life, bursting with an explosive array of colours. By painting this scene on a large triptych canvas, my goal is to immerse the viewer in this breathtaking natural wonder. I want them to feel the gentle caress of dawn’s light, hear the rhythmic ebb and flow of the tide, and experience the overwhelming sense of awe that the ocean can inspire.”
Mandy Lake/ Breaking dawn/ 100 x 100cm (x3) (triptych)/ Oil on canvas
Simon Jones:
Quoting the late Eldred Green in his Lantern article of April 1982 on myself:
‘Long before Jung observed that depiction of the sea often implied that the artist was looking into his own mind, with the sea as its symbol, Charles Baudelaire [1821-1867] wrote a famous poem about man’s relationship to the sea. This poem is a key to Jones’s frequent inclusion of the sea in his paintings of the human predicament.’ [Lead photo above: Simon Jones/ Easter/ 77 x 102 cm/ Acrylic on canvas]
Peter van Straten:
“We are all of the sub-species Homo Absurdis Always searching for what we’ve already found.”
Peter van Straten/ Behold/ 120 x 160 cm/ Oil
Participating ArtistsÂ
Paintings:
Michael Albertyn, Tyrone Appollis, Haydee Breganski, Geoff Burr, Heinrich Cloete, Lesley Dor-Horne, W.P Grobler, Simon Jones, Robert Koch, John Kramer, Mandy Lake, Lindile Magunya, Adolfo McQue, Nola Muller, Drummond Murphy, Makiwa Mutomba, Lindsay Page, Christopher Reid, Joy Rose Innes Neethling, Roelof Rossouw, Coral Spencer, Peter van Straten, Laura Wenman, Judy Woodborne.
Sculptures:
Noel Ashton, Tania Babb, Louis le Seur, Lynette Morris-Hale, Lawrence Mukomberanwa, Theo Ntuntwana, Earl Parker, Uwe Pfaff, Bridget Randall, David Reade.
Graphics/ Watercolors:
Chris Butters, Elinor Carleton Smith, Phil Cloete, John Cullingworth, Teresa Decinti, Tinus de Jongh, Katrin Dorje, Solly Gutman, Natalia Kononova, Emile Manefeldt, Drummond Murphy, Charles Peers, Douglas Treasure, Eric Wale, Irene Webster.
Dive into The Cape Gallery and ENJOY!
WHAT: The Sea, The Sea – Group Exhibition
WHERE: The Cape Gallery, 60 Church Street, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: Sunday, 19th November 2023, at 4pm | closes 5th January 2024 | Mon to Fri: 09h30 to 16h00, Sat: 10h00 to 14h00
INFO: T +27 21 4235309 | RSVP E web@capegallery.co.za | VisitÂ
The Cape Gallery [14]The WHAT, WHY & WHERE of the
arts scene in around Cape Town
see the 2023 art craft + museums_map
and listen in to the Sanlam
Arts Round Up Fridays @17:30
on Fine Music Radio FMR 101.3fm
The FMR App makes it even easier to tune into the Sanlam Arts Round Up on Fridays! i-Phone HERE | Android HERE
