Three exhibitions
dal 26/10/2009 al 14/11/2009
Segnalato da
26/10/2009
Three exhibitions
Kznsa Gallery, Durban
IMPRINT: NEW CERAMICS BY CARLA DA CRUZ
The work of Carla da Cruz addresses the relationships between comfort and discomfort, interior and exterior, and structure and chaos. The ceramic forms are archetypal and evoke a sense of subconscious recognition and familiarity. Influenced by the artist’s fascination with industrial, architectural and natural forms, the clay sculptures explore natural and human-made texture, geometry, repetition and pattern. Increasingly aware of the pressure placed on the environment in the name of development and industry, da Cruz creates work that is technically superb, conceptually layered and aesthetically astounding.
da Cruz has a Masters Degree in Fine Art, and her work is represented in a number of private collections, the UNISA Art Collection, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum Collection and the Tatham Art Gallery.
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THE READING ROOM: ARTISTS' BOOKS BY CHERYL PENN
Penn is interested in artists’ books as a contemporary, interdisciplinary post-modern art form in which to articulate a personal visual language. She makes specific reference to the altered book, an art form currently garnering a large international following. The artist explores the book as a quiet, contemplative space in which to present a personal narrative, using the space of the book as a way to juxtapose reality and the imagination.
Cheryl Penn is a professional artist who specializes in large corporate installations in oils and mixed media, and also works as the curator of the new ADvTECH collection in Johannesburg.
The Reading Room is an exhibition of artists’ books made during the course of her research for a Masters Degree at the Durban University of Technology.
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JOAN'S JOURNEY: AN INSTALLATION BY JOAN ALKEMA
27 OCTOBER 2009 – 15 NOVEMBER 2009
As an Afrikaner woman in her sixties, Alkema has lived through various changes in South Africa. It was only in the last five years that she started exploring the history of Afrikaner women.
Executing her work by using traditional feminine craft practises and specific motifs, the artist comments on the paucity of information and documentation of Afrikaner women’s history. This exhibition is presented as part of Alkema’s Masters Degree in Fine Art at the Durban University of Technology.
Image: Cheryl Penn, Transgressing the Page. Unique Artist’s Book, 396 pages, single pamphlet stitch binding, soft spine. Re-worked images, text, various book/document/journal/magazine pages, dress patterns, thread, 15cm x 90cm
Kznsa Gallery
166 Bulwer Road, Durban (South Africa)
Tuesday to Friday h 9-17, Saturday & Sunday h 10-16