'Weird Marriage'
Ilené Bothma at AVA
Ilené Bothma explores the strangeness of the domestic space in her exhibition titled 'Weird Marriage'. The relationships that play out within the domestic space, the repetitive activity of human labour , the poetics of the everyday intimacy are investigated through sculpture, video and installation works installed in the Artsstrip.
06 May - 30 May
'3 and a Half Meters'
Various Artists
The Main gallery of the AVA hosts a group exhibition titled '3 and a Half Meters: Committee’s Choice'. The ten current AVA committee members, Stacy Adriaans, Matthew Blackman, Caroline Coates, Chantel Louw, Marilyn Martin, Richard Mudariki, James Nilsen, Chad Rossouw, Elgin Rust and Cobus van Bosch, have each selected a work or works by contemporary artists to be exhibited in their allocated three and a half meters.
Artists included are: Lynette Bester, Kurt Campbell, Mary-Rose Hendrikse, Renée Holleman, Pieter Hugo, Frances Marais, Elsabé Milandri, Mads Nørsgaard, Conor Ralphs, Chad Rossouw, Adolf Tega and Gavin Younge.
'Replica of Memory'
Aidon Westcott
Aidon Westcott’s exhibtion 'Replica of Memory' employs the Long Gallery at the AVA, with a body of mixed media works filled with symbolic imagery aimed at awaking forgotten memories in the subconscious mind of the viewer. The imagery is build up in layers of antique packaging and selected ephemera through the medium of collage which is combined with hand stitching, thread and oil paint.