The Claims of the Land is an exhibition now on at the AVA Gallery. It aims to showcase an eclectic group of painters working in various tropes and to exhibit their thoughts and feelings concerning issues around our responsibilities and claims to the land, both political and environmental.
List of artists: Alexandra Karakashian, Anton Karstel, Catherine Ocholla, Chad Rossouw, Dathini Mzayiya, Hanien Conradie,Janice Rabie, Jess Metcalfe, Kerry Chaloner, Luan Nel, Makhosandile Mbuku, Maya LeMaitre, Misheck Masamvu, Richard Mudariki, Rory Emmett, Sarah Biggs, Sepideh Mehraban, Siwa Mgoboza and Thomas Cartwright
Richard Mudariki
Land Redistributed: The New Farmer and His Wife, 2015
Oil on canvas
101 x 76 cm
Siwa Mgoboza
Ndisukha Khona, Ndiya Khona (From There, Going There), 2014
Ingxwala (white ochre), wax, acrylic paint and oil pastels
100 x 21 cm
Alexa Karakashian
Shifting Grounds II, 2015
Oil on canvas
95.5 x 74 cm
Makhosandile Mbuku
Negotiations After Blood Shed, 2015
Oil on board
45.5 x 58 cm
Thomas Cartwright
Riebeek-Wes, 2015
Oil on gesso panel
70 x 135 cm
Hanien Conradie
Van hier na daar, 2014
Protea flowers, Hartebees River clay and pigment on board
117 x 80 cm
