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Ephrem Solomon, Forbidden Fruit 22, 2015. Woodcut and mixed media, 40 x 40cm.
Ephrem Solomon, Forbidden Fruit 22, 2015. Woodcut and mixed media, 40 x 40cm.

Nine Artists in Nine Words

A review by

Tim Leibbrandt

on the 26th of June 2015. This should take you 3 minutes to read.

STEVENSON, Cape Town
04.06.2015 – 18.07.2015

Each artist in STEVENSON’s ‘Nine Artists’ — a simultaneous presentation of nine solo exhibitions — reviewed in nine words.

Ephrem Solomon
Technically impressive woodcut portraits ranging from exquisite to meh.

Ephrem Solomon, Forbidden Fruit 22, 2015. Woodcut and mixed media, 40 x 40cm.

Ephrem Solomon, Forbidden Fruit 22, 2015. Woodcut and mixed media, 40 x 40cm.

 

Marvin Luvuala Antonio
Packaging materials given hip lease on life. Also Dick.

Marvin Luvualu Antonio, But do they dream of electric chocolate, 2015. Book, plastic and adhesive, 13.5 x 20.5 x 2cm.

Marvin Luvualu Antonio, But do they dream of electric chocolate, 2015.
Book, plastic and adhesive, 13.5 x 20.5 x 2cm.

 

Matthew Alexander King
Please email matthew@stevenson.info. You are now a relational aesthete![1]

Matthew Alexander King, You Asked A Joke Question, But I Gave A Serious Answer, 2015. Performance

Matthew Alexander King, You Asked A Joke Question,
But I Gave A Serious Answer
, 2015. Performance

 

Zakara Raitt
Imposing cardboard structures alternate viewers between surveyor/surveyed dichotomies. Winner.

 

Zakara Raitt, In-between, 2015. Site specific installation, Cardboard, wood

Zakara Raitt, In-between, 2015.
Site specific installation, Cardboard, wood

 

Iman Issa
Witty portrait of constructed revolutionary figure through fabricated speech.

 

Iman Issa, <i>The Revolutionary</i>, 2010. Audio, speakers, white bench. Duration 5 min 58 sec, Edition of 2

Iman Issa, The Revolutionary, 2010.
Audio, speakers, white bench. Duration 5 min 58 sec, Edition of 2

 

Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Camera gazing in terminal hermeticism à la Metamorphosis of Narcissus.

 

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, <i>Study for T.H. with Five Figures, 2013 - 15 (0702)</i>, 2015. Pigment print on archival paper, 203 x 152.5cm, Edition of 5.

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Study for T.H. with Five Figures,
2013 – 15 (0702)
, 2015.
Pigment print on archival paper, 203 x 152.5cm, Edition of 5.

 

Peterson Kamwathi
The protestors’ Ascension. Perhaps Issa’s revolutionary is behind it.

Peterson Kamwathi, Monument to a Vessel, 2013. Installation view: STEVENSON

Peterson Kamwathi, Monument to a Vessel, 2013. Installation view: STEVENSON

 

Mame-Diarra Niang
Friedrich does Dakar: Romantic Sublime reconfigured as cityscape alienation.

Mame-Diarra Niang, <i>Panorama</i>, 2015. Archival pigment print, 43 x 62.7cm, Edition of 4 + 2AP.

Mame-Diarra Niang, Panorama, 2015.
Archival pigment print, 43 x 62.7cm, Edition of 4 + 2AP.

 

Thierry Oussou
Séance channeling Basquiat and Leatherface. Visually naïve, hellishly unnerving.

Thierry Oussou, <i>Trace XI</i>, 2015. Mixed media on paper, 152 x 152cm

Thierry Oussou, Trace XI, 2015.
Mixed media on paper, 152 x 152cm

 


[1] Please Note: This assumes that the artist’s proposal for a temporary Stevenson email address as part of his performance was granted.

Tagged: Ephrem Solomon, Iman Issa, Mame-Diarra Niang, Marvin Luvualu Antonio, Matthew Alexander King, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Peterson Kamwathi, Stevenson, Thierry Oussou, Zakara Raitt

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