PRIEST Exhibition Space and Espressobar Presents
Powerfully Pointless:
A solo exhibition of new work by Dane Stops
142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Rosebank, JHB
(opposite the Goodman Gallery)
Gallery Hours: Tue – Fri: 08h00 – 16h00 + Sat: 09h00 – 14h00
Contact Priest Espressobar on 021 201 4777 or cal@priest.co.za
+ wayne@priest.co.za + alison@priest.co.za for more info.
Dane Stops
Powerfully pointless
This body of work explores ideas surrounding the filtration of social issues through social media and associated devices, with specific reference to the South African landscape. Social media has created a culture of hands off activism. It allows people to voice opinions (educated and/or not) on issues through tweets, status updates, hashtags and shares, in the safety of their own home.
Social media has the ability to switch between serious and playful topics, often even a combination of the two at the speed of a double click. It combines things in extremes, from the frivolity of selfies to intense current issues. It is this dynamic that is both powerful and pointless that I am most interested in.
About the artist:
Dane Stops is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Durban. He has a Masters of Applied Arts from the Graphic Design Department at the Durban University of Technology, where he has also been working as a part-time lecturer for a number of years. Stops had a solo exhibition toward the end of 2016, he has also taken part in a number of group exhibitions and done live art at various events. He has been an active contributor to the Durban Mural and Graffiti scene for over a decade. The work he makes has various influences, from painting graffiti to figurative subject matter such as people and birds. For up to date work follow him, @danestops, on Instagram and Facebook.
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