Listings(s)
'Roadscapes' | 'Selfshots' | 'Once there was and once there was not'
Lara Feldman, Elize Vossgatter and Hentie van der Merwe at AVA'ROADSCAPES': Lara Feldman
'Roadscapes' a series of painting by Lara Feldman presents internal images articulated on the painted surface as disconnected, remembered moments. Random to all but the subconscious, Feldman shares with the viewer the lyrical journey between internal disturbance and outside noise, capturing the isolation felt by many in society.
'SELFSHOTS': Hentie van der Merwe
Hentie van der Merwe presents 'Selfshots' in the Long Gallery. A series of faces produced through an elaborate process of appropriation, reflection and manipulation. Selecting images posted online, taken by individuals capturing their own reflections by way of mirror or cellphone camera, van der Merwe reconstructs this images, offering the viewer a new face, one that metaphorically and technically investigates and re-presents this contemporary social phenomenon of sharing private moments on public platforms.
'ONCE THERE WAS AND ONCE THERE WAS NOT': Elize Vossgatter
Opening address by Andrew Lamprecht (Senior Lecturer at Michaelis School of Fine Art UCT)
Fascinated by folklore and the cautionary tales of old, Elize Vossgatter paints a story with no beginning, or end, somewhere between the alchemy of materiality and the gesture of hand - characters are birthed and morality is reflected on. The beautiful and the grotesque, stand within the picture plane as monuments and memorials to humanness, painterly contradiction, social success and failure.
23 September 2013 - 17 October 2013
'Sterntaler'
Elize Vossgatter at AVAElize Vossgatter presents 'Sterntaler', an exhibition of paintings. Sterntaler, a story by the Grimm Brothers is the departure point for Vossgatter's investigation of contemporary femininity and the roles women play in society. Sterntaler is a story of total submission, total self-abnegation. The girl gives everything, risking even her life and only then is rewarded by heaven. A dismal story of womanhood worldwide.
12 March 2012 - 04 April 2012
