Gordon Froud

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PLAYOFF

'PLAYOFF' explores a dialogue enacted by two artists - Gordon Froud and Lance Friedlande. The exhibition calibrates the individuality of the creative process, highlighting similarities and differences between the activities practiced by both artists to produce their work. The exhibition has travelled from Potchefstroom University to Oliewenhuis Museum in Bloemfontein, and after artSPACE, will finish its run at the Pretoria Art Museum.

26 June 2011 - 26 June 2011

'A Retrospective of Exhibitions I never had'

Gordon Froud is well-known  for his modular sculptures of viruses, taxis, animals and other objects. Froud has consistently shown on more than 20 shows a year often working in a variety of forms and mediums suited to the theme or guidelines of a particular show. Although recognizable as his work, few viewers make the connection with the diverse range of approaches used by this versatile artist.

For this show 'A Retrospective of Exhibitions I never had', he has selected to show these “other” works. The works on show include: bronze casts, ceramic plates, artist’s books, photography, digital printing, etching, linocut, wood carving and drawing amongst others. This show of more than 80 works has common threads of humor and found objects as source or medium that run through them. As a body of work, seen together for the first time, the hand and eye of the artist is patently obvious even in the diversity of approach.

The grand punctuation piece of the show, however, is a full sized Volkswagen beetle, fashioned out of chromed steel coat hangers. This elegant piece suspended by cables in the space appears light and ephemeral, drawing attention to the double volume nature of the industrial space and highlighting his modular approach to sculpture.

Opening speaker is David Paton, Senior Lecturer at FADA - University of Johannesburg

12 May 2013 - 05 June 2013