vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 may 2016
DESCRIPTION
'Vanitas' is an intimate group exhibition in the tradition of memento mori art, incorporating elements of beautiful fragility and morbid symbolism.TRANSCRIPT
Samuel Allerton Skull Boy (Warriors) Bronze 17 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm SA00116A R13,000
Candice Dawn Blignaut Bone Collector 1, 2016 30 x 30 cm CDB00216A R3,300
Candice Dawn Blignaut Old Spirits, 2016 65 x 80 cm CDB00116A R8,900
Candice Dawn Blignaut Bone Collector 2, 2016 30 x 30 cm CDB00316A R3,300
Candice Dawn Blignaut Ghost, 2016 Mixed media on paper CDB00416A R3,000
Bianca Brand I see you, see me, see you dead, 2016 Digital print 01/05 90 x 45 cm BBR00216A R3,000
Bianca Brand We Still Groove After Death, 2016 Silkscreen on paper 01/06 65 x 80 cm BBR00116A R6,500
Daniel Clarke Death amongst the Flowers, 2015 Mixed media on canvas
51 x 51 cm
DC02015A R4,500
Jono Dry Ammon's Eye, 2016 Pencil on paper 57 x 57 cm
JD0016A R40,000
Adele van Heerden Bird Skull Collection Ink on paper (micron pen) 27 x 37 cm AVH00116A R3,000
Lizza Littlewort An Embarrassment of Riches, 2015 Oil on board 60 x 80 cm LL03215A R15,000
Lizza Littlewort The Invisible Worm, 2015 Mixed media on board 80 x 60 cm
LL03615A R15,000
Stefan Smit Centre Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm
SS01116A R8,200
Stefan Smit Forthcoming Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm
SS01216A R7,000
Stefan Smit Preceding Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm
SS01016A R7,000
Gregory Stock Caracal, 2016 Pencil on paper 29.7 x 21 cm GS00216A R5,000
Gregory Stock Bat, 2016 Pencil on paper 29.7 x 21 cm GS00116A R5,000
Alice Toich Vanitas Sketch Oil on paper 23.5 x 15.5 cm AAT00916A R2,500
Alice Toich Horse Skull on my Bookshelf Ink on architectural drafting film 40 x 29 cm AAT00816A R4,000
Alice Toich Sunday Strelitzias Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm
AAT01016A R20,000
Alice Toich Protea Study Oil on canvas 39.5 x 29 cm
AAT00716A R3,500
Nina Torr Two Skulls Gouache on mounting board
14.5 x 16 cm NT00716A R2,300
Chris Valentine Blueprint, 2015 Oil on canvas board 71 x 56 cm
CV01316A R7,000
Chris Valentine Imprint, 2015 Oil on canvas board 71 x 56 cm
CV01216A R7,000
SAMUEL ALLERTON is a Cape-based sculptor working mainly
in bronze. This particular series of sculptures is called
‘Warriors’ - small figurative works representing our
generation of children and the enormous challenges they
face.
CANDICE DAWN BLIGNAUT often depicts animals in her work,
more so than human figures. They serve, however, as symbols
of humans’ inner worlds. Animals, lacking egos, are the
perfect carriers of projected meaning. These dark, unlovely
animals are, for Candice, creatures that are misunderstood.
To use them is to attempt to define the darker aspects of our
selves.
BIANCA BRAND is a Pretoria-based illustrator whose dark
subject matter is offset with bright colours. The figures that
inhabit her vivid, surreal landscapes often appear masked or
animalistic, in a spontaneous expression of the rebellious side
of human nature
JONO DRY was raised in the beautiful seaside town of
Hermanus, where he has lived, worked and exhibited for most
of his young life. Entirely self-taught, his unique
photorealistic-surrealist works are usually created on a large
scale, using graphite on paper or board. He currently lives in
Cape Town, South Africa.
LIZZA LITTLEWORT was born and lives in Cape Town, and uses
experimental ways of working with oil paint to create
unexpected, surreal accidents which she uses to express the
essential absurdity of life. This particular piece is a reference
to traditional Dutch still-lives from the Golden Age, in a
comment on the accrual of wealth by the VOC and its impact
on colonised states.
STEFAN SMIT is a painter & illustrator born in Johannesburg.
This work is inspired by the impact we as individuals can
possibly leave on the world around us – highlighted by the
impermanence of graffiti and flesh.
GREGORY STOCK lives and works in Cape Town, where he is
currently broadening his activity into investigating passion
versus obsession in practising art. A consummate
draughtsman and tinkerer, Stock’s work explores different
states of being and periods of life.
ALICE TOICH is a Cape Town artist, whose work draws on
themes of ego, mortality, contemporary life and memory. Her
work here refers to the traditional vanitas paintings of Dutch
Golden Age art, an era of painting characterised by still-life
compositions depicting objects that symbolise the darkness
and solemn inevitability of death, though Toich uses objects
of personal significance.
NINA TORR uses bold hues and delicate lines against dark
backgrounds to entice the viewer to look more closely at her
work, convincing us to see the lighter aspects of her sombre
subject-matter. She lives and works in Pretoria.
CHRIS VALENTINE is an artist from Johannesburg. His work
explores classical and contemporary painting through the lens
of urban culture. Valentine is establishing a solid following for
his bold portraits through which he questions the formation
of identity in the age of the internet.
ADELE VAN HEERDEN is both an artist and curator, based in
Cape Town, with degrees in Fine Arts, History & Politics and
Honours in Curatorship under her belt. She is drawn in her
choice of subject matter to the dark and unlovely, which she
conveys with delicate lines and beautiful patterns.