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'Vanitas' is an intimate group exhibition in the tradition of memento mori art, incorporating elements of beautiful fragility and morbid symbolism.

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Page 1: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016
Page 2: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Samuel Allerton Skull Boy (Warriors) Bronze 17 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm SA00116A R13,000

Page 3: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Candice Dawn Blignaut Bone Collector 1, 2016 30 x 30 cm CDB00216A R3,300

Page 4: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Candice Dawn Blignaut Old Spirits, 2016 65 x 80 cm CDB00116A R8,900

Page 5: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Candice Dawn Blignaut Bone Collector 2, 2016 30 x 30 cm CDB00316A R3,300

Page 6: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Candice Dawn Blignaut Ghost, 2016 Mixed media on paper CDB00416A R3,000

Page 7: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Bianca Brand I see you, see me, see you dead, 2016 Digital print 01/05 90 x 45 cm BBR00216A R3,000

Page 8: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Bianca Brand We Still Groove After Death, 2016 Silkscreen on paper 01/06 65 x 80 cm BBR00116A R6,500

Page 9: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Daniel Clarke Death amongst the Flowers, 2015 Mixed media on canvas

51 x 51 cm

DC02015A R4,500

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Jono Dry Ammon's Eye, 2016 Pencil on paper 57 x 57 cm

JD0016A R40,000

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Adele van Heerden Bird Skull Collection Ink on paper (micron pen) 27 x 37 cm AVH00116A R3,000

Page 12: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Lizza Littlewort An Embarrassment of Riches, 2015 Oil on board 60 x 80 cm LL03215A R15,000

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Lizza Littlewort The Invisible Worm, 2015 Mixed media on board 80 x 60 cm

LL03615A R15,000

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Stefan Smit Centre Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm

SS01116A R8,200

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Stefan Smit Forthcoming Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm

SS01216A R7,000

Page 16: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Stefan Smit Preceding Oil on canvas 71 x 56 cm

SS01016A R7,000

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Gregory Stock Caracal, 2016 Pencil on paper 29.7 x 21 cm GS00216A R5,000

Page 18: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Gregory Stock Bat, 2016 Pencil on paper 29.7 x 21 cm GS00116A R5,000

Page 19: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Alice Toich Vanitas Sketch Oil on paper 23.5 x 15.5 cm AAT00916A R2,500

Page 20: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Alice Toich Horse Skull on my Bookshelf Ink on architectural drafting film 40 x 29 cm AAT00816A R4,000

Page 21: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Alice Toich Sunday Strelitzias Oil on canvas 100 x 150 cm

AAT01016A R20,000

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Alice Toich Protea Study Oil on canvas 39.5 x 29 cm

AAT00716A R3,500

Page 23: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Nina Torr Two Skulls Gouache on mounting board

14.5 x 16 cm NT00716A R2,300

Page 24: Vanitas exhibition 05 - 28 May 2016

Chris Valentine Blueprint, 2015 Oil on canvas board 71 x 56 cm

CV01316A R7,000

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Chris Valentine Imprint, 2015 Oil on canvas board 71 x 56 cm

CV01216A R7,000

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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.

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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.