Carla da Cruz

Current Review(s)

'Imprint: New Ceramics'

Carla da Cruz at KZNSA Gallery

Carla Da Cruz's exhibition 'Imprint', which has just come down from the walls of the KZN's mezzanine gallery, is an example of how the sublime and the spiritual are capable of residing in fields that have been plowed many times, but which are still capable of delivering riches.

I have seen many bodies of work based on a variation of the decorated ceramic disc, often presented fairly small and en masse, as Da Cruz does here with her pantheon of delicately-wrought ceramic flowers. And in truth I have seen perhaps more than my share of such works. That said, on viewing 'Imprint', there is no sense of the tired, the jaded or the second-hand. Everything seems as fresh as morning flowers. The dew might be absent but it is implicit.

27 October 2009 - 15 November 2009

Listings(s)

'Imprint: New Ceramics'

Carla da Cruz at KZNSA Gallery

The work of ceramicist Carla da Cruz addresses the relationships between comfort and discomfort, interior and exterior, structure and chaos. Da Cruz's ceramic forms are archetypal, evoking a sense of subconscious recognition and familiarity. The artist is fascinated with industrial, architectural and natural forms, and her clay sculptures consequently explore natural and human-made texture, geometry, repetition and pattern. Da Cruz produces work that is technically consumate, conceptually layered and aesthetically gorgeous.

27 October 2009 - 15 November 2009