Jake Aikman

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Sirens

Jake Aikman at Salon 91

Salon 91 in association with SMAC Gallery presents Jake Aikman’s  ‘Sirens’, an exhibition of paintings which takes as its subject the classical myth of the beautiful half human half bird-like creatures who reputedly lured sailors to their death through their song. Curated by Andrew Lamprecht, the show explores this myth and the stories around it, reconfiguring the historical theme of the siren as muse and inspiration in a contemporary context.

01 December 2009 - 14 January 2010

Two fringe exhibitions for 53rd Venice Biennale

Kay Hassan, Jake Aikman, Wayne Barker and Johann Louw at Venice Biennale

Kay Hassan, Johann Louw and Wayne Barker have been invited to participate in an exhibition entitled ‘I Linguaggi del Mondo: Languages of the World’ curated by Vincenzo Sanfo, to coincide with the 53rd Venice Biennale. The exhibition will be hosted at the prestigious Palazzo Querini Stampalia in Venice, one of the city’s oldest museums located on Campo Santa Maria Formosa in close proximity to the Gallerie dell’Accademia and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Also to be hosted during the 53rd Venice Biennale is the exhibition ‘L’Anima dell’ Acqua – Contemporary Art’.  South African Jake Aikman has been selected to participate in this group exhibition which will be on show at the Ca' d'Oro (Palazzo Santa Sofia), a landmark 14th century Gothic palace on the Grand Canal.

06 June 2009 - 22 November 2009

'Proximity'

Jake Aikman at SMAC Art Gallery Cape Town

The title of Jake Aikman’s third solo exhibition; Proximity is as ambiguous and mysterious as his atmospheric, meditative paintings. On one level, the artist deals with people’s proximity and connection to nature, whilst emphasizing the insignificance and vulnerability of the individual in relation to the overwhelming power and magnitude of our natural environment; forest, desert or ocean. Vulnerability, emptiness – vast open spaces – the subjects contained in or those standing in close Proximity to Aikman’s paintings are forced to reconsider and contemplate the ultimate solitude of their existence. Intensely conscious of modern-day environmental concerns, a sense of impending danger pervades. Aikman creates tension around the moment he has chosen to capture, the recent, the imminent, the immediate, as well as a tangible Proximity to that which lies beneath, beyond and hidden from view. Despite their monumentality and omniscience, the works are intimate, poetic and enticing as the viewer becomes part of the bigger picture. The relativity of perception and distance serves as a metaphor – the closer one gets to the object (or the truth), the more inaccessible or distant it becomes.

13 October 2011 - 30 November 2011