Marna Hattingh

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'Tjorts/Cheers'

John Murray, Liza Grobler, Tina Jensen, Marna Hattingh and Marlise Keith at AVA

Tjorts! /Cheers!  In the Main gallery is an exhibition inspired by a single unpublished poem, Tjorts! By Danie Marais. ?It summarises living and working in Cape Town in the twenty first century. The direct and personal nature of drawing finds a resonance with the personal nature of Marais’ work. In this text Marais – whose work often conjures up strong visual associations- maps a space overtly familiar to all the participants (and also to most of the viewers).

Each artist responds to the text in a series of drawings. The drawings are associative rather than descriptive, and artists were encouraged to respond to the text in a range of media. Executions therefore vary from work on paper to site-specific spatial constructions. Artists also circulated some of the drawings in progress and responded to each other’s interpretations a deliberate effort to find synergies and stimulate ongoing dialogue.

Curated by Marna Hattingh and Liza Grobler with opening introduction by Danie Marais

16 January 2012 - 10 February 2012