Listing(s)

'Merry Hell and the Dreambody'

Kate Gottgens at Joao Ferreira Gallery

In 'Merry Hell and the Dreambody', Kate Gottgens’ new body of paintings, conflict and desire are central themes.

Using old, found photographs featuring family gatherings, backyard rituals, and kids at play, Gottgens manipulates the image in such a way as to have us wondering: What are the myths behind the veil of our daily lives? What truth is buried beneath the image of a happy family group? And how did we, as children, adapt to the forces of the world we found ourselves in?

In painterly strategies of dripping, bleeding and blurring colours, Gottgens continues to engage with the concerns of contemporary painting, creating works that merge the familiar with the mysterious and give life to the magic, joys and sorrows of growing up.

01 December 2010 - 08 January 2011

'A New Beginning'

Araminta de Clermont at Joao Ferreira Gallery

In 'A New Beginning', de Clermont presents a new series of photographs that focus on recently initiated young Xhosa and Sotho men living in the townships surrounding Cape Town. A watershed for many young men, the initiation process gives an opportunity to start anew. The exhibition examines the conflicts and syntheses between tradition and contemporary urban living, and the impact that this process may or may not have in these young men's lives.

29 September 2010 - 30 October 2010

'Amen'

Jessica Hilltout at Joao Ferreira Gallery

João Ferreira Gallery presents Belgium photographer Jessica Hilltout’s photographic exhibition of images taken during her 15 000km trip through ten countries in Western and Southern Africa capturing grass roots football. Hilltout represents the tension between sometimes desperate circumstances and the intense celebration of and dedication to a game that has an almost religious following.

15 June 2010 - 31 July 2010

'Who Am I?: Transgression'

Gordon Clarke and Leon Botha at Joao Ferreira Gallery

'Who am I?: Transgression' is a collaborative exhibition between Leon Botha (its subject) and Gordon Clarke which explores mortality and immortality, as well as notions of transience, time and event. At age 24, artist and musician Leon Botha is one of the longest living human beings with Progeria, Greek for rapid aging. This exhibition pays homage to the life and journey of a remarkable man, and asks fundamental questions about how we live our lives and what it means to be human.

13 January 2010 - 13 February 2010

From Here to Eternity 11 series

Louise Linder at Joao Ferreira Gallery

Working from found family photographs, Cape Town artist Louise Linder reconstructs these frozen moments in her second series of oil paintings on this theme.

 

 

07 October 2009 - 31 October 2009