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Vivienne Kohler
Given to Fly,
2011.
Mixed media
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'Given to Fly'
Vivienne Kohler at AVA
Given to Fly is Vivien Kohler’s much anticipated first Solo exhibition at The AVA Gallery. This body of work negotiates the human urge to excel, the ability to control the trajectory of one’s life, and the social dynamics that hinder the realisation of childhood dreams. Kohler’s mixed media works create tensions through the illusionist approach to painting and the tactile application of sculptural components.
16 January - 10 February
also showing
John Murray
Studie vir opdrifsels,
2011;
Acrylic on canvas
'Tjorts/Cheers'
John Murray, Liza Grobler, Tina Jensen, Marna Hattingh and Marlise Keith
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 In the Main gallery is an exhibition inspired by a single unpublished poem, Tjorts!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
Sandile Mhlongo
Untitled,
2011;
Oil on Canvas
'New Work'
Sandile Mhlongo
Sandile Mhlongo presents his recent paintings in the Artstrip. Mhlongo’s paintings capture a sense of his environment. A sense articulated and expressed through colour, a strain of lilac highlighted by a tiredness of blue weaves through the paintings as they negotiate the colour of poverty.