1/20/09

Tussen Orde en Avontuur / Between Order and Adventure

Visual Art
Where?
Artscape Theatre Foyers
(Cape Town)
When?
28 January - 1 February
(10h00-22h00 daily)

curator: Liza Grobler
artwork:Warren Lewis

‘n Groeptentoonstelling van opkomende kunstenaars waar tegniese vaardigheid in diens staan van verbeeldingsvlugte.

A group show by emerging artists whose technical abilities support their visual acrobatics.

The artists







Top from left to right: Lynette Bester, Jeanne Hoffman Legrand, Adrienne van Eeden
Middle: Wonder Marthinus, Xolile Williams, Jonathan Munnik
Bottom: Warren Lewis, Nomthunzi Mashalaba, Tyrrel Thaysen, Seth Harper
For more information on artists and their work, click on the name in the list at the top (right) ►

About the show


“’n Beweging na ‘n verskeidenheid van benaderings wat verwant is aan dié soort spel van onsekerheid, diversiteit en reëlafwykings wat ons met artistieke avontuur eerder as met wetenskaplike orde assosieer.”
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“A movement towards a variety of approaches which relates to the kind of games that is associated with uncertainty, diversity and artistic adventure rather than with scientific order.”
(uit: Teorie is ‘n Gil; Timo Smuts)

Tussen Orde en Avontuur/ Between Order and Adventure is an exhibition of contemporary artworks in diverse media - ranging from oil paintings to typewriters; sculptures to mouthwash…
Tussen Orde en Avontuur/ Between Order and Adventure showcase works by 10 exciting emerging artists and gives a taste of what can currently be seen in contemporary exhibition spaces in and around Cape Town. Rather than a specific theme, the work has a shared visual energy : Works are anchored in technical ability, but give flight to the imagination with ample room for theatrical visuals, mental gymnastics and artistic adventure…

Also on show, are 250 blocks from the Creative Block, a project that is now in its fifth year. This project of Jeanetta Blignaut from Coeo Art Collaborative, supports artists from across South Africa and provides an excellent opportunity to start your own collection (for more information, click on Creative Block in column to the right ►).