Archive for the ‘sculpture’ Category

Fingers in the Outlet

February 14th, 2013 by Tegan

Nathan Gates an Masters Candidate in the 2012 Masters in Digital Arts: Interactive Media opened Fingers in the Outlet at Room Gallery in Braamfontien on the 29th January.  The Exhibition of work is a 50% part of his thesis research project titled A self-­‐reflexive investigation of ‘Bricolage’ as method of engagement in new media arts, through domestic hacking practices.
The works on exhibition are experimentation in hacking with process of Bricolage and hacking practices as it’s primary methodology.

Gates states:

The exhibition consists of a series of ‘domestic investigations’ into the concept of Bricolage. It is a hands-on, exploratory practice that is performed within a domestic setting and through the objects and materials characteristic of this space. The primary intent of exploring this concept is to acquire a physical and conceptual understanding of these objects as mechanisms of expression. The title of the show, Fingers In The Outlet, is an allusion to the curiosity and inquisitiveness that is carried out with whatever is on hand. It refers to an interruption of flow or the creation of a space through intervention, linking up to the character of experimentation that enables this process.

Fingers In The Outlet presents a collection of sculptural elements ranging from scrap wood to consumer electronics, which in turn have been extended spatially. The works touch on installation with the inclusion of some interactive elements and video. The varied works are intended to form a heterogeneous repertoire of experiments, reflections or musings physically carried out through the materials.

McGarry – the young artist of 2010 . . . seen from 2011

November 7th, 2011 by christo

 

 

 

Swords into ploughshares

May 24th, 2011 by christo

With all the anxiety surrounding the Pakistani atomic arsenal, it is worth remembering that South Africa is one of the few nations (along with Brazil)  to voluntarily give up nuclear weapons.  This scupture, entitled "Swords into Ploughshares", which was "fashioned out of the  non-nuclear material from a dismantled nuclear device" was donated to the International Atomic Energy Agency by SA in 1994.  Surprisingly, the sculpure is not attributed to any artist.

Swords into Ploughshares sculpture

The art of the miniature and the found object

April 11th, 2011 by christo

"Love Story"  by Wayne Barker. 

Originally uploaded by Christo Doherty

 

 

One of the assemblages from Wayne Barker's recent exhibition at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg. Entitled "Super Boring", the exhibition presented work from the last 25 years of the South African artist's often controversial career. This piece, with the title, "Love Story", made from oil paint and "found objects", is part of a series of tiny figures posed on pop art objects created out of common South African brands, such as Coke, IWISA mielie meal, and Sunshine floor polish. See more photos of the exhibition at http://tinyurl.com/barker-super-boring
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Gavin Younge excavates the landscape of the Cradle of Mankind

September 22nd, 2010 by christo

Two Turkana boys confront each other at Circa Gallery , Johannesburg. The figures, ominous yet vulnerable, in their stitched and genderless nudity, are sculpted from vellum sewn with linen thread. From a new exhibition of sculptures, drawings, and photographs by Gavin Younge. In the exhibition notes, Mark Read writes:  "Somewhat shockingly Gavin Younge came up with the idea of treating the Cradle [of Mankind] and its surrounds as a landscape—a landscape that had been foraged upon, changed, altered and re-interpreted from many different perspectives over a very long period of time."  A powerful and fresh exhibition by one of the veterans of South African "struggle art" during the 1980s.  Very worth seeing – also for the way that Younge has utilized the striking but difficult space of the new Circa Gallery.

Gavin Younge - Turkana Boys
Photo by Christo Doherty