GUY FERRER - NEW PAINTINGS

Hours of isolation are the preserve of many artists for most of the time, but the past several weeks of confinement have been particularly fertile for French artist, Guy Ferrer. The days have been noticeably quieter around his studio in Perpignan where Ferrer continues his investigation into the duality of life and the universe, using his artistic practice to search for meaning and share his revelations with others.

Ferrer has always found solace, nourishment and indeed delight in his studio; a spiritual sanctuary and space for creation. “The studio for the artist, is surely the place they cherish above all others. ... It's an extension of oneself, it amplifies like a drum the tragicomedy that is the life of one dedicated to the unbelievable madness to create. This is where I spend most of my time, willing the next path of discovery, finding steppingstones towards progress and poetry - and flowers to offer to others.”

Rich in symbolism and characterised by highly textured surfaces, Ferrer’s work is deeply concerned with the numinous. His relentless energy comes from a spiritual necessity to make art which has given life to a thirty-year career of making paintings and sculpture that seem to vibrate with ethereal energy and which connect with audiences across countries and cultures.

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R 1.38 MILLION RAISED FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S SOLIDARITY FUND

EVERARD READ LAUNCHES SECOND DIGITAL EXHIBITION IN SUPPORT OF THE FUND
 
Everard Read galleries are humbled and delighted to announce that our digital exhibition, launched last week, raised almost R 1.4 million for South Africa's Solidarity Fund. 
 
Our heartfelt thanks to our artists and clients for their remarkable contribution.
 
For those who missed our Staring Straight to the Future exhibition, and the opportunity to acquire a work in support of the Solidarity Fund, today we are launching a second curated exhibition. Again, 50% of proceeds, after artist payments, will go directly to the Fund.

As the lockdown continues in South Africa and around the world, we hope that these digital exhibitions will continue to harness the generosity of our communities and make a small contribution towards protecting health workers at the front line and assisting those whose lives have been disrupted by the pandemic.

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Liza Grobler is currently participating in a solo exhibition entitled Hard, but Soft taking place at the Glen Carlou Gallery in Stellenbosch. Curated by Pierre le Riche, this exhibition features artists who engage with the concept of surface design by showcasing textile-based works. 

Grobler is a South African artist who works with a variety of media, often exploring ideas that bring together physical, psychological spaces and historical and ecological scapes. Her practice is built around process; putting materiality and ephemerality of the objects and media she works with in tension. In 2016, she was a recipient of the Africa Centre Award and was commissioned by IZIKO Museums  to create a site-specific work for the National Gallery. Other career highlights include: a solo project for Cape Town International Art Fair (2017), a commissioned public artwork for Cape Town International Design Capital (2015) and the screening of her video work at both the ADDIS International Video Arts Festival (Ethiopia) and at MOFO for Forever Now (Tasmania and Deep Space, 2015).

Barbara Wildenboer is participating in the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK). Wildenboer will present a retrospective of her work that has been produced over the course of her last ten solo exhibitions.

The work showcased consists of collage, photo-and-paper-construction and digitally animated photographic sculpture. She uses a combination of analogue and digital processes to create work which explores phenomena such as temporality, fractal geometry and the interconnectedness of all living things. Using media images and information selected from various sources, Wildenboer constructs an alternate reality. The three dimensional paper works reflect on how humankind is affected by globalisation, economic upheavals, scarcity, political corruption, wars, epidemics and natural disasters.

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Bronze, Steel, Stone and Bone

28 February - 13 April 2020

The making of art is an act of hope – and sculpture in particular is a talisman for continuance.      - Antony Gormley

Everard Read London presents the fourth edition of its Bronze Steel and Stone exhibitions – a survey of contemporary sculpture from South Africa.

From the very small to the monumental, the works are crafted in seductively smooth or textured bronze, polished granite or burnished steel. Landmarks in space, these still, silent objects are also eloquent transmitters of human experience.

Participating artists include: Deborah Bell, Nic Bladen, Arabella Caccia, Wilma Cruise, Guy du Toit, Chonat Getz, Percy Konqobe, Beckwith Kraft, Jop Kunneke, William Peers,Lionel Smit, Angus Taylor and Florian Wozniak.

Turiya Magadlela, Liza Grobler, Lyndi Sales and Michael MacGarry are amongst the many artists participating in Iziko Museum's current exhibition entitled Materiality, which is on show until the 2 August 2020.  

Lionel Smit, on the occasion of his most recent exhibition Manipulated Image, is interviewed for VUE by Michael Scivoli. 

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Dylan Lewis's second solo exhibition, Chthonios, is subject of a feature by Ishani Chetty on House and Leisure. Chetty voted the exhibition as a 'must visit' within Cape Town. 

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Blessing Ngobeni is the subject of a feature titled "Black Artists to Know at Art Basel" on Paper Magazine

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Liza Grobler, at Context Miami, is named as one of the six rising art stars to catch in Miami by Andrew Sessa on the New York Post.

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