Jeanne Hoffman | Mixed Metaphors

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Jeanne Hoffman Transitions, 2017 Acrylic on board 80 x 60 cm JHO00117A R9,500


Hoffman's work is concerned with assemblage - and how this reflects

territory of another piece, changing its value as an element and bringing

thinking between things and the relational aesthetics of nomadic thought.

about an unexpected (hopefully) unity. The artworks in the show serve as

The title of the exhibition hints at how the work draws together

"dwelling" points. Every point is a relay, leading the viewer from one point

incongruous things. Hoffman's drawings/paintings/objects are collected

to another. A path is always between two points, but the in-between gives

impressions assembled to set up a tension between movement and

direction to the work. The life of the work is the intermezzo.

stillness. Hoffman lives and works in Cape Town, where she runs the Black River We sense that things are being formed, still on their way to becoming

Print Studio and 50ty/50ty print collective with her husband, fellow artist

something. In "becoming", one piece of the assemblage is drawn into the

Wim Legrand.


Jeanne Hoffman Fragment, 2017 Acrylic & pencil on board 30 x 20 cm JHO00217A R3,000


Jeanne Hoffman Inside and outside exchanging their dizziness, 2017 Acrylic on board 80 x 119.5 cm JHO00617A R19,000



Jeanne Hoffman Object of affection, 2017 Acrylic on board 85 x 65 cm JHO00417A R10,000


Jeanne Hoffman Lasting encounter, 2017 Acrylic on board 85 x 65 cm JHO00517A R10,000


Jeanne Hoffman Moment, 2017 Acrylic on board 50 x 30 cm JHO00317A R5,200



Jeanne Hoffman Resisting change (the secret of green leaves), 2017 Acrylic on board 85 x 65 cm JHO00717A R10,000


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