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