EXPERIENCE GLEN CARLOU

EXPERIENCE GLEN CARLOU AND DELIGHT IN THE EXTRAORDINARY

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If you are making your way to the winelands in search of good food, wine, and art this month, the Glen Carlou estate must be on your destination list. With a panoramic view overlooking the Boland mountains, there is nothing more invigorating and enriching than enjoying lunch or a glass of wine in the cool breeze on a hot summer’s day, after meandering through the impressive 400 square meter art gallery. Glen Carlou is located less than 15 minutes away from Stellenbosch.

Two exciting new art exhibitions will be opening on the 5th of December. The annual Summer Salon opens in the gallery entrance hall, showcasing a wide variety of works from artists such as Alex Hamilton, Carin Dorrington, Marguerite Roux, JP Meyer, Marinda du Toit, and Strijdom van der Merwe and many more. This exhibition has something for every discerning taste, with works on paper, oil paintings, sculpture, and assemblage – it will be a feast for the eyes.

In her solo exhibition, titled Matrix, Elfriede Dreyer explores the idea of an ‘other’ space, simulated, embodied and different to the experienced, physical real space. Her works are filled with grids, lines, and areas of separation – thresholds transporting the viewer through time. Images of a tropical environment repeat in neon emerald greens – possibly suggesting something is better on the other side – a utopia which brings about a sense of longing for faraway places. The works themselves are continuously fluid, shifting between the painted and digital surface. With images of boats and bicycles, the works also remind the viewer of the fleeting transience of time and human life that is fundamentally reroutable.

Glen Carlou View Boland mountains.

Food and wine pairing.

Panoramic View over the Paarl Mountain from the Restaurant.

Glen Carlou’s tradition of winemaking, as with food preparation – is also suitably represented by time and change. Often for wine and food, the sum of the parts is enhanced as the components mingle over time, to infuse layered aromatics and flavours blended into the finished product. The seasonal menu at the Glen Carlou Restaurant is paired with Chef Johan Stander’s beautiful plates of food, brought to life from his family’s legacy of recipes, with the estate’s award-winning wines.

One such wine is the Grand Classique. Cellarmaster, Johnnie Calitz guides the grapes through their journey in the cellar with a time-honoured art of balancing elements to result in an individualistic blend of wine. This splendid red wine is comprised of the famous 5; Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. As a cheeky treat, enjoy the texture of a Danish Lakrids fine liquorice with a swirl of Grand Classique wine as you toast to friends, near and far.

Glen Carlou is open seven days a week from 10:00 – 17:00. Contact gallery manager Christa Swart at gallery@glencarlou.co.za should you wish to book a guided walkabout of the exhibitions. Contact our restaurant for a lunch booking or wine tasting at restaurant@glencarlou.co.za

For more information visit www.glencarlou.com

2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

As the longest running art competition in South Africa, Sasol New Signatures has been a platform for promoting emerging artists and their work to the art-loving public at large.

Art plays an important part in the cultural fabric of our nation and competitions serve to encourage greater creativity across age, gender and education, as well as to acknowledge the wealth of talent that we have in our country. Andrea du Plessis from Cape Town was selected as the overall winner of the competition for her mixed media work Paloceae Lupantozoa. She wins R100 000 and the opportunity to have a solo exhibition at next year’s event. Dalli Weyers from Johannesburg is this year’s runner-up and was awarded R25000 for his work titled Forward: A manifesto created in the artist’s preferred medium, plastic bags.

Five merit awards of R10 000 each were awarded to: Nico Athene (Cape Town), Michèle Deeks (Pretoria), Sibaninzi Dlatu (Gqeberha), Eugene Mthobisi Hlophe (Durban) and Monica Klopper (Pretoria).

The Sasol New Signatures exhibition is held at the Pretoria Art Museum and runs from 11 November 2021 - 9 January 2022. This exhibition of compelling artworks, created by South Africa’s best emerging talent, is not to be missed.

OVERALL WINNER

Andrea Du Plessis Paloceae Lupantozoa Multimedia – oil on canvas - augmented reality interaction 53 cm x 63 cm RUNNER-UP

Dalli Weyers Forward: A Manifesto Plastic bags 124,5 cm x 88,5 cm