11:11
Eclectica Contemporary - Feb 2021 Collaborative design group exhibition www.eclecticacontemporary.co.za
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s a new beginning is offered with the start of a new year, we remain impacted and influenced by the challenges and triumphs of the year just past. At Eclectica Contemporary, we are proud to present a new exhibition format that marries contemporary art alongside notable contemporary African designers, ceramicists and creatives in conversation with the gallery’s collection of iconic mid-century modern and vintage furniture pieces. Titled 11:11, we present a group exhibition that is an open ended experimentation with design aesthetics, local creators and collaborators, the exhibition will continue for an extended period, with new pieces being included and rotated in the space continuously. The artworks shown alongside iconic furniture pieces and contemporary local design artefacts all draw inspiration from nature with an emphasis on sustainability. The artists exhibiting in 11:11 offer insight into expression through organic shapes, investigated through colour palettes and offers new avenues of exploration along the surfaces and textures of their canvases. The work of Natasha Barnes compliments design pieces through its gentle abstraction of form and dynamic use of colour, while Ben Coutouvidis’s paintings remind us to think carefully around histories and nostalgia through their hazy depictions of familiar sights. Similarly, Georgia Lane’s pieces hint at vistas and environments that seem recognisable but are constructed through automative strokes and imagined sites. Ibrahim Khatab, Untitled (3), 2020, mixed media on board, 101.5 x 101.5 cm
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