MAUREEN QUIN
Post Paris: Rediscovering Africa 6 March 2019, Art@Africa Gallery, Clocktower Centre - V&A Waterfront Co-Written by Briony Haynes and Nadine Froneman
Above: Dubai Arab Stallion, 2007. Right: Rescue, 2003 Bronze H685mm x W225mm x L550mm
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aureen Quin is one of South Africa’s most treasured female sculptors. After obtaining her diploma in fine arts with distinction in Durban 1934 and furthering her studies at Goldsmiths in London 1956, her love and passion for remaining true to creating has resulted in a lengthy list of local and international exhibitions, bursaries and awards.
will showcase two of Quin’s series, PostParis1988 and Interaction 2003. Exhibited alongside one another, Quin aims to create an overview of her feelings towards the positive African spirit, culture, inspiration and the hope for an improved society. In a country that has been continually torn apart, Quin seeks to present the desires of the people to heal the wounds of the past and overcome suffering.
In 1987 Quin travelled to Paris in the hope of becoming inspired by contemporary movements, despite her disappointment, the trip ignited a rediscovery of the African energy she had been missing. This exhibition
Post Paris signifies the moment her works emotively begin to explore and morph the human and animal iconography to depict South African identity. By displaying both muscular bodies and skeletor bone structure
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