NEW EXHIBITION AND OPEN CALL TO THE PUBLIC IN-MOTION: ART OF THE SPACE AGE
Rupert Museum On show till 27 November 2022 www.rupertmuseum.org
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he Rupert Museum is proud to present the public with the opportunity to respond creatively to a new exhibition, IN-MOTION: Art of the Space Age.
Following the Rupert Museum’s first OPEN CALL in 2020 on Michele Nigrini’s Colour Symphony, they are excited to present the opportunity for works of art in various shapes, forms and sizes, to be submitted for possible inclusion in a selling group exhibition. Drawing on the playfulness and founding principles of art, the IN-MOTION exhibition gives the public, from any creative industry, platform or profession, the opportunity to respond to these works, their movements and/or creators. The exhibition is set to open at the Jan Rupert Art Centre in Graaff-Reinet during September of this year and the closing date for electronic submissions is Friday, 8 July 2022.
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The OPEN CALL’s aim is to inspire and activate engagement with the permanent collections managed by the Rupert Museum as well as presenting upcoming artists and creatives the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work. About IN-MOTION: Art of the Space Age The launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial earth satellite, in 1957 truly set the Space Age in motion. This notion captured the popular imagination and was expressed in different fields such as architecture, fashion, film and design. The Space Age was no less celebrated by visual artists. Inspired by all things space travel, this fascination with the new placed pure line, movement, form and colour at its centre. The advances in technology and industry, especially after the Second World War, gave artists access to new materials such as plastic, moulded glass, Perspex, transparent screens and electric motors.
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