TO BELONG Mare’ Stander Solo Exhibition From 20 October 2018 ManzArt Franschhoek
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he ManzArt team is honoured to present Marié Stander’s sixth solo show, opening a week prior to the month of Art Franschhoek on the 20th of October 2018 and running throughout this prestigious event.
A very intimate approach toward an appreciation of the female figure, the female struggle and the female power, the sheer beauty and immense energy – not to be missed.
Marié joined our stable of artists with her first solo show over a decade ago and her latest drawings will go on show at ManzArt in Franschhoek from the 20st October 2018 onwards.
Marie’s solo is based on a theme which she explored over the past few years. It has manifested itself in different, but similar themes. From the work “Stripped”, to the series of “Khimati with Noa’s dove”; all revolving around the concept of displacement.
Best known for her figurative charcoal drawings, Marie’s new show will take over the main exhibition space in our gallery on the main street in Franschhoek with an impressive nine large scale near life size drawings of her new body of work, entitled the ‘…to belong..’ series.
This concept is reaching its highpoint and finale with this solo show “to belong” in this series of 9 works where Khimati is stripping herself from all her multi-cultural clothing in a quest to find her roots and identity in our hugely complex country, South Africa. Stander chose different multi-cultural clothing from the
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