BURSTING, FLOWING AND MORE...

BURSTING, FLOWING AND MORE... @ Art in the yard art@artintheyard.co.za By Gita Claasen

The long-awaited season has arrived. The sun is out and hatted patrons and visitors alike relish the coolness our gallery offers from the sweltering Summer heat outside.

Helen van Stolk’s floral abstracts will be on show until 17 December 2019, creating a lush haven for the weary village-trotter and sunbeaten art-lover this season. Her solo show, Bursting Into Life, takes the viewer on an exploratory journey of her intuitive processes, inviting them to become joint creators through thought and share in the creative pleasure. Coupled with the babbling water in the alley next to our gallery, this is an exhibition for all the senses.

From 22 December 2019, we host a group exhibition titled “Flow”. Artists featured during this mid-season meander through various topics and styles all relating to our theme will include but will not be limited to: Alex Marmarellis, Alexandra Spyratos, Antoinette Hampton, Dave Robertson, Duncan Stewart, Greta McMahon, Joshua Miles, Leila Fanner, Lerato Motau, Nic de Jesus, Obert Jongwe, Richard Pratt, Simone Wojciechowski, Tilemachos Kyriazatis, and Vanessa Berlein.

Our theme will include topics of social commentary, of movement, of transformation, and will feature a pleasant flux of styles and genres to offer something for everyone this holiday season.

Antoinette Hampton, Marvellous Deep, Acrylic on Canvas, 91cm x 91cm

Above: Alex Marmarellis, Summer Days, Acrylic on Canvas, 105cm x 80cm. Opposite Page (Detail) Alex Marmarellis, White wash, Acrylic on Canvas, 100cm x 100cm

Leila Fanner, Abstract, Oil and Oil pastel on wood, 100cm x 100cm

The group exhibition, Flow, concludes 21 January 2020, making way for another delightful treat: a solo exhibition by Mark Hilltout, until 17 February 2020.

Mark Hilltout celebrates unwanted, weatherworn corrugated iron. He has a way of making us appreciate the imperfection of his medium – some of the pieces he uses in his thoughtful compositions and tapestries are up to 150 years old, oozing history and character as layers of paint and rust reveal previous lives of the metal underneath. Flattening the corrugated sheets he finds in townships and junkyards, he unearths the delicate patinas and textures that formed naturally over time, and exposes their fragile elegance. Reworked and reformed into his signature compositions, they come to life and suddenly grab our attention anew.

Summary of our exhibition line-up for the holiday season: 23 November 2019 – 17 December 2019 Helen van Stolk | Bursting Into Life 22 December 2019 – 21 January 2020 Group Exhibition | Flow 25 January 2020 – 17 February 2020 Mark Hilltout

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