31 MARCH 2021
M y Easter
Collectors’ Choice By Patrick Chapman
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rt is easy to buy, difficult to sell. It is a discretionary purchase, not an essential like food, rent or school fees. The reasons why people buy art are myriad. I have found myself buying a piece at the opening of an exhibition, not because I didn’t want to live without it (the best reason!) but because I wanted to support the artist or the gallery; or simply to be seen as an art aficionado by the others present. Now, if you are a regular buyer, you soon find your wall space running out; then some of the artworks which you rated as right for the private collection go into storage. This is not good! They should be seen and enjoyed. So some friends and I are putting on a pop-up gallery this Easter to redirect these selected, stored artworks into new hands. The prices will be keen (from a few hundred Rand to max R10k) and each piece will have a story – the vital provenance which future owners will require. There will be minimal costs and no gallery overheads – just an opportunity for you to buy good art at a good price. So if you are even vaguely susceptible to acquiring an artwork, whether as a gift, or for your own collection, or just because you can, now is the opportunity. Remember that investment is seldom a good reason to buy
but it is nice to know that what you acquire should at least keep its value; and if it has passed through the hands of a knowledgeable local collector, it probably will. What you will not find on offer is fresh work of practising artists – that is the job of the galleries to sell and we want to avoid treading on any toes. What you will see are pieces, chosen by collectors, which for some reason or other need to find new homes. Think landscapes, figurative pieces, abstract works, different media, the whole gamut of pictorial art. So come to the Hemel-en-Aarde Village – the entrance between Studio Health and Seeff – and have a look around. It will be something to remember this Easter by, other than the depressing plague! Ars longa, vita brevis, as they say (if “they” happen to be speaking Latin). The opening hours of COLLECTORS’ CHOICE Pop-up Gallery are 11:00 – 17:00 from 2 – 5 April on Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday and Monday (when we shall close around 15:00). Our thanks to Seeff Properties for their support. Come and have a look, then pop in to the neighbours, The Wine Village, the Asian restaurant, the cycle shop and, further along, BIGA restaurant, Hermanuspietersfontein and Walker Bay Nursery.
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