A symphony of colour and form

A symphony of colour and form

Writer Hedda Mittner

‘Reflections’ is the name of a striking new joint exhibition of paintings by Jiri Kobos and ceramics by Dale Lambert, which was opened by Frieda Lloyd at the FynArts Gallery last week. In their bold use of colour, the works speak of confidence, structure and strength, but also of simplicity, lightness and freedom.

Jiri, who hails from Bohemia and has travelled extensively, is an hotelier, restaurateur (he owns Mezz & Co at the Hermanus Waterfront) and a selftaught artist. He describes his paintings as “an expression of the ‘real’ as interpreted by the free and unrestricted movements of colour to reflect creative life”. There is nothing sentimental about his work – it is abstract expressionism at its best, drawing the viewer in to reveal the ceaseless movements of the universal journey.

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