city of gold – Cash for Scrap A solo exhibition by
TONI-ANN BALLENDEN 7th of March – 28th of March 2019
Gallery 2
‘Toni -Ann Ballenden has been working in downtown Johannesburg for the last three years. Immersed in the processed daily life of the city, its busyness, chaos and dirt, Ballenden has spent her time reflecting on the vibrancy around her. Far away from the prosaic suburban studio she worked in for many years, Ballenden’s End Street Studio is a space not dissimilar conceptually speaking to the informal recycling depos scattered through the streets beneath her End Street work space. It is a place where her thoughts, her drawings, paintings, sculptures and the detritus of her mind are processed, recycled, cut-up, reorganized and finally re-birthed. As such, Ballenden’s new work is deeply responsive to the place around her. Sometimes brutal, sometimes sensitive, upon completion of each masterful piece Ballenden is able to capture the portrait of Johannesburg with uncanny likeness. To Ballenden the 'city-of-gold' so ubiquitously used when describing Johannesburg is not only a description about its history of mining and its mineral wealth, it’s also a description of its burgeoning creativity and immense productivity carried out by its people every single day.' - Rhett Martyn
Toni-Ann Ballenden, The City of Gold, mixed media on raw primed canvas using inks, 180 cm x 180 cm, 2018 This work is made up of 5 failed works Deconstructed then reconstructed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden. A Little Black Fence. Black ink and paper collage on raw canvas. 34 x 45 cm, 2016. Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Doornfontein Outside the Window I, Raw canvas collage with inks, paper and ballpoint pens, 170 x 163 cm.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Doornfontein Outside the Window II, Raw canvas collage with inks, paper and ballpoint pen, 170 x 169 cm.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, A Small Circle Within. Mixed media with inks and ballpoint pens on raw canvas, plus collage from de-constructed failed work. 175 x 134 cm. 2017. Framed
Toni-Ann Ballenden, The Benon Abstract, Mixed media, inks, acrylic paint and collage from failed de-constructed raw canvas drawings. 168 x 126 cm, 2016. Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden. Japanese Paper Collage on a Black background. Collaged Japanese paper, inks and ballpoint pen, 2018. 91 x 63 cm, 107 x 77 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Japanese Paper Collage on a White Background. Collaged Japanese paper, inks and ballpoint pen, 2018. . 80 x 66 cm, 97 x 77 cm Framed
Detail of Japanese Paper Collage on a Black Background.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, The Cutout Man. Inks on raw canvas collage. 33 x 43 cm, 2017, Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Rubbish, Japanese paper, inks and ballpoint pen, 52 x 72 cm, 66 x 85 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden. A Small Raw Canvas Collage. Inks on re-constructed raw canvas, Framed, 2018. 23 x 39 cm.
Toni-Ann Ballenden. The Paper Fence. Inks and de-constructed collage on raw canvas, . 70 x 131cm, 2017, Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden. 13 Circles. Inks and collage on raw canvas. 170 x 170 cm, 2018.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, A Golden Splash. Mixed media: inks, ballpoint pens and collage on raw canvas primed with alcolin wood glue, 2018, 180 x 180 cm.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, A Gentle Ariel Cityscape, Raw canvas collage, Japanese paper with ink and ballpoint pen, 172 x 179 cm, 192 x 188 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Abstract City Ariel View I, Raw canvas collage with Japanese paper, inks and ballpoint pen, 87 x 124 cm,100 x 140 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Paulie’s Abstract, Raw canvas collage with ink and ball point pen, 80 x 84 cm, 94 x 88 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Abstract City Ariel View II, Raw canvas collage with ink and ballpoint pen, 82 x 86 cm, 99 x 96 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Obsessive, Raw canvas collage with ink and ballpoint pen, 85 x 85cm, 100 x 100 cm Framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, A Tiny Circular Cityscape, Raw canvas collage with Japanese paper with ink and ballpoint pen, drawing pen, 21 cm diameter, 33 x 33 cm. Framed
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Black on Black. A paper collage made of from deconstructed work. Japanese paper with ink and ballpoint pen, antique paper collage, 35 x 20 cm, 2018. Framed
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Little Squares, Deconstructed work of raw canvas collage, a drawing pin, Japanese paper and ink with ballpoint pen, 20 x 26 cm, 32 x 39 cm framed.
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Black Stairs, Handmade paper and inks on raw canvas, 120 x 80 cm, 2018, framed
Detail of ‘Black Stairs’
Toni-Ann Ballenden, Folly, Deconstructed works of raw canvas and drawing pins, 30 x 30 x 136 cm each, 2018
TONI-ANN BALLENDEN