Luxury Property Portfolio - KZN Issue 3 by Luxury Property Portfolio

PROPERTY PORTFOLIO K WA Z U L U - N ATA L FEBRUARY 2017

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PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

NEUTRALS

BY NUMBERS

LITTLE BLACK

BOOK

THE LOOKING

GLASS

FIRE-

BREATHER

Q&A: MICHELE

THROSSELL

NEW

PAINTING

FIJI

LIVING

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The trends, property news and products on our watch list

BON APPETIT

Woolworths’ David Jones Collection cutlery (previously the W Collection) makes additional table dressing almost unnecessary – the gorgeous metallic implements come in a gold, matt black and (currently on-trend) rose gold version. We love how the opulent colours contrast with the ultra-simple shape. woolworths.co.za

BEAUTY SPOT

Premium nail brand Essie’s first flagship salon in South Africa, Buff Beauty Parlour, is fun and flirty. Inspired by Betty Boop, the space is just the right mix of retro sweet and modern sexy. Owned by the dynamic sisters Tracy Gielink and Kim Davidson, along with their mother Debbie Davidson, this is a world-class salon offering all the essential grooming services as well as a function room, an American diner-style soda fountain and even a designated men’s area. buffparlour.co.za

PLANNED PORTRAITS

Long before the first brick is laid, the architect’s creativity and architectural identity is sketched and drawn up into an architectural plan. Architect, graphic designer and illustrator Federico Babina has extended this and interpreted the styles of some of the world’s best-known architects – Gehry, Le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, Hadid and others – into artistic floorplans, thereby capturing what the architects are most renowned for. federicobabina.com

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WESTSIDE STORY 4 In May last year, the first wave of residents moved into New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VIA Courtscraper. Construction on the eye-catching residential block, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group for developers The Durst Organization, began in 2011. Today, the 32-storey building occupies a full city block on the corner of West 57th Street and the West Side Highway, with panoramic views over Hudson River Park and the waterfront. Shaped like a triangle, its form shifts depending on your vantage point; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a warped pyramid shape from the west, and from the east, it looks like a slender spire. The shared garden at its heart is an urban oasis for residents and features 80 newly planted trees and lawns, and 47 species of native plant material big.dk

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BUSH MAGIC

The River Lodge – located near Royal Malewane – is more home-away-from-home than the rest of the options in the Thornybush Collection portfolio. Once the personal hideaway of GT Ferreira, Peter Hobbs and Trevor Jordan, it’s the newest exclusive-use lodge, and with the affable Liza Huismans at the helm, guests are in for a treat.

Relaxed and open-plan, the main living area leads to an extended deck with superb views over the river and a waterhole. Here, curious nyala quietly watch breakfast rituals with visitors, while buffalo drift down the riverbed, pausing to drink with their young calves. But the elephant know better. Purposefully striding off, they often head to a favourite spot: the lofty private family suite, suspended in the trees and with double

suites connected by a sensational living area and a pool. Pausing first to see if the coast is clear, they casually drop their trunks over the edge and enjoy a satisfying ‘sluuuuurp’. Watching them play in the riverbed below was akin to the excitement of an extraordinarily lucky aardvark sighting: magical bush moments. thornybush.co.za

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NATURAL BEAUTY

Designer Philip Pikusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Contemporary Classics range of fabrics celebrates quality and the timeless beauty of neutral shades and natural textures with 100 per cent linen, chunky weaves, cotton and the sustainable fibre of the moment, bamboo. Designed to be layered, mixed and matched, the plains (elegant and understated tones of taupe, grey, bone and

linen) are complemented by a classic broad subtle stripe for a chic year-round look. In line with its natural aesthetic, the brand is committed to sustainability and awareness, and has a conscience at its core â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all are locally made, too. Available through Lula Fabrics and T&Co. philippikus.com

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6 time winner of the African Property Awards

MODERN OPULANCE 8 Sunbird Lane is positioned majestically over three thousand square meters of finely manicured land to command some of the most exquisite inland views within Brettenwood Coastal Estate. This immaculate home is a contemporary masterpiece with a stately appeal. Its expansive open plan living and entertainment areas are primed and ready for those endless summers nights of enjoyment and relaxation.

• 4 Bed (all en-suite)

• Rim flow pool

• Professional landscaping

• Triple Garage

• Inverter technology • Luxury Fittings and Finishes

NEW LISTING

OFFERED AT R11 500 000

EXQUISITE COMFORT 116 Honeyguide Way, is a well-spaced 268sqm single-level home boasting 3 beautiful bedrooms with relaxed coastal interiors. The space is designed to bring the outside in, maximising the pool, entertainment area, and beautiful sea views.

• 3 Spacious bedrooms • 2 Bathrooms • Open plan kitchen with scullery • Sea Views & double garage • Entertainment areas • Quiet cul-de-sac road

NEW LISTING

OFFERED AT R5 650 000

OUR PRIME

PROPERTIES

OF THE MONTH

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Award winning Brettenwood Coastal Estate, located just 10 minutes from King Shaka Airport, is situated along one of the most exquisite stretches of coastline in KwaZulu-Natal. It offers its residents security, luxury, tranquility, exclusivity and an extensive range of world class amenities to suit both the young and young at heart.

CONTEMPORARY LIVING

MANICURED PERFECTION NEW LISTING

• 4 Bed (all en-suite) • Rim flow pool • Eco-smart technology • UPS electric back-up • TV Lounge, family room & study • Sea Views

OFFERED AT R9 800 000

• 3 bedrooms • 3.5 bathrooms • Covered patio

• Elevated overlooking Dabchick Dam

OFFERED AT R4 150 000 NO TRANSFER DUTY

HORNBILL HOLLOW

CALL THIS HOME • 3 Spacious bedrooms • Double garage • Open plan kitchen with scullery • 3 Bathrooms

3 BEDROOM APARTMENT ONLY 1 LEFT

• Private clubhouse • Double storey

NEW LISTING 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT ONLY 4 LEFT

OFFERED AT R5 450 000

Land Freehold homes Luxurious apartments Retirement homes

Buy directly from the developer. Land from R1 600 000

• Set on 1000sqm flat land

• Beautiful pool

• Full turnkey furniture package

OFFERED AT R4 990 000

• Immaculately designed interiors & exteriors

Brettenwood Coastal Estate Sheffield Beach KZN North Coast

Shavaun Lindsay Greg Simmonds Michelle Larkens

NEW LISTING

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TRENDS

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“THE PURPOSE OF THE SANS 204 LEGISLATION IS TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, SO IT IS IN EVERYBODY’S INTEREST” DION WALTERS Director, Bomax Architects

Glass is the ultimate solution for nature lovers in urban and rural settings. But there’s more to it than meets the eye TEXT Genevieve Putter and Michelle Snaddon PHOTOGRAPHS Shannon McGrath, Bomax Architects and supplied

COMPACT LUXURY LIVING

Danish product design company Vipp (vipp.com) has ventured into the prefab home market with their contemporary structures. Aside from its undeniably Scandi aesthetic, what gives this home added clout is the extensive use of glass throughout. Sliding doors connect seamlessly with the forest from both sides, while the bedrooms on the second level feature skylights for added privacy

erformance glass is now the norm as the insulation and thermal performance of a home radically ups the comfort factor. But what’s all the fuss about? Every homeowner now has to comply with new legislation for glass set out by the National Building Regulations. “When you’re buying a house and want to renovate or are planning a new build, your dream views might cost you more than you think,” says Dion Walters, director of Bomax Architects (bomax.co.za). “The purpose of the SANS 204 legislation is to reduce energy consumption, so it is in everybody’s interest. The only problem is that this glazing increases your building budget.” Safety regulations involving thickness and size of glass panes have changed and energy considerations are now required to prove that a new home design or extension falls within acceptable glazing standards. “There are four considerations for glass choice,” says Dion. “It’s become standard practice to select different products for different windows, depending on whether they face north, south, east or west, as sunlight transmits differently from each of these directions.”

FOR ALL SEASONS

This striking house, also from Danish product design company Vipp (vipp.com), maximises the power of designing with glass. Floor-to-ceiling double glazing provides magnificent views into the forest and over the lake all year round. It also offers a lightmanagement solution, keeping the interiors cool in summer and warm in winter, maintaining energy efficiency and comfort – all of which are prerequisites in new glass legislation

GLASS CONSIDERATIONS

* Watch out for south-facing, cold views. Large-format

windows installed for the view are largely responsible for heat loss. Double glazing or low emissivity insulating glass is best here. * Beware the hot, west-facing view. Heat gain from this direction can be uncomfortable in the afternoons: the further south from the equator you are, the lower the sun. Solve this by installing smaller windows, verticalshading devices and the likes of spectrally selective PG SmartGlass X2 (pgsmartglass.co.za) for low, * late-afternoon sun. North-facing glazing is best. It’s easy to control heat from the north with shading pergolas as the sun is high on the north side. Depending on where you are located, allow some direct light to penetrate and warm the house. Bear in mind that concrete stores heat in the day and * releases it slowly at night when you need it. East light is great for morning sunlight in bedrooms. East-facing windows or doors are good in a kitchen. South-facing bedrooms are not a great option.

HOUSE OF GLASS

Olson Kundig Architects’ (olsonkundigarchitects.com) glass farmhouse in Eastern Oregon, USA was designed with Philip Johnson’s The Glass House (theglasshouse.org) in mind. Three sides consist of triple-glazed glass framed with steel, which works with the orientation of the house to save energy and for insulation. The light shelf on the south side deflects midday summer sun yet admits low-angle winter sunlight

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CAR REVIEW

FIRE-BREATHER Alfa Romeo’s 4C Spider loses its roof, adding further dimension to its already frantic character

must start with a confession: I have never possessed an Alfa Romeo, nor have I ever had the desire to do so. Gasp! One of the 10 commandments for true petrolheads states that thou shalt own an Alfa at least once. The origin of the adage is disputed but the meaning is clear: Alfas, with their illustrious racing legacy, are beautiful to look at and scintillating to drive. But Alfas also leak oil and self-combust and creak and … Only true petrolheads could love them. It’s all rubbish of course, both in the insinuation that your credentials as an enthusiast are so closely connected to the wares of the Italian carmaker – and in the implication that they have patchy reliability. These days, Alfas are as sturdy as their more stoic German competitors. But what’s indisputable is that they are beautiful. For a prime example, just look at the new R1.34-million 4C Spider on these pages. All sinewy curves, mesh air vents and bulbous haunches. Paint it in Giallo Prototipo yellow to contrast the black cloth roof, give the wheel arch lling alloys a lic of graphite hued paint and nothing this side of a Barbie-pink supercar will attract so many admiring glances.

TEXT Terence Steenkamp PHOTOGRAPHS Supplied

Of course, those eyes were ready to scan the road for the , seeing as seconds earlier it would ha e set off car alarms and had dogs barking with its boisterous exhaust note. This part of the act isn’t exactly elegant – the two pipes emit a cacophony of pops and bangs – but, my word, the racket does an effecti e o of hiding the si e of the tiny y sports car standards) 1.75-litre turbocharged engine behind the occupants’ shoulders. Workmanlike in its sound the 177kW four-cylinder may be, but it grants the lither-than-a-tonne 4C Spider an incredible turn of pace, which in turn allows the committed pilot opportunity to exploit the grippy, rocksolid chassis and unassisted steering. It’s a wild ride, be in no doubt, but the 4C has an addictively analogue quality that so many modern cars with their electronic nannies and assisted-everything lack. It’s also spectacularly tiring: after an hour, your senses are fra led from the assault still don t want to own an Alfa Romeo – and, as such, I’m content to terminate my membership to the Petrolhead Club – but, after driving the 4C Spider, I can clearly see why others would. alfaromeo.co.za

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A NEW PRECEDENT IN LUXURY COASTAL LIVING

Zululami Luxury Coastal Estate presents the ultimate in North Coast living with a pristine, secure lifestyle combined with lush coastal vegetation. This spacious estate is home to breath-taking views of the Indian Ocean, enchanting coastal forest and picturesque wetlands. Located in the greater Ballito

precinct and moments away from King Shaka International Airport, this eco-friendly estate is surrounded by indigenous nature and birdlife. With world-class facilities and beach access to Sheffield bay only 100m away, families can truly enjoy the unsurpassed lifestyle that Zululami has to offer.

Phone 087 095 1316 to secure your launch interest now or register online!

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TRENDS

NEUTRALS BY

NUMBERS Whether you are drawn to pretty neutrals or architectural blue-blacks, discover how to use neutrals to their full, colourenhancing potential TEXT Kelly Adami PHOTOGRAPHS Supplied

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well-chosen palette can be the essential foundation to a successful interior scheme but neutrals also perform rather well as the stars of the show. You can create dynamic, bright – and yes – colourful spaces by paying careful attention to their underlying colour groups.

CONTEMPORARY NEUTRALS

Contemporary neutrals create an urban feel – a young, modern space with plush and luxurious appeal. The o erall effect is fresh, right and modern ut most importantly, warm. HOW TO FIND IT Grey tones dominate here but take note to identify the subtle underlying notes of lilac, making it ideal for both feminine and masculine schemes. A lovely option from this colour family is a combination of Plascon’s (plascon. co.za) Light Grey Aluminium 44 and Metallic Silver as seen in this calming living room space. HOW TO USE IT For a soft, relaxed atmosphere Contemporary neutrals pair beautifully with plums, purples and blues for a cool, calming effect. Plascon’s 2017 Colour of the Year – In the Mood – is warm and grounding yet fresh and chic. Its elusive pink tint is surprisingly adaptable. For a relaxed, vibrant space Warm orange tones bounce well against the lilac undertones for an exciting contrast that is not too dominant.

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EASY GREYS

Popular in Scandinavian design, it’s no surprise that easy greys are the most versatile of the neutral families. This is the route to go if you’re opting for a look that is soft and understated with almost-gossamer tones. HOW TO FIND IT The beauty of this colour family is its utter neutrality in terms of colour temperature, appearing neither warm nor cool but perfectly in between, the epitome of neutral. HOW TO USE IT For a soothing, serene feeling Easy greys are absolutely ideal for layering, either with each other or with greys from other neutral families. Watch that is doesn’t become too boring, however, says Plascon colour manager Anne Roselt. Add different textures to create interest – wool, satin, sisal, wood, metallics. The common mistake with neutral schemes is they can become too matchy-matchy, she . For a strong, dynamic feeling If you’re more of an adventurous decorator, then this neutral family will serve as the perfect backdrop to more saturated colours, including primary yellows and navy blues. It balances these brights to ensure they are not overpowering.

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MONOCHROMATIC NEUTRALS/ ARCHITECTURAL NEUTRALS

Black and white provides a distinctly architectural appearance. Purposefully cool, with a bluer undertone than other neutral families, this group creates a more hard-edged, clinical look that works well for minimalistic living. HOW TO FIND IT The black-and-white variations are, in fact, endless. If you’re looking for a purist approach, opt for Dulux Brilliant White and Dulux Dark Secret but be careful that the combination isn’t too stark. For something subtler try off-white options such as Plascon’s Landing EC 76 paired with Plascon Pompeii, which has a powerful blue undercurrent. HOW TO USE IT A black-and-white scheme really does go with anything. But for an unmistakably architectural finish, pair these tones with similarly cool accent colours such as turquoise or duck-egg blue. Black has been a big trend as a feature wall – it’s dramatic and makes a statement, says Roselt. It can be a bit hard to live with, though; I prefer a charcoal-grey such as Plascon’s Bovine.

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TRADITIONAL NEUTRALS

his sophisticated group has a classic, timeless appeal ut can also e classi ed as contemporary when used differently When found in an interior space, traditional tones create softness. HOW TO FIND IT Identify the grey-green undertones in colours. For a fail-safe option try a combination of Dulux’s (dulux.co.za) Dusted Moss 1 to 4. Use Dusted Moss 2 or 3 on the walls and add a dramatic accent of 4 to a bookshelf, which create a sense of depth. HOW TO USE IT For a contemporary look When paired with pitch blacks and brilliant whites, this neutral family is given a fresh

and modern aesthetic. Adding accents of wood draws out the natural green undertones for an earthy and textured appearance. For a traditional look If you want to create a more classic look, pair these neutrals with hues that have a suitably aged feel, such as mustard yellows, burnt umbers, ochres and green-greys.

“METALLICS WORK BEAUTIFULLY WITH NEUTRALS: THEY ADD INTEREST AND GLAMOUR” ANNE ROSELT Plascon colour expert

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“BLACK HAS BEEN A BIG TREND AS A FEATURE WALL – IT’S DRAMATIC AND MAKES A STATEMENT” ANNE ROSELT Plascon colour expert

COLOUR SCHEMING TIPS By Anne Roselt, Plascon colour manager 1

Cool colours such as gentle blues and greens make a room appear larger. Warm hues, which have a red undertone, cause a room to appear smaller. Use warm colours in areas where you want to create a sociable, active atmosphere and cool colours in areas where you wan to create a peaceful, intuitive air. Colours with a similar tone work well together such as a strong yellow and a strong blue.

Accent colours work well to lift a scheme; think of a bright pink flower on a black dress. For an interesting scheme use the 60-30-10 principle: 60% being the colour for the main wall, 40% another hue similar in tone (this may be curtains or fabric) and 10% accent colour (a feature wall or accessories such as cushions, paintings or objects). Balance cool colour schemes with warm colours. For example, introduce some red, orange

or yellow accents to balance and warm a cool blue scheme. A colour may not look perfect until the furnishings and plants are placed back in the room. The effect of light can change the look of a colour. If you are unsure, test it first by painting a piece of card (1m by 1m) and place it on different walls of the room at various times of the day.

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CONNECT WITH BUYERS AND SELLERS OF LUXURY REAL ESTATE IN KZN

Luxury Property Portfolio is focused on high-end property trends and the lifestyle that goes with it. The magazine connects you to high-net-worth individuals with luxury property

The magazine is available in strategic locations in Umhlanga Rocks, La Lucia, Durban North and Ballito, including top shopping malls, coﬀ ee shops, high-end car dealerships and top estate agencies. It’s also distributed within wealthy areas in Sandton and Johnannesburg surrounds oﬀering KZN advertisers a Joburg link.

TO ADVERTISE, EMAIL: Michèle Jones: michele.jones@thecreativegroup.info Tracey Thomson (lifestyle): traceyt@yourneighbourhood.co.za Julie Ellice (property): kzn@yourneighbourhood.co.za

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INTERVIEW

“DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE AND MIX COLOURS OR PATTERNS” MICHELE THROSSELL Interior designer

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INTERVIEW

Based in KwaZuluNatal and one of the 2016 Caesarstone Kitchen of the Year winners, Michele Throssell’s trademark style has inspired many to commission an entire refurb of their beach homes

TELL US ABOUT THIS HOME

Our client bought this airy beach house fully furnished a few years back but it never really felt like it was their own. To personalise the space I mixed linear lines with curvaceous shapes, making it feel ultra-casual. wanted them to e a le to rela as a family, ic off their shoes and enjoy a more soulful space together. WHY THE MOVE TO PAINT SEVERAL ELEMENTS WHITE?

We wanted to create the feeling of items being bleached by the sun, just like pieces of faded driftwood. We nicknamed this project ‘pebbles’ after the palette of soft greys and whites we wanted throughout. HOW DO YOU USE TEXTURE IN YOUR INTERIORS?

I use it to create depth within a neutral palette, particularly in bedrooms. Here, luxurious felt and linen combines beautifully with chunkier knits and natural ooring without ma ing it feel too rustic HOW DO YOU CHOOSE FABRICS AND WALLPAPER?

I love to support local design so many of the prints are African-inspired. I often choose dramatic or patterned wallpapers on stairwells because they somehow break the stillness of the space without interrupting the organic ow of the whole house WHAT INSPIRED YOU ON RECENT TRIPS?

I was bowled over by gorgeous organic ceramics I found on Pimlico Road in London. The new Elemental range from Porta Romana (portaromana.co.uk), inspired by the architecture, pattern and structure found in nature, was equally exciting. I also enjoyed the quirky and eclectic mix of old and new found at Nicholas Haslam (nicholashaslam.com). 032 946 0590; michelethrossell.co.za ANY WORDS OF ADVICE?

* Don’t be afraid to use and mix colours or patterns.

Be bold and brave. Explore opposites as they often attract: masculine versus feminine, raw ersus re ned, classic ersus cotemporary * Lighting is a great way to create mood and update a home dd some contemporary ttings to a dated interior and you can instantly lift the space.

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UMHLANGA ROCKS

LA LUCIA

Asking Price R12 500 000.00. This motivated seller is seriously considering OFFERS FROM R9 000 000 due to having to relocate in February next year.An invitation to a lifestyle epitomizing effortless entertaining and “Superstar” living. This exclusive habitat makes a bold statement and sits high up in a guarded cul-de-sac in Umhlanga Ridge. This chic home is the perfect foil for today’s lifestyle. Clean lines, walls of glass and vast windows capes are used to mask the indoor/outdoor swimming pool which is one of the exceptional features of this home. A sought after address and good security justify the asking price of R12 500 000.

Asking Price R7 999 000.00. The epitome of style and luxury can be found in this quite road of La Lucia. This up market designer home for the top executive has five bedrooms of which 4 are en-suite. Add your own finishing touches by completing this masterpiece by choosing your choice of kitchen, bathroom fittings and tiles.

Oriana Honeywill 083 776 4646 / 031- 566 5150 & Milton Kahn 082 387 6562 PROPERTY 24 REF - 104585317 Sotheby’s Ref – 1970650

Maurizio Dalle – Vedove 083 301 1946 / 031- 566 5150 PROPERTY 24 REF – 104670332

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UMHLANGA ROCKS

Asking Price R3 900 000.00. Situated in a popular street, this versatile gem can bend to your every need. Whether it’s office space you need, a spare room for the in-laws, an entertainment room for the kids perhaps or just the space you need for your large family, it’s 4 bedrooms can offer all that and more. Beautifully cared for Oregon flooring and wooden French style windows give this home a classy spark. A euro-villa type inspired kitchen is every home cooks dream. Perfect for entertaining and hosting family events this home has a large and lush garden with a generous size pool. This home is timeless in design, it’s all class plus the “cozy”. Maria De Luca 076 393 2913 / 031- 566 5150 PROPERTY 24 REF – 104606964 Sotheby’s Ref - 1976185

Asking Price R11 650 000-00. Elegant executive residence with magnificent sea views. Gleaming woodblock floors, wooden doors and windows, high lofty ceilings. Stylish eat in kitchen so that you can entertain while you are cooking and then take your guests to the bar and outdoor entertainment area to really get the party started. There is a self-contained one-bedroom flat above the double garage. The front garden is a separate Erf and could be sold for between R3 million and R3.5 million. Make an appointment to view now, our sellers are waiting for your offers. Michelle Taylor 083 653 3696 / 031 – 566 5150 Property 24 Ref – 104631418 Sotheby’s Ref - 1991922

Durban North & Umhlanga branch: 031 566 5150 Each office is independently owned and operated

UMHLANGA ROCKS

SHEFFIELD BEACH

Asking Price R9 500 000.00. Offers from R9 500 000-00. The glitz and glamour of a Hollywood lifestyle, city and sea views, sunsets, sundowner deck with Jacuzzi, sheer penthouse indulgence. Step into this coastal lifestyle set in the bustling precinct of Umhlanga Rocks. 311 square meters of ultra secure, luxury living with flowing open plan spaces enhancing the innovative architecture and exceptional finishes. This home leaves one breathless. The value of this Penthouse will go up by up to 30% when The Oceans Umhlanga development is complete. The Penthouses in The Oceans Umhlanga sold for R60 000 000. Make an offer. Seller asking R9 950 000. Michelle Taylor 083 653 3696 / 031 – 566 5150 Property 24 Ref – 103763758 Sotheby’s Ref - 1662575

Asking Price R28 000 000-00. This home, set above the olphin oast’s expansive Sheffield Beach has 240 degree panoramic sea views. The ultimate “Beach House” is privately positioned and is awe-inspiring. Architecturally designed with proportions that are a match for the rugged coastline and displaying sophisticated interior detailing. From the moment you walk into this 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom utopia you feel a true sense of seamless integration between luxury and utility. This home engulfs you with its multi-sensory experience and impresses you with the sharp attention to fine detail and composition. We are proud to offer this F FURNISHED home for viewing by appointment only. Michelle Taylor – 083 653 3696 / 031 – 561 5150 Property 24 Ref – 103673463 Sotheby’s Ref – 1623170

HERRWOOD PARK

MOUNT EDGECOMBE

Asking Price R6 950 000.00. This opulent home is calling all happy and abundant families. Beautiful garden, rolling green lawns and a sparkling pool welcomes the traditional home environment. agnificent entrance and large reception areas allows for opulence and great entertainment.Beautifully tiled this large house in sought after Umhlanga Ridge has 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms upstairs including large open plan lounge and TV room. Downstairs comprises of a study leading into a large tiled 4 car garage. One guest bedroom and bathroom, Beachwood kitchen, open plan lounge and dining room. Maurizio Dalle Vedove 083 301 1946 / 031 566 5150 Property 24 Ref – 104460422

Asking Price R2 290 000.00. Duplex situated in Mount Edgecombe in a well secured Estate with bedrooms, garage and a luxury living area. With access to swimming pool, s uash court, gym, kiddies play jungle gym, braai area, putt putt course, club house, mini soccer field and garden. This is a perfect secure starter home. ut your family first

Milton Kahn 082 387 6562 / 031 566 5150 Property 24 Ref – 104178025 Sothebys Ref - 1822788

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ZIMBALI

Asking Price R28 500 000.00. Architecturally outstanding, positioned on one of the highest points in imbali, boosting magnificent unsurpassed ocean views and panoramic inland views. uxurious living at its finest.

Asking Price R6 950 000.00. Prime Position close all amenities Zimbali Coastal Estate has to offer Brand new to be completed February with private swimming pool.

Colin Moses 082 553 7576

Sotheby’s Ref - 1980168

ZIMBALI

Colin Moses 082 553 7576

WESTBROOK BEACH ESTATE

Asking Price R4 900 000.00. Stylishly furnished nestled in popular complex surrounded by manicured gardens and sparkling pool In popular Zimbali coastal resort & estate

Sotheby’s Ref - 1886095

Sotheby’s Ref - 1981869

Colin Moses 082 553 7576

Asking Price R3,800 000.00. Beautiful modern family home situated in Westbrook and walking distance to its Blue Flag beach. This is a popular secure 4hr gated estate with club house and pool and entertainment area along atal’s orth oast.

Sotheby’s Ref - 1776001

Colin Moses 082 553 7576

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Luxury living in a pristine Everton Homestead Colonial Everton

• 6 Bedrooms (main bedroom has a fire place) • 5.5 Bathrooms • 2 Lounges • 2 Kitchens with one opening onto a courtyard • Formal Dining room • Study/Office • Large entertainment veranda with glass stack back doors overlooking the swimming pool and tennis court. • Second double story home on the property with a large playroom or gym downstairs and 2 bedrooms with an open plan kitchen and living room upstairs. • 2 Storerooms • Jungle Jim, climbing wall, Wendy house • Double car port • Floodlit tennis court • Swimming pool • 1000 square metre home • 2 Acres of land

This Elegant home is fitted with solid wood floors throughout. The upstairs bedrooms are carpeted. Each room is fitted with Plantation shutters and curtains. The Kitchen offers a central island with walk in pantry and a second caterers kitchen with a laundry and toilet. The main bedroom has a large walk through closet into a 5 star bathroom. Price R7 900 000 Contact Nicky Holdsworth 082 789 6417 nicky.veldbeef@gmail.com

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1 Hermann Niebuhr, Landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End II, oil on paper, 43cm x 60cm. In this cycle of paintings, Niebuhr turns his eye outward beyond his familiar cityscapes and specific landscapes and to the broader planet

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Eminently collectable, painting is a hotly evolving medium that is constantly making itself new TEXT Alex Dodd ARTWORK Hermann Niebuhr, Portia Zvavahera, Kate Gottgens, Georgina Gratrix, Raél Jero Salley, Mia Chaplin, Michael Taylor, Alexandra Karakashian, Lizza Littlewort and Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi

s Hanya Yanagihara, in her astonishing masterwork A Little Life, writes: “His was the painting he was working on now and for it he had broken form and changed to a forty-inch-square canvas.” One of her central characters is a young painter called JB, who shares a studio space in an old bottle factory in Long Island City (that could be Fordsburg, Woodstock or Maitland) with three other emerging artists. “He had experimented for days to get right the precise shade of tricky, serpenty green for Jude’s irises and had redone the colours of his hair again and again efore he was satis ed, she pens t was a great painting and he knew it, knew it absolutely the way you sometimes did and he had no intention of ever showing it to Jude until it was hanging on a gallery wall somewhere. “To him it expressed everything about what he hoped this series would be: it was a love letter, it was documentation, it was a saga, it was his. When he worked on his painting, he felt sometimes as if he were ying, as if the world of galleries and parties and other artists and ambitions had shrunk to a pinpoint beneath him, something so small he could kick it away from himself like a soccer ball, watch it spin off into some distant or it that had nothing to do with him. It was almost six. The light would change soon. For now, the space was still quiet around him, although distantly, he could hear the train rumbling by on its tracks. Before him, his canvas waited. And so he picked up his brush and began.”

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In this scene, Yanagihara captures something of the intensely personal, alchemical pull a painting can have on an artist. It’s a strange visceral spell that is often transferred to the owners, who choose to live their lives in relation to the shifting codes locked into particular works. Fizzily sardonic or properly epic, there’s a certain timelessness about paintings. They endure. And yet, as Yanagihara so perfectly captures, the medium is also locked into fraught contemporary contestation with itself – and the pressure is on for painters who live consciously in the present, accountable to their publics – to push the form forward, shake it up, speak back to the ancient and immediate past out of which the medium has emerged. In this way, out of this internalised conceptual heat, painting is made new and vital. With the Joburg Art Fair (8 to 10 September 2017, fnbjoburgartfair.co.za) now jostling with the Cape Town Art Fair (17 to 19 February 2017, capetownartfair.co.za), Turbine Art Fair (13 to 16 July 2017, turbineartfair.co.za) and That Art Fair (24 February to 5 March 2017, thatartfair.com), the gallery scene is exploding across these two major art cities. The galleries themselves are increasingly keyed into transnational ows of contemporary practice across the African continent and beyond. And, with the Heatherwick Studio-designed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa about to transform the contemporary art world in 2017, there is no shortage of demand for new painting in South Africa. There’s a hunger for works that investigate the materiality of painting, while at the same time undoing habitual responses to expected or traditional subject matters. “Painting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the 21st century,” notes Kurt Beer, author of Thames & Hudson’s 100 Painters of Tomorrow. “Many of the world’s leading artists now work in the most enduring and seductive of media ... Their work spans an extraordinary range of styles and techni ues, from a straction to guration, minimalism to magical realism and straight oil-on-canvas to mixed-media and installation-based painting.” Multimedia paintings, exploring ideas about the addition and removal of materials, are made with everything from acrylic to enamel, alcohol to salteroded swathes of colour. I am thinking here of Ground, Alexandra Karakashian’s solo at SMAC Gallery in which she “engages with concepts and materials that

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are regarded as contentious within the various fragile relationships between humans and land (or environment), and prompts a consideration of the shifting ways in which landscape can be perceived in the context of ongoing social, political and ecological discourses”. Internationally, a trend toward new abstraction in painting is on the rise, with a proliferation of abstract compositions that play with form, material and colour in ways that are wilfully offhand, s etchy or pro isional ander Blom’s exuberantly anti-didactic compositions (for which he was awarded the Jean-François Prat Prize in 2014 and exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo) and Dorothee Kreutzfeldt’s 2015 solo exhibition, At Present, at Blank Projects in Cape Town spring to mind here. The new mode of abstract painting is deconstructed, reinvented, playful and often quite casual – particularly in the United States, where ‘The New Casualists’ seem to be in ascendance. “[They] take a meta approach that refers not just to earlier art historical styles, but back to the process of painting itself,’ writes Sharon L Butler in The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics and Culture. “These self-amused but not unserious painters have abandoned the rigorously structured propositions and serial strategies of previous generations in favour of playful, unpredictable encounters.” Strong elements of new abstraction can be detected on canvases coming out of local studios, but here in South Africa, where our history is urgent and our politics perennially personal, the medium seems distinctively entwined with the message. Although some artists are fully exploring the open proposition in contemporary abstraction, more often gurati e content persists whether oldly and plainly foregrounded (Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, Raél Jero Salley), brought to the sculptural plasticity of the surface and combined with other objects, patterns, materials (Georgina Gratrix, Portia Zvavahera) or melting away into a painterly environment of drips, daubs, splatters and strokes (Sarah Biggs). Although not political in any obvious sense, the wildly amusing and formally louche canvases of Michael Taylor are oddly li erating and charged with erce wit is unfettered gouache, ink and acrylic brushstrokes and zany tropical hues are deliciously upbeat in what can at times be an oppressive climate of counter-revolutionary stoicism, homophobia and unimaginative nation building. Mzansi – we are not necessarily one! Taylor’s paintings, which were exhibited at the M Contemporary gallery in Sydney in May last year, were populated by a splendid and burlesque cast of dandies caught up in miscellaneous parlour antics and an endless stream of gin and tonics on tropical erandas, as if he were channelling scar ilde s n de

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Portia Zvavahera, We are Covered, oil-based printing ink and oil bar on canvas, 208cm x 246cm. Zvavahera’s work was shown recently as part of group exhibition The Quiet Violence of Dreams Mia Chaplin, The Indoor Waterfall, oil on canvas, 83cm x 63cm Georgina Gratrix, The Misfits, oil on canvas, 150cm x 120cm Kate Gottgens, Panic, oil on canvas, 80cm x 130cm

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FIVE PAINTERS SEED FIFTEEN. THE MEDIUM IS PROLIFERATING. IT IS ALIVE. THERE WILL BE NO FULL STOP HERE siècle fervour a misplaced century and a bit down the line. ropical lushness, deliciously off ey colours and old brushstrokes are also a feature of Mia Chaplin’s paintings. Although Chaplin paints in oils, the expressive energy of her thick brushstrokes are recorded in the materiality of her surfaces. There is another sense in which South African painting seems to both conform to and depart from a broader contemporary trend – and that is in relation to time, history and memory. A key trend in contemporary painting is toward a temporality a phenomenon in culture rst identi ed y the science ction writer illiam i son He used the term to describe a cultural product of our moment that paradoxically doesn’t represent, through style, content or medium, the time from which it comes. In 2014/15, the Museum in Modern Art in New York City mounted an exhibition entitled The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World that presented the wor of artists whose paintings re ect a singular approach that characterises our cultural moment at the beginning of this new millennium: they refuse to allow us to de ne or e en metre our time y them

his strategy of time collapse y means of a pro igate mixing of past styles and genres” is a powerful element in South African contemporary art across the board – not just painting. But South African painters (and artists making new paintings in South Africa) seem to be particularly committed to creating new dialogues with our troubled historical archive. Public and private histories intermingle, as the photographic document is untethered from the real y the isceral, cti e, recon guring power of paint Here, the paintings of Kate Gottgens and Lizza ittlewort ta e erce grip of the imagination ottgens, whose status as a painter to be reckoned with was underlined by her selection as one of Thames & Hudson’s aforementioned 100 Painters of Tomorrow, forges unsettlingly familiar painterly ctions that draw on a disparate archive of found images. “One imprimatur is the ruthless audacity with which Gottgens uses blur to eliminate detail,” wrote Lloyd Pollack in response to Infinite Loop, her 2015 solo at SMAC, Stellenbosch. “The particularities of setting, costume and expression dissolve into pigment. The sketchiness is deliberate, for Gottgens continually interrogates representation,

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Michael Taylor, Vamp Playdate, flashe, gouache and ink on paper, 140cm x 110cm Raél Jero Salley, Soul Power, acrylic on canvas, 60cm x 90cm Lizza Littlewort, A Reliable History of the Spice Trade, oil on board, 120cm x 80cm Alexandra Karakashian, Shifting Ground (Sketch III), oil on paper, 140cm x 99.5cm

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FIVE PAINTERS SEED FIFTEEN. THE MEDIUM IS PROLIFERATING. IT IS ALIVE. THERE WILL BE NO FULL STOP HERE

Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi, A Grand Way to Fall, oil on canvas, 150cm x 200cm

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the mechanics of image making, and the interplay between feeling and the fragmentary visual recollections that drift through the mind. She seeks the archetypal and discards speci city so that the iewer sees herself in the painting, rather than the nominal subject.” ottgens rst ohannes urg solo, Famine, opened in SMAC’s new gallery space in the Trumpet building along the new Keyes Art Mile in lower Rosebank in mid-September – in tandem with last year’s Joburg Art Fair. ore rutally direct in their un inching engagements with South African history and public culture are Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi and Lizza Littlewort – and yet their handling of paint could not be more different ince her spectacularly satirical solo show We Live in the Past at 99 Loop, which worked as a contemporary critique of South African social history,

ittlewort has turned to self re ection, engaging with her own interior states through imagery of water painted on re ecti e surfaces of aluminium Littlewort, like Gratrix, is all about the insanely seductive painterliness of paint, whereas Ngqinambi’s surfaces are at and calculated his dramatically dystopian social hypotheses disconcertingly real in the minimalist fashion of science ction pro ection Genres collide, styles and impulses overlap. Basic elements such as composition, colour and balance are constantly reassessed. More is never enough – give me the book and I’ll take the library. Painting is li e that i e painters seed fteen he medium is proliferating. It is alive. There will be no full stop here. Only an endless range of provisional answers to the proposition of what painting in South Africa might mean today.

The big news on the Joburg art scene was the launch of Rosebank’s Keyes Art Mile and the Trumpet building (which officially opened in September 2016 for First Thursdays, where the street was closed off for the occasion). Set to turn the suburb into a fine-art hot spot, the building is the first of many exciting developments of the metaphorical mile and welcomes SMAC Gallery (smacgallery.com), as well as collaboration between WHATIFTHEWORLD (whatiftheworld.com) and Southern Guild (southernguild.co.za). These new branches join the already established Circa (circagallery.co.za) and 100-year-old Everard Read (everard-read.co.za), making the area a comprehensive art destination. SMAC’s first exhibition, which opened to coincide with the launch of the building itself, was a group show representing a selection from its stable of artists, entitled UPSTART/STARTUP. The Trumpet also houses Marble restaurant (marblerestaurant. co.za) and high-end decor stores. The area will be joined over time by other exciting developments. Expect a range of cafes and shops at street level, creating a village high street feel and rounding out the Keyes Art Mile offering.

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