T HINK ING in a space A group exhibition B e v Butko w | C athy Sim on | Genov eva Fer nandez | Hadassah M yers | L eanne Shak en o v sky 19 JANUARY - 11 FEB RUARY 20 14 NIRO X p ro je cts | 264 Fox Str | Arts On Main | MAB ONENG PRECIN CT | Jo ha nne sb ur g CBD
Installation view | THINKING IN A SPACE | NIROXprojects | 2014
Installation view | THINKING IN A SPACE | NIROXprojects | 2014
B ev B u tkow Bev Butkow has recently shown on various group exhibitions and collaborative ventures. These include the Turbine Art Fair (2013), opening a studio space at Assemblage in Newtown, and has been involved in events and exhibitions at the Bag Factory. All this is new for her, as in her prior life, Butkow was an accountant. Making the switch to being an artist is diverse, as one would imagine. The works for this exhibition are portraits of ten woman who Butkow deems astute. They too switched careers mid stride. Interestingly all from more societally conservative to more creative and expansive ways of being. This re-iterates Butkows own experience making the works effectively, into a self portrait.
Metamorphose I Dress fabric collage on plastic sheeting 145 x 95cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose II Dress fabric collage on plastic sheeting 152 x 95cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose III Vinyl collage on plastic sheeting 130 x 100cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose IV Vinyl collage on plastic sheeting 130 x 100cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose V Oil on plastic sheeting 127 x 93cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose V Oil on plastic sheeting 142 x 94cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose VII Oil on plastic sheeting 133 x 103cm (framed) 2013
Metamorphose VIII Oil on plastic sheeting 133 x 103cm (framed) 2013
Protecting Preciousness I Dress fabric collage on plastic sheeting 84 x 114cm (framed) 2013
Protecting Preciousness II Oil on plastic sheeting 98 x 62cm (framed) 2013
Rooted Oil on canvas 110 x 110cm (framed) 2013
Cath y si m o n Cathy Simon’s work is surface orientated and pursues depth at once. Using ephemeral, waiflike silk thread and hardware materials, she bangs the concept together to create works that are seductive yet give over nothing of their concepts easily. Meditating on the sentence ‘Apparently There Is Nothing That Cannot Happen Today’, she examines one’s present reality and a larger perspective. She looks at the human imprint both literally and figuratively. How one’s print is invested through generations looking back, if one can find the right mindset and perspective one can be decisive in one’s print going forward.
Installation view | Cathy Simon | NIROXprojects | 2014
Apparently Wood, perspex, ribbon 27 x 320cm 2013
Pink Bag, 1931 Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 85 x 60cm 2013
Standing Still, Sailing Away 1949 Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 85 x 60cm 2013
Red Jacket, 1938 Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 85 x 60cm 2013
Along the Way Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 85 x 60cm 2013
In the Park, 1938 Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 85 x 60cm 2013
Imprint | Blue Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 40 x 29cm 2013
Imprint | Light Pink Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 40 x 29cm 2013
Imprint | Turquoise Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 40 x 29cm 2013
Imprint | Pink Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 40 x 29cm 2013
Imprint | Natural Board, paper, liquid glass, ink, nails, ferrules, silk ribbon 40 x 29cm 2013
Installation view of Imprint series | Cathy Simon | 2014
Gen ov e va F e rnand e z Genoveva Fernandez’s tobacco works are potentially controversial. Most of the tobacco she collects for these works are from her teenage daughter’s cigarettes. Although the works are aesthetic and pleasing, the subject matter has enormous points to consider. The mother-daughter relationship and the line of independence that being a smoker demands. Is it okay to ‘celebrate’ a hazardous medium by making lovely and even heart-warming artworks from it. Fernandez is Spanish but presently resides in South Africa where the issue of smoking is far less tolerant than many Spaniards attitudes to it. Her work is an interesting reference in cross cultural opinions on what we (in SA) assume is an agreed upon no-no. Fernandez has never smoked.
(left) Installation view of Smoke Screen Cigarette butts on thread and perspex 150 x 240cm 2014 (right) Installation view of Smoke Screen and Evidence for Prosecution
(right) Talking to Lea Tobacco on perspex 120 x 40cm 2013
(left) Talking to Blanca Tobacco on perspex 120 x 40cm 2013
Breathing In, Breathing Out Tobacco on perspex 40 x 120cm 2013
On the Ground Tobacco on perspex 40 x 120cm 2013
Installation view | Genoveva Fernandez | 2014
(left) Loosing Ashes Tobacco on perspex 67 x 100cm 2013
(right) September Cigarettes Cigarette butts in a perspex cylinder 5 x 50cm 2013
A Side of Society Tobacco on perspex 60 x 150 cm 2013
(l-r) Handcuffed, 1, 2, 3 , 4 Tobacco on perspex 20 x 20 cm 2013
(l-r, t-b) Groundless 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Tobacco on perspex 20 x 30 cm 2013
(right) Evidence for prosecution Photography and cigarette butts on wood 120 x 40 cm 2013
(left) Installation view of Smoke Screen
H a dassah M e ye rs Hadassah Myers lectures in interactive media at UJ whilst doing her masters at Wits University in Digital Art. Grappling with time, our relationship to digital and analogue and how this can be stretched and orientated. Myers moves through time looking at what has and has not been investigated and why. She is also interested in icons or symbols of our South African culture and her work often crosses the divide of what is clichĂŠ and what is specific. Underpinning all of these works is an interest in interactive art and our interaction with technology.
Inter Clock Analogue Clock frame, plastic, digital print on paper and board, motor, clock mechanism 55cm diameter 2013
Inter Clock Digital Digital photo frame, perspex cover 10� screen 2013
Lion Digital print on canvas 84 x 118cm 2013
Lion of Our Nation Digital print on lion matchbox board, lion matchbox 3.6 x 5cm 2013
Installation view of Inter Clock Analogue | Hadassah Meyers | 2014
Leann e shak e no vsky Leanne Shakenovsky began her art career by working at Strauss and Co Auction House for two years. The influence of this can be seen in her work from two angles. Firstly she likes to investigate and reinterpret old South African masters in glitter. The specific works she chooses are famous and master pieces in their own right, and sell for prices that glitter. Her commentary on the price of works and who’s who in the market related artworld are seen most directly in graphs that measure and explain to the viewer a more hardened reality of art. This commentary is balanced by her obvious enjoyment in working in the seductive shiny medium.
Two Arabs I Glitter and glue on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Seated Nude with Oranges I Glitter and glue on canvas 45 x 45cm 2013
Two Arabs II Glitter and glue on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Seated Nude with Oranges II Glitter and glue on canvas 45 x 45cm 2013
Arab Priest Mixed medi on foamcore 54 x 41cm 2013
Bahora Girl Mixed media on foamcore 54 x 41cm 2013
Installation view | Leanne Shakenovsky | 2014
Doughnut Mixed media on canvas 80 x 80cm 2013
Bubbles Mixed media on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Area Mixed media on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Bar Horizontal Mixed media on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Bar Vertical Mixed media on canvas 45 x 60cm 2013
Catalogue layout and design: Neil Nieuwoudt Installation photographs taken by Laetitia Lups NIROXprojects | 264 Fox Street | Arts on Main | MABONENG PRECINCT | Johannesburg CBD | + 27 72 350 4326 | www.niroxarts.com