Roles/Robes

curated by Elfriede Dreyer

An exhibition of artworks by some of South Africa's top award-winning contemporary artists that deal with the different roles that South Africans have played and continue to play, the ‘robes’ that have been and are worn at different times and places -- whether real, imagined or virtual.

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Wendy Morris

(Direction and animation) Belgian resident Wendy Morris's film, Taste the World, has been shown on various international film festivals and is a short drawn film that explores tourism as a form of neo-colonialism., Taste the world (2006), Charcoal drawings filmed on 16mm, Digitalised for projection on DVD. Running time: 4min

Wilma Cruise , Role over (2002-2006), Ceramic, metal, cloth, shoe and chair, Installation size variable. Figure: 140 cm x 80 cm

Diane Victor , The Emperor’s New Clothes I, II and III  (2006) , Smoke and charcoal on paper , 80 cm x 160 cm each

Bongi Bengu , Ngong leaf series # 1, 2 (2006) , Mixed media on canvas , 101 cm x 95 cm

 

Carine Zaayman, You owe me some happiness, in truth you do (2006)

Edition of 5 Lambda prints, Lightjet print, 50 x 100 cm

Frikkie Eksteen , Trailblazer (2006), Animation projected onto pot plant

Dimensions variable

 

Kudzanai Chiurai, Grace Land (2006), Mixed media, dimensions variable