Published 07 August 2023 in News
Artvark Gallery
'25 Prints 25 Years' Group Exhibition'
Artvark Gallery
48 Main Rd, Kalk Bay, Cape Town 7975, South Africa
Opening: Wednesday 09 August (National Women's Day) @ 18:00 (SAST)
Participating Artists Include: Neeske Alexander; Paula Aucamp; Nellien Brewer; Simphiwe Dlamini; Nicolette Geldenhuys; Laurel Holmes; Theresa Jo; Mandy Johnston; Jana Kolodziej; Lyrene Kuhn Botma; Nicky Liebenberg; Elzanne Louw; Kristen McClarty; Clare Menck; Mariette Momberg; Natasha Norman; Lindsay Quirk; Sharon Sampson; Christine Scheid; Marelise van Wyk; Mimi van der Merwe; Madelize van der Merwe; Madeleine van Manen; Minitza van der Walt & Judy Woodborne.
'25 Prints 25 Years' opens at Artvark Gallery in Kalk Bay on National Women's Day, with curated Group Exhibition in celebration of a gallery that has tirelessly supported the arts, most particularly, the art of printmaking.
Owned by women and in support of women artists, this exhibition also showcases a new gallery renovation that revealed a historic part of the building. Join the opening event to sample wines by Margaux Nel, a 6th generation winemaker of Boplaas Wines in the Klein Karoo hamlet of Calitzdorp, which boasts an all-women winemaking team.
Natasha Norman l 'Looking Up from Below' l 2021 l Lithographic ink on hand-made Washi paper l Print size: 34 cm x 49 cm l Framed size: 42 cm x 56 cm
"'Looking Up from Below' is influenced by looking under the ocean's face where the surface of the water can be read as sky. I am reminded that our sky is an atmospheric surface. Such surfaces reflect the ever changing impressions of forces otherwise unseen: wind, tide and current.
Natasha's approach to art making is to slow time, to process an image through a medium that operates at a time crafted from hand-worked surfaces and materials. She is currently the only South African artist working predominantly in the Japanese relief print method, Mokuhanga."
For more information about the exhibition please navigate to the ARTVARK GALLERY website here