Group shows
Tension Torsion: 20 Years on
A group show of new works by Farieda Nazier, Gordon Froud, Avitha Sooful and Oupa V. Mokwena.
Curated by: Farieda Nazier
20 March to 17 April 2014
Ithuba Art Gallery, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Launched on 20 March 2014, during the advent of commemoration of South Africa's 20 years of democracy, Tension Torsion: 20 Years on was a responsive arts-based social intervention that comprised an art exhibition of sculptural installation and a public visual-arts programme.
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2014
In place of Space Exhibition at the Apartheid Archive Conference
20 May to 23 May (Sculptural installation, University of Pretoria)
2014
Vestigial Space Exhibition at the Apartheid Archive Conference
20 May to 23 May (Sculptural installation, University of Pretoria)
2014
Tension Torsion: 20 Years On Exhibition at Ithuba Arts Gallery
20 March to 13 April
(Sculptural installation, Braamfontein)
2014
Young 14’ Exhibition at The Bag Factory 12 March
(Sculptural installation, Fordsburg)
2014 carved sjambok whips (found), galvanised steel wire, rubber grommets dimensions: variable at 1.3m high
2014 carved sjambok whips (found), galvanised steel wire, rubber grommets dimensions: variable at 1.3m high
2014 carved sjambok whips (found), galvanised steel wire, rubber grommets dimensions: variable at 1.3m high
2014 carved sjambok whips (found), galvanised steel wire, rubber grommets dimensions: variable at 1.3m high
May 2014 On site installation: Antique table (found), cement Dimensions: 300cmx150x120cm
May 2014 On site installation: Antique table (found), cement Dimensions: 300cmx150x120cm
2013
Tom Waits FOR NO MAN travelling exhibition at various galleries
(Sculpture, National)
16 May to 29 May 2013, UJ Art Gallery
Based on a song entitled ‘It’s all right with me’ The wrong lips is a playful exploration of psycho sexual behaviour in pure Tom Waits fashion. More specifically, it focusses on erotic exchanges between strangers; such as flirtation and other ephemeral encounters. The work is mounted on a record player, visually enticing viewers through the slow hypnotic rotation of two voluptuous 'lips’ produced from folded vinyl flooring.
2012
Ithuba Arts Fund annual group show at Ithuba Arts Gallery
(Sculpture installations, collaborative video work and performance, Braamfontein)
2012
MTN New Contemporaries Award show at the IZIKO Castle of Good Hope
(Collaborative Video work, Cape Town)
2011
360 Degrees group show at Artspace (Sculpture and Video work, Johannesburg)
'Looming' the wall sculpture is accompanied by 'Looming 2' an animated video work produced in collaboration with Mocke J Van Veuren
(refer to COLLABORATION).
David M. Smith (2003) , in his book on urbanization and social change in South Africa, discusses the ongoing classed and raced struggles for space in the inner city. ‘Looming’ depicts an aerial view of the east end of Johannesburg’s inner city. The Carlton Building is a key focal point of the piece; forged from the eastern edge of a circular disk and representative of its exaggerated scale (in comparison to its surroundings). The use of an aluminium skeleton and a skin-like wax covering extends the meaning of the work to the relational notion of architecture as macrocosmic reflections of the human body.
2009
Just work Done group show a Glasgow School of Art collective exhibition at
134 Renfrew Street (Sculpture installation, Glasgow)
Photography by: Mocke J van Veuren
2013 Sculpture: Vinyl flooring, red paper, record player 60cmx60x20cm
2013 Sculpture: Vinyl flooring, red paper, record player 60cmx60x20cm
2011 Hanging sculpture: Aluminium, sculpting wax on a wooden base 40cm diameter
2011 Hanging sculpture: Aluminium, sculpting wax on a wooden base 40cm diameter