(Pic: “No Closer to the Truth” by Mary Wafer (2010); Oil on canvas)
Mary Wafer to present two new series of paintings at the KZNSA.
In the exhibition No Closer to the Truth at the KZNSA, painter Mary Wafer will present two new series of paintings. The first series of small and intimate works are portraits and still lives of mercenaries and gun nuts and their weapon collections and kit.
The second series is an investigation into the Durban architecture and harbour. The artist writes that: “One of the recurring threads in my work is the notion of visibility and invisibility, concrete and conceptual visibility, evidence of citizenship, ways of belonging to and possessing the physical and imagined spaces we occupy … painting is a conceptual practice that operates as a platform for investigating social and urban realities. Painting offers the possibility of both building up complex layers of meaning and signification, and at the same time the possibility of subtraction and distillation, enabling suggestions of real and imaged absences and presences.”
No Closer to the Truth opens on March 23 at 18h00 to runs until April 17 at the KZNSA Gallery at 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, in Durban. More information on 031 277 1703, fax 031 201 8051 or cell 082 220 0368 or visit www.kznsagallery.co.za
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