An exhibition titled Currency opens at Gallery 415 on November 15 featuring the works of
artists Pascale Chandler, Dee Donaldson, Louise Jennings, Jeannie Kinsler,
Grace Kotze and Janet Solomon.
Pascale Chandler’s work is reminiscent of
the 16th-century Netherlands painter Pieter Brueghel – teetering towards the
peculiar but never at the expense of superlative technique, rich, convincing
and self assured brush strokes, deceptive in their simplicity and magnificent
in their creation of the illusion of three dimensionality – arguably, a
timeless and trustworthy definition of masterly realist painting.
Dee Donaldson's extraordinary talent for
portraiture allows her to use realism in conjunction with modern illustrations
and unusual techniques. She masterfully utilises mood and expression combined
with surreal imagery and colour to produce fascinating, thought provoking
images.
Louise Jennings recognises yet does not
copy the structure and realism of the Flemish and Dutch Romanticists. Highly
worked and deeply considered, her uniformly-centralised compositions evoke calm
and sanctity, perhaps even a reverence and religiosity for her craft which cannot
be faulted. Iconographic in their roots, crisp, minimal and modern in their
completion they are a collector’s and decorator’s dream.
Jeannie Kinsler uses the evocative play of
light, luminous and fleeting. She confidently approaches reflections, factual
and yet fragmented, often exploring the human form and 'collected' objects, her
work is stylish, calming, cool and serene.
Grace Kotze's
work is motivated by the challenge of fusing the emotional intent with visual
and technical concerns. In order to produce works of integrity she paints from
an emotional point of reference. She masterfully utilises imagery on an
autobiographical level, documenting both her internal and external vision. She paints
places and people from her everyday life, using the familiar as a direct link
to an emotive sense of self.
Solomon's technique is one conscious of
mark-making and layering, willing the viewer closer, delaying their looking
engaging them with the surface. Her work is marked by a sense of loss of some
precious quality in the world or self. She explores notions of connectedness beyond
the self, and the absence that comes from a lack of being-in-relation between
human identity and nature.
Currency opens at Gallery 415
on November 15 at 18h00. Gallery
415 is situated at
415 Umgeni Road in Durban. More information on 031 309 6401 or visit www.gallery415.co.za
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