The ROOM
Gallery/Projects in Johannesburg is hosting an exhibition of new and recent
drawings on paper by Ann Roberts.
Born in Durban in
1965, she studied fine art at the Natal Technikon. Whilst pursuing a successful
career in film, she continued to practice art under the tuition of Daryl
Hossack, Robyn Penn and Greg Kerr, focusing primarily on the human figure.
Whilst she was co-owner of film company Terraplane, Roberts was also involved
in several creative projects, including the creation of a video art exhibition
with Trasi Henen, Art in the Dark and
William Kentridge’s 9 Films,
producing an award-winning piece of Afrikaans theatre Die Nagloper; publishing a children’s book of illustrations by
Waddy Jones’ (AKA Ninja) and producing a number of Die Antwoord’s music videos.
Living in
Johannesburg with her husband, SAMA-winning music producer Dan Roberts, the
artist believes art and creativity should be an integral part of daily life and
is constantly striving to get further immersed in the creative process.
In this exhibition,
Roberts explores the obese human form and its movement through charcoal studies
using the collotypes of Eadweard Muybridge as a point of reference. The
starting point of the artist’s current body of work began with her interest in
what lies beneath the skin and while on this track of exploration and while
looking at the work of Francis Bacon she came across Muybridge’s little known
series of the "gargantuan woman".
The exhibition runs
until January 20, 2014, at ROOM Space #4, 70 Juta Precinct, in Braamfontein,
Johannesburg.
ROOM’s programme in
2013 is funded by Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) NPC, an
internationally-recognised South African development agency which incorporates
the arts into, and contributes to, corporates' commercial success. With a suite
of integrated programmes, Business and Arts South Africa NPC encourages
mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts. Business and
Arts South Africa NPC was founded in 1997 as a joint initiative of government
and the business sector, to secure the future development of the arts industry
in South Africa, through increased corporate sector involvement. Established as
a Non Profit Company, Business and Arts South Africa NPC is accountable to both
government and its business members.
For more information visit http://www.urbanartprojects.org/ROOM_files/%20ANN%20ROBERTS%20EXHIBITION%20CATALOGUE%20MFR.pdf
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