("Bird
Artefacts" by Anthea Martin & "Mountains" by Catherine
Stempowski)
Anthea Martin and Catherine Stempowski will present their
exhibition The Earth Laughs in the
Middle Gallery of artSPACE durban next week.
Anthea Martin looks at the decay of flowers, seeds, plants
and the cast off homes of sea creatures. A memento mori which reflects on
mortality and the vanity of earthly life. Memento mori has been an important
part of ascetic disciplines, as a means of cultivating detachment and turning
attention towards immortality of the soul and often to specific artistic
symbolic reminders of transience of all things. Martin’s charcoal drawings
explore these ideas by looking at flowers, seeds and shells.
Catherine Stempowski draws on her personal experience with
the landscape from the Central Drakensberg, specific areas in the Limpopo
Province, Mozambique and her garden. Through
charcoal drawing she explores the spaces between, the lost spaces, the hidden
places. This allows negative space to define the subject of rocks, plants, earth
and sky."Without light there are no shadows, there is no form," she
explains. Through her drawings one sees how moving light (the sun) fragments
structure, redefines shapes, and sets new horizons: a constant rebirth, an
ever-changing memory. Stempowski believes that she has to be barefoot to hear
the earth laugh.
Dr John Roome, Fine Art Lecturer at the Durban University of
Technology, will give the opening talk on November 3 at 18h00 for 18h30 and runs
until November 22 at 14h00. artSPACE durban is situated at 3 Millar Road (off
Umgeni Road) close to the Waste Centre. More information on 031 312 0793 or
visit www.artspacedurban.co.za or www.artspacedurban.blogspot.com
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