("Promontory
II" acrylic on canvas)
An exhibition titled (Re)viewed
by Terence King is currently running in artSPACE durban’s Middle Gallery.
King is a retired Professor in Fine Art and Art History at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where he had been since the
mid-1980s, having previously taught at the Universities of the Witwatersrand
and South Africa, and Technikon Natal.
Rooted in observation, the works aim to engage three
long-established genres in painting and drawing; the figure, the physical
environment and the still-life, with a view to marrying the concrete subject
and the subject imagined.
Still-life, traditionally associated with displays of
material possession, can also represent a world of work – the tools of trade in
domestic and manufacturing settings – which are here presented on surfaces
reminiscent of the tablelands of the inland landscape.
The landscape works, in turn, are based on the ways in which
natural markers, such as these hills around Harrismith, tend to punctuate the geometry
of agriculture. Familiar markers of routes travelled, with a deceptive sense of
constancy, these landforms are in actuality fragile and impermanent.
The compression of space is also a feature of the figurative
works, in which flat planes are intended to create uncomplicated settings in
which to observe the sitter. The notions of watching and of exposure, typically
critical elements in rendering the nude figure, constitute a major part of the
content of the drawings.
Terence King will conduct a walkabout on February 28 at
11h00.
(Re)viewed runs
until March 7 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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