NSFW (Not Suitable for Work) is a solo exhibition by Dane Stops opening
at the Durban University of Technology Art Gallery on November 7.
The exhibition
consists of work completed in partial fulfilment of a Master’s degree in
Graphic Design. This body of work is an investigation into the artistic
exploration of the nude figure. Stops explores various aspects of social media
and the internet and their contextual influence on contemporary society. “The
internet and associated media have influenced the way we communicate and
represent ourselves through selfies, emojis and hashtags,” she explains.
Stops looks at the
contemporary overlap between public and private spaces and plays on the
relationship between these two states; connecting the privacy of nudity and
figure drawing with public art forms such as graffiti and advertising media.
Almost all of the images that make up this exhibition were sourced online
through Google searches and Tumblr sites.
The work on show
makes use of a number of techniques, from traditional painting and drawing to
print media and spray-paint.
Stops is a graffiti
artist and a part-time lecturer in the Graphic Design department at the Durban
University of Technology. Follow him on Instagram: @danestops and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/danestops
NSFW (Not Suitable for Work) opens at 17h40 on November 7 at the Durban
University of Technology Art Gallery. For more information contact Gallery
Curator Francesca Verga on 031 373 2207 or email: francescav@dut.ac.za
The exhibition runs
until December 4 at 15h00. The DUT Art Gallery is situated on the first floor of
the Cecil Renaud Library Complex at DUT, 51 Steve Biko Road.
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