The Blue Caterpillar Gallery in Pietermaritzburg is currently hosting an
exhibition of new work by Angelika Anastasis.
Anastasis is an artist, writer and also a ceramic artist. She enjoys
colour and thought-provoking pieces, it was this aspect that recently won her
the 2017 KZN Regional award for Ceramics South Africa for ceramic portrait work
exhibited at the KZNSA Gallery in Durban. She works in mixed media which allows
her to adapt each painting to how she wants to shape that particular painting.
She is inspired by women focusing on their strengths, and their
vulnerabilities. She has exhibited locally and sells internationally.
She also writes stories that explain her art and bring about the
philosophy behind them. Her artwork is influenced by her psychology background
and she also received training as a hypnotherapist in the UK. Her creative side
also helps her escape the everyday life and she also has learned the
significance of symbols seeing them as hints of one’s own intuition to take
direction.
About her work, Ms Magnolia,
the artist says: “There is something powerful about her silence and her peace.
She must be silent because she is listening. The gentleness of the flowers
don't distract her, she is not listening to the forest or to people, so what is
she listening to? It's the sound of her own strength, the part of her that
doesn't need to take a cue from others,
a person of strength defines themselves through their ability to to
trust in their intuition and stand on their own if they need to. But she needs
to be careful not to isolate herself, she needs fodder from others, she needs
their thoughts, views and information,
but she must never lose the sound of our own heart. This is our core.
(“Athena” by Angelika
Anastasis)
About her work, Athena, the
artist says: “Inspired by my aunt Athena. Recently I was thinking about the
women in my life that I love and the ones I love most, with that "I'm in
awe of who you are" kind of way are women who have many layers. Most are
strong women who live life with gratitude and passion and who show their flaws,
(which we laugh at), their realness and their vulnerability.
It's the multidimensionality of their layers that evokes the love,
because a woman who can allow herself to be real can appreciate the essence in
another without needing her to fit inside a box. Thank you to the women who
define themselves and free others in the process.”
The Angelika Anastasis exhibition runs until the
end of August. Times for the gallery are the same as the business hours for
Butterflies for Africa.
Visit www.artsales.co.za to see the work that is available as well as the
‘story’ behind each painting.
The Blue Caterpillar Gallery is situated at the Butterflies for Africa
complex at 37 Willowton Road in Pietermaritzburg. Gallery hours are Tuesday to
Friday from 09h00 to 15h30, Saturdays 09h30 to 15h30 and Sundays 10h30 to
15h30.
More information from Jeni Cramer on 033 387 1356 or email
art@butterflies.co.za or visit www.butterflies.co.za
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