(Above: Work by Marianne Meijer - acrylic on canvas)
Opening on September 2, 2022, at the KZNSA Gallery will be an exhibition that will celebrate the life and art of their friend and colleague, the late Marianne Meijer (1935 - 2020).
A large selection of paintings from her studio collection will explore her range and versatility over the years. This includes a body of artworks first exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery - Rembrandt - A Love Affair. In her later work, Meijer turned to pure abstraction and this exciting series is being exhibited for the first time. She painted this series when she was 84, shortly before her passing.
Educated in Holland, Meijer emigrated to South Africa in 1958. Her involvement with the art community of Durban dates back nearly 40 years as an artist, as an active KZNSA council member, Friends of the DAG chair person, art columnist for The Mercury and The Daily News and assistant editor of DARTS Magazine.
There have been many group shows and she has staged eight solo exhibitions: one at the Market Gallery in Johannesburg, three at the KZNSA, also solo shows at the Grassroots Gallery, artSpacedurban, the Bonisa Gallery and the Durban Art Gallery.
Curator Bren Brophy says, "Her works have a confidence, a clarity of focus, and a vision that is hewn from a lifetime of dedicated art making. The paintings are as simple or as complicated as the viewer makes them. Meijer's works are evocative rather than descriptive of a familiar subject. Her works give voice to a collective ethos we call life."
Proceeds from the exhibition will support the work of the KZNSA Gallery. The exhibition will run until September 18, 2022.
For more information, contact gallery@kznsagallery.co.za
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