(Above: Gert Swart, We Have
All Dreamt of Flying, painted jacaranda, and yellowwood)
For Istine, with love and gratitude by Gert Swart
Gert Swart’s exhibition Towards Easter Sunday 2025: Who am I? is running in the Main Gallery at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg until April 27,2025.
Swart’s exhibition, Towards Easter Sunday 2025: Who am I? mainly consists of a series of sculptural portals interspersed with other sculptures that mark the passage of time in his career as a sculptor.
The idea of an exhibition of portals was born out of his Contemplation: A Body of Work by Gert Swart exhibition also held at the Tatham Art Gallery in 1997. (www.gertswart.com)
Gert said, “In hindsight I can see that the contemplative act, in my 1997 exhibition, became the bedrock for me to explore, who I am through a series of sculptural portals in relationship to everything else.”
Carl Jung said, 'People will do anything to avoid facing their own souls'. It is hoped that those who engage with these sculptural portals on this exhibition will be brave enough to look deep into their own souls and thereby find answers to that universal question: 'Who Am I?'
The final part of the exhibition’s educational programme takes place on Tuesday April 15 at 11h00, Prof. Jorella Andrews (Goldsmiths University) and Walter Hayn (also from the UK) will present a lecture/ slide show and walkabout on Swart’s exhibition.
Booking for this programme is essential – contact reena.bhoodram@msunduzi.gov.za or 033 392 2823