01 May - 31 May 2008

The exhibition comprises a set of one off photographs, drawings, paintings and prints and includes the launch of Zander’s first book, The Drain of Progress - A Catalogue Raisonné that provides a unique view of a stage set upon which Blom’s ongoing modernist experiment occurs.With the highest degree of sincerity Zander Blom questions the personal relevance and motives of the modernist visual artists before him. How did it feel to be the true “avant-garde”? Moreover, of what personal relevance is Modernism when viewed as a series of cultural movements that stretch back as far as the 1890’s? His investigation of modernism is much like a child being presented with a watch, and in order to understand it - he immediately takes it apart.

Working as an artist since 2002, Zander Blom’s physical output includes painting, drawing, printmaking, installation and photography (primarily as a means to document the development of his physical works).

The Drain of Progress was launched in September 2007 along with a major exhibition at the Rooke Gallery (JHB) and was chosen as one of the Top 5 Art exhibitions in Johannesburg 2007 by The Sunday Independent. Zander Blom appears at Whatiftheworld / Gallery as part of a collaboration with the Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg.

A noteworthy event on this year’s arts calendar, this exhibition will feature a new series of lithographs that André Naude produced at the Artists’ Press studio in Mpumalanga. This unique workplace near White River offers artists the opportunity to experiment under the guidance of master printmaker Mark Attwood. The studio has already played host to top artists such as Robert Hodgins, William Kentridge, Conrad Botes and Colbert Mashile, to name but a few. Many of their numbered prints have found their way to important art collections right across the world.

Where: The Worldart Gallery, 95 Commissioner Street (Between Rissik and Loveday Streets).
When:1pm on Saturday 24 May 2008. Exhibition closes 21 June 2008.

For more information, contact charl@worldart.co.za, on 011 492 0074 or 082 901 5045, or visit www.worldart.co.za