Celebrated Venda artist, Noria Mabasa, exhibits new works in clay and wood at Bell-Roberts Gallery. The themes of these works are conceptually rooted in Venda mythology and clay works combine female forms and faces with traditional pot forms. Mabasa runs an art school in Venda from where she instructs her students in the dying art of clay-pot and sculpture making. She started working in clay in 1974 and, motivated by a dream, two years later became the first Venda woman to work in wood. She has exhibited both locally and abroad.
In 2003, Mabasa was awarded the prestigious national award of “Silver Level of the Order of the Baobab” for her “exceptional achievements in unique forms of fine arts under trying circumstances”.
Noria has also participated in various exhibitions locally and internationally since 1985 and her work is represented in major corporate and private collections worldwide.
The exhibition runs from 28 January until 21 February 2009.
Bell-Roberts Gallery & Publishing
Ground Floor,Fairweather House
176 Sir Lowry Road
Woodstock
7925
RSA
T. +27 (0)21 465 9108
F. +27 (0)86 656 5931
E. info@bell-roberts.com
W. www.bell-roberts.com
Pigment on Paper, showing at the new UCA Gallery in Observatory from 28 January – 28 February, presents work by five local artists, the commonality being the paper on which the images appear.
To start at the conceptual beginning: think sketchbook, pencil, charcoal, ink. The work on paper is, perhaps, the foundation of the artwork; the line drawn on the page as a means of artistic exploration, which may (or may not) lead to other media. Pushing the idea further, one finds printmaking, watercolour painting, photography. Possibly the most recent development in this conceptual constellation of works on paper is a relationship to graphic design and illustration, with which the traditional perception of “fine art” is becoming increasingly comfortable. What results is an inclusive creative display, beginning and ending with pigment on paper.
Pigment on Paper will open on Wednesday, 28 January at 6pm and closes on Saturday 28 February.
UCA GALLERY
46 Lower Main Road
Observatory
Cape Town
TEL: 021 447 4132
info@ucagallery.co.za
www.ucagallery.co.za
Michael Stevenson is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photographs by Pieter Hugo from 15 January – 21 February 2009.
The gallery is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
Hugo will give a walkabout in aid of the Friends of the National Gallery on Friday 16 January at 11am; cost is R20 (members and non-members).
Michael Stevenson
Ground floor, Buchanan Building
160 Sir Lowry Road
Woodstock
Cape Town
Tel 021 462 1500
Fax 021 462 1501
www.michaelstevenson.com
The exhibition will run from 15 January - 14 February 2009
Brodie/Stevenson
ground floor, 373 Jan Smuts Avenue
Craighall
Johannesburg.
Email info@brodiestevenson.com
Telephone +27 (0)11 326 0034
Fax +27 (0)11 326 0041.
Hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10.30am to 5.30pm, and Saturday from 9.30am to 3pm.
For more information go to www.brodiestevenson.com
