LEON BOTHA AND GORDON CLARK EXHIBITION at JOAO FERREIRA GALLERY (CT)

A very talented friend of mine Leon Botha has an amazing exhibition running in town until the 13th of February. This is a must see exhibition!

“Who Am I ? …Transgressions”


Foreword by Professor Sandra Vandermerwe:

“The key theme which runs through Who Am I? …Transgressions is mortality and immortality and how we live our lives within the time we have, which, Leon
argues, is in any event, transient for all of us. How shall we be judged? How shall we judge?
The artists ask us to question old perceptions and old values and examine ourselves through a new lens in a landscape part underworld, part world.
The images force many questions to the forefront. Whilst there is obvious reference to Leon’s condition, like a mythological giant, the
cameo challenges everything in our makeup…
The two artists empathetically dare, and dare us to transgress and disrupt the order and comfort of life and explore the idea of what it means to be
human. And examine the most important question – The condition of mankind?
What is normal… and what is not? What does dark mean? How near am I to it and from it?
Beyond the obvious, the images take us to a poetic space where we are all searching for the same thing and we realize; questions posed are not just
for Leon but for each one of us. “I want to show reality, not hide it “ says Clark “and Leon is the perfect metaphor for doing this. He shows up both the fragility and strenght,
the light and the dark, of which we are all part, and of which, we are all made.”

The exhibion opens 6 pm on the 13th at Joao Ferreira Gallery at 70 Loop Street, Cape Town. And will be showing until the 13th of February.

Contact details
Phone: +27 21 423 5403
Fax: +27 21 423 2136
info@joaoferreiragallery.com
www.joaoferreiragallery.com

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