collecting consciousness //catalogue

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1 collecting consciousness //catalogue

2 collecting consciousness a solo exhibition by corné theron 22 july - 08 august 2017

3 It turns out that our brains use the same intelligent guessing process to reconstruct the past, in addition to using it help perceive the world. Memory itself is not like a video-recording, with a moment-by-moment sensory image. In fact, it s more like a puzzle: we piece together our memories, based on both what we actually remember and what seems most likely given our knowledge of the world. Just as we make educated guesses in perception, our minds best educated guesses help fill in the gaps of memory, reconstructing the most plausible picture of what happened in our past.' Scientific American Blurring the Boundary between Perception and Memory.

4 Installation view of Collecting Consciousness by Corné Theron DBS Project Space

5 Perception (2017) Oil on canvas 75 x 90 cm R

6 Extraction (2017) Oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm R

7 Installation view of Collecting Consciousness by Corné Theron DBS Project Space

8 Oblivion (2017) 30 x 30 cm Oil on panel R

9 Recognition (2017) 30 x 30 cm Oil on panel R

10 Consideration (2017) 30 x 30 cm Oil on panel R

11 Abstraction (2017) 30 x 30cm Oil on panel R Reflection (2017) 30 x 30cm Oil on panel R Pursuit (2017) 30 x 30 cm Oil on panel R

12 (detail) Reflection (2017) 30 x 30 cm Oil on panel R

13 Installation view of Collecting Consciousness by Corné Theron DBS Project Space

14 Awareness (2017) 40,5 x 25 cm Oil on panel R

15 Cognition (2017) 40,5 x 25 cm Oil on panel R

16 Installation view of Collecting Consciousness by Corné Theron DBS Project Space

17 Colligation (2017) 80 x 50 cm Oil on panel R

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19 Elusion (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R Diffusion (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R Synapse (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R

20 Elusion (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R

21 Diffusion (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R

22 Synapse (2017) 30 x 30 cm digital collage, laserprint on archival paper, edition 1 / 1 R

23 A selection of recent oil paintings and other new works including digital collage by Cape Town based artist, CornéTheron will be on view at the DEAD BUNNY SOCIETY project space in Ellis House, New Doornfontein, Johannesburg from the 22nd of July. In this body of work Theron has decided to base her paintings and collage on vintage photographic portraits of individuals in the art and design industry that inspires her own work as an artist. It is a narrative between two generations describing the processes of becoming who we are. BIOGRAPHY Corné Theron is a contemporary figurative artist. She was born in Worcester on 7 January She matriculated in Bloemfontein and went on to study law at the University of the Orange Free State, graduating in 1997 with an LLB, after which she married and moved to Swellendam. She currently lives on a wine farm in the Breedekloof. She practised as a conveyancer for two years, but resigned and started writing and illustrating a children s book. This set her on the path of the arts and she took private art classes. She participated in several exhibitions and was shortlisted for the 2017 Taxi Art Award. She has sold works to collectors in various parts of the country and overseas. Selected exhibitions include: Turbine Art Fair 2017: Group exhibition by Millenium Gallery, including works by Willem Boshoff, Lothar Bottcher, Doris Bloom, Carl Jeppe, Sanele Omari Jali. March 2017: Letterlik, a Group exhibition at Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, including works by Pierneef, Anton Smit, Nadrie Botha, Marlene Dumas, Gabriela Orzechowski, Edoardo Villa. February 2017: Humanity, a Group exhibition at Absolut Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, including works by Picasso, Pierneef, Dumas, Vusi Beauchamp, Frans Oerder, San-Mare Raubenheimer. November 2016: Content in Contemporary: Group Exhibition curated by Langeveldt Fine Art, including Hanneke Benade, Wilhelm Saayman and Trude Gunther. THAT ART FAIR 2016 Profile Pic, an exhibition inspired by the Whatsapp and Facebook profile pictures of the Breedekloof residents Touch, a tactile exhibition for blind people which I co-curated with award winning Angeline Le Roux, Mymering, focusing on the Breedekloof as my refuge; Two student group exhibitions at Rust-and-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville;

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