ASSEMBLANCE A Modern Journey / 21 April - 20 May www.absolutart.co.za 19 Ryneveld Street 1St Floor Gallery Stellenbosch 021 882 9296 Featuring artists like Norman Catherine, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Schalk Van der Merwe, Ernst De Jong, Bastiaan Van Stenis and many more.
Modern art was a response to the subjective, factual nature of the industrial age. Artists sought to express themselves through their art. An expression of their perspective, emotions and soul. A trademark of the industrial revolution was urbanisation. As more people made their way into the city in search of jobs, life as they knew it would also change. New forms of leisure and enjoyment became a major influence in modern art. Art was no longer academic or reserved only for the rich and famous. People started making art about things that interested them - people, places and abstract ideas. Many artists who we hold dear today come from that era. Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne and the like. Early impressionists ruffled the feathers with their new ways. Pictures were constructed from freely brushed colours as opposed to the more rigid, structured academic painting. On top of that, much of their work was done in the open air. One could definitely describe this part of history as one where new ways and ideas were the order of the day. The impressionist movement was well represented by Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and company. A short while later artists like van Gogh and Munch were seeking ways to portray art with an element of exaggeration and abstraction. This move saw little pockets of change pop up all over Germany and was often done to evoke moods and ideas. These movements continued for a number of years and its influence was not only limited to art. Other parts of society, such as music, theatre and even architecture, were also to explore new measures of expression.
NORMAN CATHERINE Crocodile man, Oil on carved wood, 340mm 1
WALTER BATTISS Bananas, Screenprint 27/30, 400 x 600mm 2
NORMAN CATHERINE Man with two birds, Signed, Oil on carved wood, 320mm 3
BEN EAGLE Composition of coloured shapes, Signed & dated, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm 4
ALEXANDER CALDER La Piege (The Trap), Signed in pencil, Edition 120/150, Lithograph, 790 x 600mm 5
BEN EAGLE Composition of red & blue, Signed, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm 6
ANDREW VERSTER Still life, Signed & dated 92, Etching & hand coloured, 990 x 700mm 7
ERNST DE JONG Fossil shell, Signed & dated 1993, Oil on board, 255 x 305mm 8
BETTIE CILLIERS-BARNARD Abstract composition, Signed & dated 1967, Oil on board, 400 x 600mm 9
PETER CLARKE Still life of pomegranates, Signed & dated 13/6/1973, Acrylic on board, 500 x 370mm 10
ERNST DE JONG Murex shell, Signed & dated 1988, Oil on Board, 200 x 250mm 11
PIERRE ALECHINSKY Fighting roosters, Signed & dated 2013, Edition 71/99, Etching, 150 x 80mm 12
JOAN MIRO Composition, From the suite, Signed in pencil, edition XXI/XXV (21/25), Lithograph, 540 x 750mm 13
BEN EAGLE Blue, Signed, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm 14
ANNA VERSCHOYLE Still life in turquoise, Signed & dated 63, Oil on canvas, 760 x 610mm 15
ERNST DE JONG Tulip, Signed & dated 1994, Oil on board, 290 x 270mm 16
BASTIAAN VAN STENIS Guider, Signed, Mixed media on canvas, 1200 x 1000mm 17
CHRISTO COETZEE Malay Bride, Signed & dated 86, Mixed media on paper, 630 x 500mm 18
MARITHA VAN AMEROM Gcina Mlophe, Found paper, ink & silk thread, 705 x 505mm 19
GABRIELA ORZECHOWSKI Succulent, Signed, Oil on panel, 600 x 900mm 20
SCHALK VAN DER MERWE Female of the species, Signed, Mixed Media on paper, 1000 x 700mm 21
WALTER BATTISS Moving birds, Signed, Screenprint, Edition 15/30, 400 x 600mm 22
BASTIAAN VAN STENIS Fly us to the moon, Signed, Mixed media on canvas, 1200 x 1000mm 23
NORMAN CATHERINE Man with fox, Oil on carved wood, 320mm 24
SCHALK VAN DER MERWE Wednesday wonderland, Mixed media on canvas, 1500 x 1200mm 25
ANDREW VERSTER Still Life with jugs and vessels, Signed & dated 1996, Oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm 26
ANDREW VERSTER Still life with a man, bird and water jug, Signed & dated 1996, Oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm 27
ERNST DE JONG Mangoes, Signed & dated 1999, Oil on canvas, 740 x 590mm 28
CARL BUCHNER Still life - white flowers, Oil on board, 750 x 540mm 29
GABRIELA ORZECHOWSKI Delicious Monster, Signed, Oil on panel, 600 x 900mm 30
BASTIAAN VAN STENIS I will bring the beast to your lonely nights, Mixed media on canvas, 1300 x 1100mm 31
INDEX 1 - Norman Catherine: Crocodile man 2 - Walter Battiss: Bananas 3 - Norman Catherine: Man with two birds 4 - Ben Eagle: Composition of coloured shapes 5 - Alexander Calder: La Piege 6 - Ben Eagle: Composition of red & blue 7 - Andrew Verster: Still Life 8 - Ernst de Jong: Fossil Shell 9 - Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: Abstract Composition 10 - Peter Clarke: Still life of pomegranates 11 - Ernst de Jong: Murex shell 12 - Pierre Alechinsky: Fighting roosters 13 - Joan Miro: Composition 14 - Ben Eagle: Blue 15 - Anna Verschoyle: Still life in turquoise 16 - Ernst de Jong: Tulip 17 - Bastiaan van Stenis: Guider 18 - Christo Coetzee: Malay Bride 19 - Maritha van Amerom: Gcina Mlophe 20 - Gabriela Orzechowski: Succulent 21 - Schalk Van der Merwe: Female of the species 22 - Walter Battiss: Moving Birds 23 - Bastiaan van Stenis: Fly us to the moon 24 - Norman Catherine: Man with fox 25 - Schalk Van der Merwe: Wednesday wonderland 26 - Andrew Verster: Still life with jugs and vessels 27 - Andrew Verster: Still life with a man, bird and water jug 28 - Ernst de Jong: Mangoes 29 - Carl Buchner: Still life - White Flowers 30 - Gabriela Orzechowski: Delicious Monster 31 - Bastiaan van Stenis: I will bring the beast to your lonely nights