ART EXHIBIT

"Composed" by Malcolm Dare, "Mari Yebepa" by Gerald Machona and "Mini Me" by Various Artists

Venue: AVA, 35 Church St, Cape Town. Tel: (021) 424 7436.
Gallery Hours: Mon - Fri: 10:00am to 5:00pm, Sat: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Duration: 23 Aug - 17 Sep 2010

Composed is a series of photographic portraits of artists in their studios and work environments. Dare allows the viewer into the artist's private world, moments of contemplation, humour and concentration are captured in these portraits as artist becomes muse. Dare has worked as a professional photographer in Cape Town and in the Netherlands. In 2006 he was awarded with a certificate of excellence at the 2006 Fujifilm photographic awards.

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Gerald Machona born in Zimbabwe completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts Michaelis School of Fine Arts in 2009. Machona presents Mari Yebepa (Paper Money) in the Long Gallery.  Machona has participated in a number of group shows most recently US II curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Njami at the Iziko South African National Gallery and the Refugee day exhibition curated by Patricia Matongo at the Cape Creative Centre.

Mini Me is the ArtReach Fundraiser for 2010. Established and emerging Artists have donated miniature works to be sold for a set price of R790.00.  Miniature art has been made for thousands of years and is often prized by collectors. All proceeds go towards the AVA ArtReach Fund.
The ArtReach Fund was founded by the committee of AVA in the late 1980s; its vision was to create a fund that would assist needy and deserving visual artists with their art-related needs. Twenty-eight years later it is still going strong.

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