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ART EXHIBIT
Group Exhibition
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: 9 - 27 Feb 2009
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The Dance Paintings by Polly Alakija capture
in monumental scale the human movement in dance. Rhythmic, dynamic and
lyrical, this body of work reflects endless hours of observation at the
'Dance for all Studios'. Alakija's recognizable style has won her awards
as an illustrator and The Dance Paintings promise to expand her already
growing audience. Born in the UK she lived in Nigeria for 15 years before
moving to Cape Town in 2005. The Dance Paintings, her second solo
exhibition at the AVA employs the Main Gallery and is accompanied by Jenny
Parsons in the Long Gallery.
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Jenny Parsons an established urban landscape painter
explores the mixed residential and industrial area in Salt River, Cape
Town. Renowned as a colourist her recent paintings capture the layered
history of human habitation on land. Parsons has held many lecturing
positions across the country and has worked full time as an artist since
2000.
Christopher Zinner a recent graduate from Ruth Prowse presents his
first solo exhibition A Family Body in the Artsstrip. This
auto-biographical body of work emotively captures the human condition.
Painterly rendered faces express universal power structures within
relationships.
In the New Media Gallery Hanneke Benade, Tamlin Blake and Marlise Keith
exhibit Keepsakes a collection of re-worked magic lantern slides
mounted in small light boxes. Within these small and intimate spaces the
artists present to the viewer exotic views, scenes, ceremonies and some
possibly salacious surprises that resonate from their inner creative
spaces.
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