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ART EXHIBIT
Winter 2010 Greatmore Exhibition
Venue: Irma Stern Museum, Cecil Rd, Rosebank. Tel: (021) 685
5686.
Gallery Hours: Tue - Sat: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Duration: 3 - 31 Jul 2010
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The Irma Stern Trust, in partnership with Greatmore Street
Studios in Woodstock, is showing a selection of work from local artists as
a winter 2010 exhibition. Greatmore Street Studios provides artists, both
South African and international, with subsidized studio space for arts
projects and residencies. Local and visiting artists are encouraged to
interact and exchange skills, experiences and ideas while at the same time
making their own art.
The work for this exhibition has been selected from a
variety of South African artists who have worked in the studios at some
stage during the last decade. As the expertise, experience and
competencies of these artists vary and as their motivations, techniques
and ultimate objectives are by no means uniform, the resultant artworks
are diverse and embrace many different themes and topics.Some artists have
academic backgrounds, while others are self-taught.
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Some are experimenting with a range of techniques and
artistic media, while others are steadfast in their pursuit of a specially
chosen medium and stye. Some have access to resources on various levels
while others are more restricted in the availability of materials. Some
are producing a body of work with a view to an exhibition while others are
immersed in the process of creating for its own sake.
The end result in this case is a broad spectrum of works,
both figurative and abstract, which, not confined by a specific brief,
bear witness to the energy and commitment of those fortunate enough to
have been granted the freedom to work in a non-threatening and supportive
environment which is the embodiment of Greatmore Street Studios itself.
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