Trailing the trappists
The exhibition, which will include photographs, paintings and multi-media artworks, will open at the St Anne’s Hall at 11.30am on Sunday, 5 November.
A COLLECTIVE of 16 Durban artists, working in various media, will host an exhibition, Trailing the Trappists, at St Anne’s Hall in Mariannhill from 5 to 13 November, visually acknowledging and celebrating the extraordinary impact an obscure, tenacious and pioneering order of Catholic monks made in KwaZulu-Natal more than 135 years ago.
The exhibition, which will include photographs, paintings and multi-media artworks, will open at the St Anne’s Hall at 11.30am on Sunday, 5 November. Archbishop Emeritus Khumalo CMM will be speaking at the opening.
Respected historian and conservation architect Robert Brusse will give a talk at St Anne’s Hall at 11am on Saturday 11 November ahead of an exhibition walkabout presented by artist Joan Martin.
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The exhibition is a paean to the extraordinary pioneering spirit, tenacity, resourcefulness and unflinching faith of the small group of 31 monks under the leadership of Father Franz Pfanner sent to establish a religious colony in south-eastern Natal in 1879.
The group of artists was first made aware of the Trappists about five years ago. Members of the group have also visited the archives at Mariannhill and based their artworks on the architectural drawings of Brother Nivard as well as a series of fascinating early photographs taken of the priests working with the community.
Entry is free and all are welcome.
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