THE first Pop-Up exhibition of the year at Phansi Museum, by much-admired local artist Sibusiso Duma opened for public viewing last week Friday and closes end of February.
The exhibition is of a small selection of paintings and painted plates by the artist. Duma’s body of output spans a professional career launched in 1997 when he participated in his first group exhibition at the African Art Centre with Welcome Danca and Trevor Makhoba.
His use of personal iconography and metaphors harvested from everyday life manifest a fine balance between fantasy and reality.
The artist says he developed a talent for drawing at an early age and spent most of his time drawing houses and cars on the walls of his home.
“Much like my mentor, Trevor Makhoba, I reflect on my experiences of life with hints of humour and satire. It helps me to make sense of the social conditions of our time. My work is typified by the treatment of the surface, subject matter, composition and how I use space and colour which collectively create touches of mystery and intrigue,” he said.
“As society buckles under the weight of the economic crisis, so too goes the support of fine arts. It is not only individual artists who are reeling from the effects of a decrease in sales, many auction houses and art fairs are suffering the consequences. In addition to this, most artists find it difficult to market and sell their work effectively whilst they are trying to produce new work for the market. With this initiative, Phansi Museum would like to join all the other art galleries and associations in Durban in exposing the works of art of our local artists to larger audiences,” said the Museum’ Sharon Crampton.
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Duma’s work has become increasingly drawn toward pointillism, a painting technique elaborated from the impressionists in which dots of colour are juxtaposed on flat surfaces.
In 2010, he was selected as one of ten finalists in the ABSA Atelier Exhibition in Johannesburg for a painting executed in this technique.
Phansi Museum is at 500 Esther Roberts Road, Glenwood. Opening times: Daily from 08:00 – 15:00 and Saturday 10:00 – 14:00
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