EVERYTHING I Never Told You, a solo exhibition by Bernice Stott, opens on 1 February at Artplus Gallery, 32 Solstice Road, uMhlanga, with a walkabout with the artist on Thursday, 8 February at 11am.
The Durban artist opens her new solo exhibition in which she considers a less obvious and opposing view of the female body using pen and ink drawings rendered on lightweight acid free paper, displayed in suspension so both the front and the reverse side of the image can be viewed.
“The reverse side is more ethereal and mysterious than the ‘front’ view, presuming the ‘front’ view to be explicit. It is a resistant view in that the sensuousness of the body is subtle and the subject seems to have more ownership of how she wishes to be viewed. The human narrative holds mystery for me and is at the centre of my work. I am also intrigued by the female body in contemporary South Africa and social issues of the environment. Currently I am drawing and painting although photography has led me to into the media of video and performance art. Art making feeds my soul: it is a place of solitude yet it provides me with an engagement of both my internal and external life,” considers Stott.
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Stott has worked across disciplines in the media of painting, photography, sculpture, installation and performance art. Her associated activities have included curatorship of exhibitions and community art projects. Nationally she has exhibited in several centres, including the acclaimed Liquid Light at artSPACE Durban (2014). She has a Masters Degree in Fine Arts and an Honours Degree in Drama and has taught in both the Fine Arts and the Drama Departments of Durban University of Technology, and the Drama Department of UKZN.
The gallery also retails art supplies, offers workshops and lessons and boasts a comfortable coffee shop. Visit www.artplus.co.za or contact 031 584 7016.
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