New R5 coin designer’s work among those showcased online
The most recent work to be showcased was that of artist and activist, Lady Skollie.
Everard Read Gallery in Rosebank has continued to support individual artists and their work.
The gallery has launched a multifaceted online programme that gives deserved attention to individual artists and their works. The exhibition programme called From The Archives, is an opportunity for the curatorial team to select and share works by artists that have made a significant impression on the curators. Some of these pieces have been exhibited previously at Everard Read; some have been shown individually, some have travelled to art fairs and exhibitions around the world and some have never been seen before.
Each week, Everard Read will highlight one artist, and present either one or a selection of their works. From 28 April; the work of Laura Windvogel, otherwise known as Lady Skollie, was showcased. Skollie, an artist and activist based in Johannesburg, was commissioned in 2019 to design the new R5 coin to commemorate 25 years of constitutional democracy in South Africa.
“Filled with bold colour, god-like figures and suggestive fruits, Skollie’s ink, watercolour and crayon paintings revolve around themes of gender, sex and the politics of lust, consumption, as well as her musings on identity,” reads the review by Everard Read Gallery.
The gallery also acknowledged that Skollie’s work had been exhibited widely across South Africa, and at a number of international solo and group exhibitions and art fairs. In 2017, along with Tschabalala Self and Abe Odedina, the artist contributed artwork for the stage design of a gala performance of The Children’s Monologues, a benefit held by the charitable organisation Dramatic Need, directed by Danny Boyle and held at Carnegie Hall in New York.
She has been featured on BBC Africa and CNN International on African Voices, as well as on the BBC World Service’s online and radio series, In the Studio. Skollie was also included in the 2018 edition of OkayAfrica’s 100 Women, an annual list which honours women across 10 different fields for their achievements and influence. She was recognised with the 2019 Mbokodo Award for Art and Design, which honours the pioneering spirit of South African women advancing the arts.
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