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People who have not yet heard about it, we are rejoicing here in Pretoria (Tshwane) because of a new SERIOUS gallery that opened its doors in Brooklyn recently. This promises to be a hub for cutting-edge contemporary art in our area, and we also like the look and feel of the place. Very classy and ‘we mean business’ attitude.<\/p>\n
The sculptor Guy du Toit opened his ‘Retrospective’ last week, called “More (than) Histories”. By ‘retrospective’ he is actually talking about his own re-makes of bits and pieces of his memory concerning elements in his own history, albeit all new works. The Gulliver-esque ambience originates from an overwhelming amount of objects wall-mounted in one room.<\/p>\n
Objects ranging from a spoon, rosebush twigs, a milk carton, hammer, chisel, plants, and a funnel, meet with noses, mouths, ears and hands. Juxtaposing these are the miniature figurines, some hobbit-like, others anciently african and animal, some moulded into mirror-images of top-versus bottom attached to the same base to form a strange dream-like feeling very much divorced from reality.<\/p>\n
Exquisitely cast in bronze, Guy succeeds in transforming ordinary objects like pouches and candelabra into very desirable objects. Add a few disembodied fingers and life-sized chairs, and viewers leave the space with a sense of nostalgia, yearning and enchantment.<\/p>\n
On till 18 September, Fried Contemporary,
\n430 Charles St Brooklyn
\nPretoria 0181
\nSOUTH AFRICA
\nTel\/fax +27 12 346 0158<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
People who have not yet heard about it, we are rejoicing here in Pretoria (Tshwane) because of a new SERIOUS gallery that opened its doors in Brooklyn recently. This promises to be a hub for cutting-edge contemporary art in our area, and we also like the look and feel of the place. 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