Franchise<\/a> gallerist Lara Rivera breaks into curating her first group show at the famed 44 Stanley space. Surface<\/i> features paintings by a fantastic ensemble of artists: Luan Nel, Virginia MacKenny, Moshekwa Langa, Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, Trasi Henen and Themba Shibase; the exhibition’s “emphasis is on discovery and celebration of painting as the embodiment of surface.”<\/p>\n![Too Close Together II, by emerging local star, Trasi Henen, 2005. Trasi, wanna swap art with me?](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/henen.jpg?w=850\")
\nToo Close Together II, by emerging local star, Trasi Henen, 2005. Trasi, wanna swap art with me?<\/small><\/p>\n
Show closes 29th October and is most certainly worth seeing. Go, then have lunch, cuz 44 Stanley is nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Not for Data by Virginia MacKenny, 2005 – a huge and beautiful series. We like her a lot. And Franchise gallerist Lara Rivera breaks into curating her first group show at the famed 44 Stanley space. Surface features paintings by a fantastic ensemble of artists: Luan Nel, Virginia MacKenny, Moshekwa Langa, Dorothee Kreutzfeldt, Trasi Henen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-south-african-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9blZT-dD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1519,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/09\/trasi-henen-at-stellenbosch\/","url_meta":{"origin":845,"position":0},"title":"Trasi Henen at stellenbosch…","author":"nathaniel","date":"09 August 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "art"","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"smac_henen_invite.JPG","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/smac_henen_invite.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":818,"url":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/05\/art-in-jhb-and-ght\/","url_meta":{"origin":845,"position":1},"title":"art in JHB and GHT","author":"nathaniel","date":"05 October 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"First off, big ups and big welcomes to AJ Venter, the newest guest blogger on this site. 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![Not for Data by Virginia MacKenny, 2005 - a huge and beautiful series](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/mackenny_01.jpg?w=850\")