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current work


Memorystickwall (2011)
& Pooof ! (2010)
Unravelling... (2008)
Plastic (2000 - 2008)
Vessels (2005 - 2010)
Wordfry (2006)
Compost (1993-2000)


& Pooof !

6th April - 30th April 2010. Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town.



And Pooof !

The title of this exhibition is an absurd, ironical contrast to the reality of the creation and production of this exhibition. A 'pooof' is defined as a 'meticulously planned random event' where just about everything is explained by 'poof there it is' or poof , it's gone!'.

Pouring slip in and out of moulds for a long time beacame a meditation and an emptying out and letting go of fixed perceptions. I like the ambiguity that arises when setting different materials and processes together such as plastic and clay.

People often comment on the original Jik bottle the know and the copy they see, they are convinced what they see is plastic.


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Woman and Gum Woman and Gum Woman and Gum Woman and Gum
Woman and Gum (2008 - 2010)
Floor, wall installation, 837 units.
  Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  Camera and Projector.
  3,2m x 2,6m x 25cm


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Details of Woman and Gum
Floor, wall installation, 837 units.
  Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  3,2m x 2,6m x 25cm


The Baby The Baby
The Baby (2009)
Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  80cm x 50cm x 60cm


Woman and Gum Woman and Gum
Start-up (2008 - 2010)
Floor installation, 255 units.
  Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  1,7m x 1,5m x 25cm


watch start-up video play


Woman and Gum Woman and Gum
Delft Figure - female (2008)
Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  Perspex box, salt.
  145cm x 71cm x 50cm

Delft Figure - male (2008)
Porcelain, underglaze pigments.
  Perspex box, salt.
  145cm x 71cm x 50cm


Woman and Gum Woman and Gum
Displaced (2009)
Plastic, ballpoint, koki, beads, fishline, nuts, bolts and astroglass.
  70cm x 48cm

Exhibited at Fried Contemporary, Bodies in Transition Exhibition, 4th February - 7th March 2010

Despatched (2009)
Plastic, ballpoint, koki, beads, fishline, nuts, bolts and astroglass.
  70cm x 48cm

Exhibited at Fried Contemporary, Bodies in Transition Exhibition, 4th February - 7th March 2010


Woman and Gum Woman and Gum
The other of the same (2009)
Plastic, ballpoint, koki, beads, plastic figures, organza, nuts, bolts and perspex.
  130cm x 90cm

Exhibited at Fried Contemporary, Bodies in Transition Exhibition, 4th February - 7th March 2010



Painters Who Print Exhibition


31 October - 1 December 2010, Grande Provence Gallery, Franschoek

The sculptors accompanying the exhibition, 'Painters Who Print', were Lourens Joubert, Karin Lijnes And Wilma Cruise.

grande_provence
with Marilyn Martin





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