Exhibition:
Adelle van Zyl
Venue: UNISA Art Gallery
(Kgorong Building, Ground Floor, UNISA, Preller
St, Pretoria)
Date: Tuesday 4 April 2017 (Exhibition from 1 - 21 April 2017)
Time: 10:30
Cost: Lunch
at own cost at Cafe 41 in Groenkloof
About the event: Adelle van Zyl
is an illustrator of children’s books and graphic designer. She will walk us
through the exhibition and talk about her artworks on display.
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Adelle van Zyl
posted in S(H)ELVES . Adelle van Zyl March 16 at
5:27am Press Release for S(H)ELVES “For what you really collect is
always yourself” (Baudrillard 1996) In her Masters Degree exhibition titled
S(H)ELVES, Adelle van Zyl engages with the phenomena of collecting and
hoarding on a personal level. Through intra- and interpersonal relationships
with her father, her husband, and herself, she explores how people surround
themselves with objects that become a reflection of their owner. Through
the medium of installation the artist invites the viewer to immerse
themselves in the density of these persons’ living spaces, offering a
glimpse into their complex and idiosyncratic personas. The exhibition aims
to offer a sympathetic view of anyone who was ever faced with a mass of
objects that are, on the surface, meaningless, but really form the fabric
of their lives. In The Collector, the artist created an almost exact
replica of her father’s study. Through the sourcing of near identical items
she constructs a one-to-one scale map. The main theme that is deliberated
through this installation are the concepts of progression and regression.
The completion of the collection becomes an important factor in this work,
as Van Zyl’s father is in the process of
completing his collection, in order to bequeath it to his grandchildren.
The Quiet Man is based on the artist’s husband and their struggle to
communicate within their relationship. The installation is an exaggeration
of his assemblage of “stuff”: pc components and cables are applied as media
and as metaphor for broken communication. Through this installation the
artist considers how their combined hobby – birding - can be seen as a way
of collecting but also as a channel for communication. The Pockets Of My
Jeans consists of a very personal and meaningful collection of yellow items
from the artist’s past, stacked and layered in a column stretching from
floor to ceiling. Within this work the artist explores the idea that
meaning is created through our collections of objects – the basis of her
search for a spirituality that exists outside of formal religion.
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Press
Release for S(H)ELVES
“For what you really collect is always yourself”
(Baudrillard 1996)
In her Masters Degree exhibition titled
S(H)ELVES, Adelle van Zyl engages with the phenomena of collecting
and hoarding on a personal level. Through intra- and interpersonal
relationships with her father, her husband, and herself, she
explores how people surround themselves with objects that become a
reflection of their owner. Through the medium of installation the
artist invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the density of
these persons’ living spaces, offering a glimpse into their complex
and idiosyncratic personas. The exhibition aims to offer a
sympathetic view of anyone who was ever faced with a mass of
objects that are, on the surface, meaningless, but really form the
fabric of their lives.
In The Collector, the artist created an almost
exact replica of her father’s study. Through the sourcing of near
identical items she constructs a one-to-one scale map. The main
theme that is deliberated through this installation are the
concepts of progression and regression. The completion of the
collection becomes an important factor in this work, as Van Zyl’s father is in the process of completing
his collection, in order to bequeath it to his grandchildren.
The Quiet Man is based on the artist’s husband
and their struggle to communicate within their relationship. The
installation is an exaggeration of his assemblage of “stuff”: pc
components and cables are applied as media and as metaphor for
broken communication. Through this installation the artist
considers how their combined hobby – birding - can be seen as a way
of collecting but also as a channel for communication.
The Pockets Of My Jeans consists of a very
personal and meaningful collection of yellow items from the
artist’s past, stacked and layered in a column stretching from
floor to ceiling. Within this work the artist explores the idea
that meaning is created through our collections of objects – the
basis of her search for a spirituality that exists outside of
formal religion.
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After viewing the
exhibition, we will have lunch at a restaurant nearby. Please indicate in your
response, whether you would like to join us for lunch.
This event is for illustrators and writers.All
welcome.
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