ASSEMBLANCEA Modern Journey / 21 Apri l - 20 May

Featuring artists like Norman Catherine, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Schalk Van der Merwe, Ernst De Jong, Bastiaan Van Stenis and many more.

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A trademark of the industrial revolution was urbanisation. As more people made their way into the city in search of jobs, life as they knew it would also change. New forms of leisure and enjoyment became a major influence in modern art. Art was no longer academic or reserved only for the rich and famous. People started making art about things that interested them - people, places and abstract ideas.

Many artists who we hold dear today come from that era. Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Picasso, Matisse, Cezanne and the like. Early impressionists ruffled the feathers with their new ways. Pictures were constructed from freely brushed colours as op-posed to the more rigid, structured academic painting. On top of that, much of their work was done in the open air.

One could definitely describe this part of history as one where new ways and ideas were the order of the day. The impression-ist movement was well represented by Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and company. A short while later artists like van Gogh and Munch were seeking ways to portray art with an element of exaggeration and abstraction. This move saw little pockets of change pop up all over Germany and was often done to evoke moods and ideas.

These movements continued for a number of years and its influ-ence was not only limited to art. Other parts of society, such as music, theatre and even architecture, were also to explore new measures of expression.

Modern ar t was a response to the subjective, factual nature of the industr ial age. Ar t ists sought to express themselves through their ar t . An expression of their perspective, emotions and soul.

NORMAN CATHERINE“Crocodile man”, Oil on carved wood, 340mm

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WALTER BATTISS “Bananas”, Screenprint 27/30, 400 x 600mm

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NORMAN CATHERINE“Man with two birds”, Signed, Oil on carved wood, 320mm

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BEN EAGLE‘Composition of coloured shapes”, Signed & dated, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm

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ALEXANDER CALDER“La Piege” (The Trap), Signed in pencil, Edition 120/150, Lithograph, 790 x 600mm

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BEN EAGLE“Composition of red & blue”, Signed, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm

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ANDREW VERSTER“Still life”, Signed & dated ‘92, Etching & hand coloured, 990 x 700mm

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ERNST DE JONG“Fossil shell”, Signed & dated 1993, Oil on board, 255 x 305mm

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BETTIE CILLIERS-BARNARD“Abstract composition”, Signed & dated 1967, Oil on board, 400 x 600mm

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PETER CLARKE“Still life of pomegranates”, Signed & dated 13/6/1973, Acrylic on board, 500 x 370mm

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ERNST DE JONG“Murex shell”, Signed & dated 1988, Oil on Board, 200 x 250mm

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PIERRE ALECHINSKYFighting roosters, Signed & dated 2013, Edition 71/99, Etching, 150 x 80mm

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JOAN MIROComposition, From the suite, Signed in pencil, edition XXI/XXV (21/25), Lithograph, 540 x 750mm

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BEN EAGLE“Blue”, Signed, Edition 1/1, Screenprint, 660 x 500mm

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ANNA VERSCHOYLE“Still life in turquoise”, Signed & dated ‘63, Oil on canvas, 760 x 610mm

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ERNST DE JONG“Tulip”, Signed & dated 1994, Oil on board, 290 x 270mm

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BASTIAAN VAN STENIS“Guider”, Signed, Mixed media on canvas , 1200 x 1000mm

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CHRISTO COETZEE“Malay Bride”, Signed & dated ‘86, Mixed media on paper, 630 x 500mm

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MARITHA VAN AMEROM“Gcina Mlophe”, Found paper, ink & silk thread, 705 x 505mm

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GABRIELA ORZECHOWSKI“Succulent”, Signed, Oil on panel, 600 x 900mm

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SCHALK VAN DER MERWE“Female of the species”, Signed, Mixed Media on paper, 1000 x 700mm

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WALTER BATTISS“Moving birds”, Signed, Screenprint, Edition 15/30, 400 x 600mm

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BASTIAAN VAN STENIS“Fly us to the moon”, Signed, Mixed media on canvas, 1200 x 1000mm

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NORMAN CATHERINEMan with fox, Oil on carved wood, 320mm

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SCHALK VAN DER MERWE“Wednesday wonderland”, Mixed media on canvas, 1500 x 1200mm

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ANDREW VERSTER“Still Life with jugs and vessels”, Signed & dated 1996, Oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm

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ANDREW VERSTER“Still life with a man, bird and water jug”, Signed & dated 1996, Oil on canvas, 500 x 400mm

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ERNST DE JONGMangoes, Signed & dated 1999, Oil on canvas, 740 x 590mm

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CARL BUCHNER“Still life - white flowers”, Oil on board, 750 x 540mm

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GABRIELA ORZECHOWSKI“Delicious Monster”, Signed, Oil on panel, 600 x 900mm

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BASTIAAN VAN STENIS“I will bring the beast to your lonely nights”, Mixed media on canvas, 1300 x 1100mm

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INDEX17 - Bastiaan van Stenis: “Guider”18 - Christo Coetzee: “Malay Bride”19 - Maritha van Amerom: “Gcina Mlophe”20 - Gabriela Orzechowski: “Succulent”21 - Schalk Van der Merwe: “Female of the species”22 - Walter Battiss: “Moving Birds”23 - Bastiaan van Stenis: “Fly us to the moon”24 - Norman Catherine: “Man with fox”25 - Schalk Van der Merwe: “Wednesday wonderland”26 - Andrew Verster: “Still life with jugs and vessels”27 - Andrew Verster: “Still life with a man, bird and water jug”28 - Ernst de Jong: “Mangoes”29 - Carl Buchner: “Still life - White Flowers”30 - Gabriela Orzechowski: “Delicious Monster”31 - Bastiaan van Stenis: “I will bring the beast to your lonely nights”

1 - Norman Catherine: “Crocodile man”2 - Walter Battiss: “Bananas”3 - Norman Catherine: “Man with two birds”4 - Ben Eagle: “Composition of coloured shapes”5 - Alexander Calder: “La Piege”6 - Ben Eagle: “Composition of red & blue”7 - Andrew Verster: “Still Life”8 - Ernst de Jong: “Fossil Shell”9 - Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: “Abstract Composition”10 - Peter Clarke: “Still life of pomegranates”11 - Ernst de Jong: “Murex shell”12 - Pierre Alechinsky: “Fighting roosters”13 - Joan Miro: “Composition”14 - Ben Eagle: “Blue”15 - Anna Verschoyle: “Still life in turquoise”16 - Ernst de Jong: “Tulip”