September 11, 2015
2-TIMES · Art
—
Morné Visagie,
'The Line of
Beauty'
Born:
1979.
Nationality:
South African.
Specialties:
Collages
&
Installations.
Title reference:
'The Line of
Beauty' alludes
to both the
aesthetic theories
of William Hogarth,
and to a novel
of the same
name by Alan
Hollinghurst.
The exhibition:
continues Visagie’s
negotiation of
abstraction and
representation,
the explicit
and the implied,
presence and
absence, and
of a melancholic
longing.
Details:
African
Blackwood,
marble, an
elaborate flower
arrangement,
rich colours
and gold ink,
highly-polished
brass and
copper plates.
2-TIMES' series
highlights:
From "Collapsing
Sunset"
— The Abandonment
of Romance X
&
— The Abandonment
of Romance IX
From "A Brief
Introduction to
the Monarchy
of Colour"
— The Seduction
of Blue I
On view at:
WHATIFTHEWORLD,
Cape Town.
Closes:
September 12, 2015.