Fiona Pole - Floating Catalogue - Gallery 2

Floating A solo exhibition by

Fiona Pole November 2019

142 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood | info@gallery2.co.za | 011 447 0155/98 | www.gallery2.co.za

Floating - an exhibition of prints and drawings by Fiona Pole.

In this new body of work, Fiona Pole, primarily a printmaker, proposes a collection of etchings and drawings. Continuing her exploration of signs, symbols and places, Pole’s exhibition is presented in 4 parts to the whole: Panorama; Snapshots; Tales and Paper boats.

Fiona Pole was born in 1974 in Benoni, South Africa. Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa in 1996 and a Diplome des métiers d’arts (mention of excellence) from L’Ecole Superieure Estienne, Paris, France. From 2003 – 2005 she was the recipient of a bursary awarded by the City of Paris to work in 2 historic printing studios. In 2012 she returned to South Africa after living in Paris for over ten years. She specialises in printmaking and has had numerous exhibitions in South Africa and abroad. She lives and works in Johannesburg.

Paper boats

Paper boats, various papers and pencils in variable sizes

Tales

Drifter, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Watching, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Forgotten Girl, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Boy, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Red Robin, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Girl Looking, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Waiting, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Refuge, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Vulture, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Robin, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Lone Wolf, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Silent Girl, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Patience, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Parrot, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Carrion Crow, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Standing Boy, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Quiet Girl, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21 21cm

Boy, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Sparrow, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Fox, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Quiet Fox, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Wooden Boat, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Haunting Pigeon, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Grey Parrot, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Owl, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Raven Crow, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Wooden Girl, watercolour, ink, felt tip, pencil, 15.5 x 21cm

Black Crow, ink and pencil, 110 x 120cm, 2019

Boat, ink on paper, 165 x 120cm, 2019

Cage, ink on paper, 165 x 120cm, 2019

Legs, ink on paper, 107 x 133cm, 2019

Pigeon, ink on paper, 102 x 95cm, 2019

Panorama

Johannesburg City Tower, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper,

Park Station Johannesburg, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Commissioner Street Johannesburg, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Ponte and Tower, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Raven, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Passing By, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Skyline, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Wild dogs, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Paper size 23 x 35.5cm, Image size 6.3 x 19.2cm, 2018

Hillbrow Tower, Carborundum etching on rives arches paper Paper size 35.5 x 23cm, Image size 19.2 x 6.3cm, 2018

Hillbrow, lino on Japanese paper, 22 x 24.5cm, 2019

Joburg City Hall, lino on Japanese paper, 22 x 24.5cm, 2019

Market Theatre, lino on Japanese paper, 22 x 24.5cm, 2019

Street Corner, lino on Japanese paper, 22 x 24.5cm, 2019

Snapshots

Ansteys, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Brothers, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Sunday Stroll, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

The Walk, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Waiting, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Witness, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Journey, Carborundum etching, 24.5 x 58cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Drifter, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Fortune Teller, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Couple, Carborundum etching, coloured pencil and Chine-collĂŠ, Japanese paper, 20 x 19cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Journey Destination, Carborundum etching, 24.5 x 58cm paper size, Edition of 15, 2019

Floating Fiona Pole

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