8 Mei 2015
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Potchefstroom Herald
Three Potchefstroom artists invade Kimberley gallery Three artists from Potchefstroom invaded a national art gallery in Kimberley and caused quite a stir with contrasting exhibits. The venue was the William Humphreys Art Gallery (WHAG) and Rowland Daniel, Attie Gerber and Jody Olën combined sculptures, pen and ink, markers, collage and photographs to make statements about different aspects of life. The exhibition opened on 29 April. “The Beginning”, a selection of impressive sculptures by Rowland Daniel, represents his work of the last two decades. The title symbolises an ongoing process of renewal and change that finally takes one back to where everything started. Rowland says his work is intuitive. “I am lead by the material, technology, inspiration, and passion… I leave it up to the viewer to make their own conclusions and interpretations.”
Jody Olën, art teacher at the High School for Girls in Potchefstroom, used various media in her extremely fine detailed work under the title “The Modern Condition”. With this “Condition” Jody challenges assumptions regarding the nature of reality, and she demonstrates how humans are creatures of infinite contradiction. “And I hope”, says Jody, “I provide a window and momentarily allow the viewer to commune with the hidden universe.” Attie Gerber’s “Voices of the Drylands” is a visual anthropological photographic study of vanishing lifestyles in the arid Namaqualand, Attie Gerber, Rowland Daniel and Jody Olën at the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kim Richtersveld and Kalahari. He focu- berley Photo: Attie Gerber ses on traditions that were practiced by herders through the ages. These in- a wage economy ensure a better life, will help in this regard”, says Attie. clude dwellings, food and natural me- they also impact negatively on traditiThe tripartite exhibition at WHAG in dicines. ons that need to be preserved for futu- Kimberley will be on show for the rest “While social grants, pensions and re generations. I hope my photographs of May.
Potch Rotary brings music and art together Renowned watercolourist, Bill McGill, will join various Potchefstroom musicians in an evening of art and music, presented by Potchefstroom Rotary Club. The event will take place at St Mary’s Anglican Church at 18:30 on 16 May, the day that McGill turns 81. The watercolours exhibition will be preceded by the classical music concert in the church itself. The Anns will serve a soup and bread meal after the concert, and there will be wine and beer available.
Bill has donated one of his watercolor paintings to the club, to be auctioned off at the exhibition. He has also donated a portfolio of four of his well known Marico prints, personally endorsed by the late Patrick Mynhardt, as the prize for a lucky draw later that evening. All of the above, plus secure parking, is on offer for only R150 per person. Bill Mcgill moved from Greytown to Rustenburg as a boy of 10 years old. During his high school years at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg,
he learned the art of watercolours from Tommy Mills, and later, from Peter Hely in Spain. Both were products of the Royal School of Art. McGill has exhibited in some of the top SA galleries and has hosted 38 oneman exhibitions. He operates his own gallery on his Bushwillows smallholding outside Rustenburg, the venue of his annual “country life” exhibition, acclaimed as the art event of the year in Rustenburg. He is associated with a number of leading SA artists, including
Kim Donaldson, Dino Paravano, Mell Briggs, Douglas Treasure and Wallace Hulley, and is the procurement agent for the artworks, murals, woodcarvings, etc. at the Lost City complex at Sun City. He spent a year in Groot Marico, acting as art mentor to the inimitable Egbert van Bart while painting the inimitable Groot Marico characters of the day. Tickets are available from Trappers in Mooirivier Mall (0182933056) or by phoning Lucia de Bruyn on 0836271897.