New exhibitions at artSPACE
Two new exhibitions will open at artSPACE durban next week.
HUMAN Nature? is the title of the next exhibition in the main gallery at artSPACE durban, 3 Millar Road (off Umgeni Road) from 19 January to 14 February.
This photographic exhibition by Kevern Sandalls, with Sarah Richards, takes a look at the everyday scenes around us, that when viewed in a critical light, show up the complex relationship that humanity has with nature.
Kevern is a Dargle Valley-based artist.
South Beach (film and photography) by John Robinson, will be on exhibit in the corridor and middle gallery from 19 January to 14 February.
Zambian born John Robinson has been focusing on the world through his camera lens as a social documentary photographer for 18 years, picturing aspects of life in Sub-Saharan Africa. He captures some of the ‘goings on’ of people in a series of portraits taken along the South Beach beachfront of Durban. He documents his subjects against the ebb and flow of the ever changing sand and sea.
In this work he has gone back to using black and white film, rather than digital. John takes photographs with a small rangefinder camera instead of the larger DSLR camera. He feels that this makes him, as a photographer, less ‘visible’ and keeps him more humanly ‘in touch’ with his subject. Photographing with an analogue camera he feels less tethered to technology and more free to just take pictures of ‘what is’.
Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturday and public holidays 9am to 2pm. Contact 031 312 0793.
