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WILD THINGS

This year’s ceramic winter exhibition at Spier  is titled Wild Things – a title inspired in part by Maurice Sendak’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, inviting visitors to enter a world of untamed creatures that feel mischievous, otherworldly and powerful. Ceramics is very much about the “embodied object” where the artworks act as extensions of the maker, who expresses their thoughts and emotions into their creations.  While deeply introspective, Wild Things is also shaped by play. Many of the works evoke...

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Sisonke Gallery

'North Bound': From the Overberg to Tunisia, Rentia Retief's new solo exhibition at Sisonke Gallery charts a journey of belonging  This body of work was born from a transformative experience: an artist residency in Tunisia, on the northernmost tip of the African continent. North Bound brings together works made during that residency and in its aftermath, alongside paintings inspired by recent travels through the Northern Cape and Limpopo.  Underpinning the exhibition is the concept of saudade - a Portuguese word...

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