Catalogue - December 2024 / January 2025

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ARTIST STATEMENT In my paintings, I delve into the deeper meanings of leadership and power. It’s Good to Be King serves as an allegory for humanity’s complex relationship with power and the qualities that define a true leader. Through contemporary abstract faces and a vibrant palette of meaningful colors, I reflect on the art of […]

ESMELINDA VISSER

ARTIST STATEMENT Through my work, I seek to challenge the silence that enables patriarchy to persist and to inspire meaningful social change. My portraits of women celebrate diverse cultures, highlighting their shared experiences under patriarchal systems. Initially, I focused on anonymous women, but as my work evolved—particularly after the tragic case of Rebecca Cheptege, who […]

ORY KATALAYI

ARTIST STATEMENT Suits and Ties This story sparked a global social movement in which servants began dressing like their masters, embracing unique styles and fashion to challenge colonial superiority. From this emerged Les Sapeurs, a powerful political symbol and ideology that continues to resonate worldwide. Art and fashion share a deep connection. Artistic expression extends […]

Mandy Lake

ARTIST STATEMENT I have always felt a deep connection to the ocean, and my paintings aim to capture its endless movement and shifting moods. Through these works, I invite viewers to experience intimate, immersive moments with the sea—where the shore fades from sight. In my series What Lies Beneath, I delve deeper into the surface […]

Noel McCully

ARTIST STATEMENT What Lies Beneath | A Collaboration of Shells and Surface In the exhibition What Lies Beneath, artists Mandy Lake and Noel McCully present a captivating fusion of nature and art. This collaborative project stems from their shared reverence for the natural world, inspired by the evocative exhibition of The Ardmore at The Mount […]

Vladimir Tretchikoff

ARTIST STATEMENT In this exhibition, Vladimir Tretchikoff’s portrait series represents a collective narrative, allowing the subjects to “speak” to each other across the space. These faces, some familiar and iconic—such as The Chinese Girl, one of the most reproduced prints of the 20th century—others more intimate, form a conversation about identity, culture, and beauty across […]

KELLY JOHN GOUGH

ARTIST STATEMENT L’APPEL DU VIDE - The Call of the Void “The call of the void” can be described as ‘an intrusive thought compelling one to jump from a high place.’ It has been documented and discussed throughout the ages by laymen and scholars alike. Recently, it has been suggested that this urge, far from […]

Gavin Larkin

ARTIST STATEMENT Mona Lisa - The art of Upcycling From figurative and representational to complete abstract, creating and innovating fine art in multidisplinary styles and techniques. Much emphasis is placed on experimentation with used (waste) and new materials and mediums, whilst always striving to be unique. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY I was born in Port Elizabeth, South […]

Peter Webber

The paintings are my young vision of table mountain and cape town’s light and happiness it gives us in shape colour and sound…enjoy them

That's Ash

My name is Ashley Algeria Ferreira otherwise known as That’s Ash, born & raised in the East of Johannesburg, I now call Cape Town my home.

JOOJ

A Capetonian Guinness World Record holding artist that works in a unique medium & loves film, reading & art history. JooJ paints, cuts & folds thousands of Origami Butterflies & gluesthem to perspex to tell his story.

BRUIN FESKENS

nothing is permanentnothing is finishednothing is perfectI show beauty without a face.Something away from lust, an expression of the moment.I believe in our strength, and that we are capable of more.To free the mind and let the body create.That a part of beauty is honesty.Free from the bondage of restrictions.True creativity in a grainy silence.Creating […]