‘Aggregate’ – Bank Gallery, 2008

‘Aggregate’ was held at Bank Gallery, Durban, in 2008, and was a small survey exhibition with just two new works, and served as a launch for my self-published book of the same name. Read a review here.

The two new pieces, Sift and Aggregate, responded to the saturated hues and balmy climate of KwaZulu-Natal. The former, a large woven screen-like work, functioned as a permeable barrier between exterior and interior in the manner of a brise-soleil, while Aggregate was made from aromatic camphor wood, the material I first used when learning to carve in nearby Pietermaritzburg.

Reef, made from hundreds of carefully incised and assembled polystyrene cups, was first shown in 2001, while Knurl is made from finely carved polystyrene punnets, and was initially shown in 2002.Weft, so far my sole venture into videography, was initially produced in Durban with the assistance of Greg Streak in 2003 and was re-made in 2007 with Brendon Bussy.