‘Elemental’ – Whatiftheworld, Cape Town, 2015

‘Elemental’ was held at What if the World Gallery, Cape Town, in November 2015.

Read a review by Ashraf Jamal here.

As much as I could, I abandoned conscious intent. At times I even abandon my right hand. And, as objects, images and processes emerge, they tell some sort of evolutionary story. Primordial forms materialise in clay, and Lego objects experiment with pattern and structure. Collections of tumbled and polished bricks evoke human settlement and activity, while other works explore evolution’s crossroads and culs de sac alike. High seriousness meets the one-liner, and geological report and mythological account are accorded equal weight in images of the cosmos and its inhabitants made in materials as diverse as bronze, concrete and skateboard wheels.

Asterism and (detail) 2015
Skateboard wheels, copper, hardware
Dimensions variable