Five independent artists pool their artistic abilities to create a collection of work which will be on display from 15 to 20 October, in Artgroup 5’s first exhibition. The exhibition will be held in the Eastern Star Gallery on Anglo African Street from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day and will include work by local painters Gill Maylam and Anne Collins; work in clay by Hilde Kretzmann and Jane James, as well as the versatile works of Julia Skeen.
Five independent artists pool their artistic abilities to create a collection of work which will be on display from 15 to 20 October, in Artgroup 5’s first exhibition. The exhibition will be held in the Eastern Star Gallery on Anglo African Street from 9.30am to 4.30pm each day and will include work by local painters Gill Maylam and Anne Collins; work in clay by Hilde Kretzmann and Jane James, as well as the versatile works of Julia Skeen.
Artgroup 5 started two years ago when five very different and somewhat isolated artists, each with their own individual styles, ideas and backgrounds, casually met once a month in order to support each other creatively. They shared artistic ideas and concerns and discussed work in progress.
The result is an exhibition of varied creative expression.
Maylam has worked with both paint and clay, but in this exhibition her painted landscapes, which quietly express the natural beauty of the Eastern Cape, will be on display. She aims to portray her love for the natural beauty of the land, including a nostalgic view of how humans have occupied it.
Anne Collins is known for drawing what appeals to her in the intimate and personal world around her, as well as the local landscape. The subtle manipulation of light is also part of her creative expression, which manifests itself in paint and graphic media.
Julia Skeen is a versatile artist, working in paint and graphic media. Her work depicts her experience of nature, with great attention to detail, but is also created as part of a journey which quietly reflects on her Christian spirituality. In this exhibition, her experience of abseiling in Lesotho underlies much of her work.
Hilde Kretzmann longed to work with clay, inspired by her encounter with the work of local potters while travelling in Mozambique. The contours of the deserts of Namibia and the Karoo are expressed in her work, using both unglazed and glazed clay.
Jane James is versatile in her work with raw, unglazed clay, producing both geometric and organic, three-dimensional forms. She reflects the ancient art forms of Egypt, the Cyclades and Crete, as well as rock structures and traditional architecture and sculptures in Central and West Africa.
