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Mass II by Serge Alain Nitegeka. -
Untitled by Etel Adnan. -
CUT by Francis Alÿs. -
friends for life (Die Wonderdokter en P Blum) by Breyten Breytenbach. -
Self-portrait, Essaouira by Youssef Nabil. -
Imagined Histories (Laaitie) by Rory Emmett. -
Diced Pineapples iii by Cinga Samson.
WORDS Cheri Morris
Stevenson presents a unique exhibition that showcases the traditional media form of painting through a slideshow exhibition that recreates an Instagram feed, entitled A Painting Today.
Forty-seven paintings done by various artists with varied subject matter will find their place on the walls of Stevenson one by one, being “uploaded” daily in the recreation of a real-time, sequential Instagram feed.
The exhibiting painters will include artists such as Anna Boghiguian, Francis Alÿs, Turiya Magadlela, Penny Siopis, Mduduzi Xakaza and Portia Zvavahera. The range of work intends to reflect the breadth and depth of painterly concerns in modern art and will recreate the disorganised muddle of social media where both the ungodly and holy, the gargantuan and the minute all sit side-by-side in the palm of one’s hand.
Although the gallery determines which artists will be invited to exhibit their work, they intend to keep their control over the process to a minimum. The order of the sequence will remain dependent on the interplay of external factors such as the schedules of painters, the date of acceptance of their invitation and various other painting logistics.
The exhibition runs until 22 April 2016 at the Cape Town gallery, located at 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. There will be a closing exhibition on the last day where all works will be on display.
Daily additions will be documented on Stevenson’s website.
