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James Brown. Image credit: Rudi Geyser. -
Mud Dauber Sleeping Pod. Image credit: Ricardo Simal. -
Fiona Blackfish. Image credit: Justin Patrick. -
James Brown. Image credit: Rudi Geyser. -
Joyce. Image credit: Adriaan Louw.
WORDS Lindi Brownell Meiring
Award-winning South African designer Porky Hefer’s new solo exhibition, Supercalifragilisticexpilalidocious, opens at Southern Guild Johannesburg this week.
His much-loved human scale nests, which will be showcased here, aim to evoke a sense of nostalgia in the viewer, a return to the playfulness associated with childhood. Inspired by a loss of instinct, society’s obsession with received wisdom and lessons found in the natural world, Porky’s nests and living pods aim, through engagement with the works, to make the viewer aware of perception and instinct.
Making use of traditional techniques, these iconic pieces are constructed alongside local craftsman at well-known Cape Town leather shop Woodheads and The Cape Town Society for the Blind.
The exhibition opens to the public on 7 September and runs until 4 November 2017. The gallery is located in the Trumpet Building, 19 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg.
For more information about the show and the gallery, visit southernguild.co.za. To see more of Porky’s work, visit animal-farm.co.za.
