Monday, October 19, 2009

'A meeting' - AVA Gallery



















a meeting
collage and drawing works by JOANNE HALSE & MICHAEL TAYLOR

28 Sept - 16 Oct 2009
AVA Gallery, Cape Town

This collaborative exhibition by Joanne Halse and Michael Taylor is a consideration of the shared features of collage and drawing. In conjoining their preferred mediums, Halse - collage and Taylor - drawing, the artists illustrate the closeness between the processes of their two disciplines. The images that comprise the exhibition are presented as a series of paired narratives/conversations. The show in its entirety may also be read as an open narrative. Working without a specific text, or common theme, the artists set out to assimilate each other’s image-making processes and accentuate the pictorial devices which blur the distinctions between the two art forms.

The intention of the artists is to visually demonstrate the pleasure and intimacy involved in the making of collages and drawings. Each of the small abstract works on the show – be it something detailed or rudimentary – illustrates the reverence these two artists hold for their disciplines.

Invitation image: Landscape portrait, Joanne Halse (L) and Michael Taylor (R), Collage and drawing on found imagery, each measure 19cm x 14cm

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