Inside Out Exhibition
Exploring unfamiliar territory
The gallery at the Alliance Française Du Cap in Loop Street in Cape Town will host an all-female group art exhibition entitled Inside Out for the month of April.
Inside Out is an exhibition about exploring unfamiliar territory. The eight participating artists have transformed a time of uncertainty and isolation through artistic expression. Each work reflects the outer expression of the personal and varied experiences of the artists. Through painting, sculpture and installation the intention is to bring artists and viewer together in emergence of the new.
Participating artists are Debbie Field, Anthea Czech, Heidi Benn, Larissa Matthews (sculpture) and Yasmine Yacoubi from Cape Town, as well as Mary-Jane Morris (Barrington, WC), Pam Heaton (Chintsa, EC) and Liz Bodvai (Melbourne, Australia).
The exhibition is a representation of their work during the last 12 months, some of which under strict lockdown, being forced to stay inside and now slowly venturing out again - into a world which has changed - and changed them - forever.
Inside Out will run from April 1 to 30, 2021. The opening night on April 1 coincides with First Thursday Cape Town and several of the artists will be present. There will be a cash bar at the AF and of course all Covid hygiene measures will be in place and social distancing observed at all times. No mask no entry.
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Inside Out Group Art Exhibition – April 1 to April 30, 2021
Alliance Française du Cap, 155 Loop Street – Cape Town (CBD) 8001 - Tel: +27 (0)21 423 5699 - Email: info@cpt.alliance.org.za
Opening Hours: Weekdays 10am–12:30pm, 1:30–3:30pm - For more information and photos contact: Bettina Schütte mail@bettinaschuette.com or 076 448 9889
Details of the artists
Anthea Czech lives in Cape Town and has been painting part-time for many years. "I am fascinated by the diversity and universality of humankind, exploring and interpreting our commonalities and differences in the visual medium. I draw inspiration from people, their emotions, and body language, the unheard and unseen parts of the psyche.” Find Anthea on Instagram: @antheaczech.
Debbie Field trained at Wits University, Gauteng. After graduation, she moved to Cape Town and has since then been working with ceramics, encaustics and primarily in oil painting. While pursuing her own artistic career, she has been teaching painting and ceramics in her home studio since 1987, as well as running workshops country wide, teaching Summer School for the UCT programme, and more recently offering online painting workshops. Over the years she has participated in many group exhibitions in SA. Her work can be found in many homes, here and abroad. Find Debbie on Instagram: @field.debbie and galleries including InfinArt, Wynberg Cape Town, Spier Arts Trust, The Gallery, Riebeek Kasteel and the Rupert Museum in Graaf Reinett.
Heidi Benn has a background in fashion, design and paint. "For the past several years I have focused on the concept of connectedness, our seen and unseen 'threads' or links to each other and the world. With the forced isolation of Covid, the home (our nest) has come forward in this exhibition of Inside and Out.” Find Heidi on Instagram @bennheidi1.
Larissa Matthews has followed her passion for sculpting since 2015 when she started experimenting in outdoor concrete sculptures. She now works in clay, to create large scale concrete, resin, bronze resin and bronze sculptures. She simplifies form in planes, creating simple and strong lines in her work. Find Larissa on Facebook and Instagram @larissamatthews_.
Liz Bodvai is a self-taught artist residing in Melbourne, Australia. Liz is interested in the human face in abstraction and the marks left behind by our inner thoughts and feelings.
Find her on Instagram @Izbod.
Mary-Jane Morris has been painting for about 25 years. Her paintings reflect her interest in the connection between humankind and nature. In recent years she has focused on the theme of water and weather. Her inspiration comes from her immediate surroundings and her experience as a practicing environmental scientist.
Find Mary-Jane's work on this website and Instagram @maryjane3027.
Pam Heaton lives in Chintsa East in the Eastern Cape and has been involved in art making for several years. "I have always pursued an expressive approach to my art, whether working abstractly or figuratively." Her current focus is on portraits and the human figure where she uses a variety of media to achieve expressive and engaging works. Find Pam on Facebook and Instagram @pam.heaton.96.
Yasmine Yacoubi’s 25-year painting journey has been across 4 continents, marked by varying developmental stages and using a diversity of techniques. That journey has now culminated in a focus on the vitality and the forces of nature. Her surrounds and their continuous transformations are her main sources of both fascination and inspiration. What guides her has always been what she sees, hears and touches around her. Find Yasmine online at www.yasmineyacobiart.com