2020 Exhibitions
Mending the Scars:
A Group Exhibition
Schreiner Gallery
Opens Sunday 08 December 2019 at 11h00
Closes Sunday 09 February 2020 at 17h00
This exhibition, consisting of a variety of mixed media art works, deals with issues of pain and healing. Concerns about common issues around their families and the broader environment bring this group of four artists together. Sue Akerman, Phumzile Dlamini, Corina Lemmer and Annette McMaster all belong to the National Fibreworks Group. The common thread that runs through the work of these individual artists is empathy with their subjects and with their home country, South Africa.
The artists will conduct a two day workshop on 04 and 05 February 2020 where they will share their hand embroidery skills with participants.
Contact Reena Bhoodram for more information. reena.bhoodram@msunduzi.gov.za or 033 392 2823
Joseph Forsyth-Ingram, Howick Falls, oil on canvas, donated by Rev. A Spooner and the Forsyth-Ingram family and FOTAG.
Recent Acquisitions: donated by The Friends of the Tatham Art Gallery
Schreiner Gallery
Opens Friday 14 February 2020 at 09h00
Closes Sunday 21 June 2020 at 17h00
FOTAG, The Friends of the Tatham Art Gallery, has assisted the Gallery for more than 30 years to acquire art works for its permanent collection. This generosity is particularly appreciated at a time when funding from the Municipality for the purchase of art works has been reduced or cut altogether. FOTAG committee members run an annual programme of events at the Gallery in order to raise funds for this purpose. This exhibition gives an overview of interesting and important art works that have been acquired recently with these funds.
Tatham Art Gallery:
Our Choice
Main Gallery
Opens Sunday 08 December 2019 at 11h00
Closes Sunday 6 December 2020 at 17h00
Our Choice is an eclectic exhibition of art works selected from the Tatham Art Gallery’s permanent collection by the people who are currently working at the Gallery. Both full time staff, and volunteers who serve on the Board of Trustees and its Committees have been invited to participate.
Some of the art works displayed have been in storage for many years, others are old favourites. Displayed with each art work is the name of the person who chose it, and a motivation for their choice. This could be a favourite work from the collection, or one that reminds the person of something. It may even be a work that is disliked for a certain reason. Texts vary from short sentences to longer explanations, and all of these contribute to the charm and magic of this exhibition of personal choices.
George Pemba, Untitled (detail), oil on board
Local is Lekker / Kumnand'ekhaya
Schreiner Gallery
Opens 1 October 2020
Closes 28 February 2021
Local is Lekker is a new exhibition of art works from the permanent collection, on view in the Schreiner Gallery. Pietermaritzburg is home to many well-known and acclaimed artists, and this exhibition celebrates twenty three of these local creatives.
The exhibition is varied and includes paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics and fibre works drawn from the Gallery’s permanent collection. Landscapes resembling maps and drawn from memory are juxtaposed with a map created from used tea bags, whilst realistic landscapes hang in contrast with abstract works suggesting the structure of the land and buildings. The exhibition also includes portraits of local residents by local artists and a finely embroidered self-portrait.
A number of works on the exhibition explore the human figure through the use of different media. There are also carefully observed still life paintings to be seen. During the exhibition, artists will be invited to come into the Gallery to talk about their works. These Personal Perspectives will be recorded and placed on the Gallery website and Facebook page.