Goodmorning!
I hope you are having a lovely Festive season so far!
Now showing at Knysna Fine Art gallery: The group exhibition Synchronos
Goodmorning!
I hope you are having a lovely Festive season so far!
Now showing at Knysna Fine Art gallery: The group exhibition Synchronos
In Some circles the word ‘craft’ often invoke a
“hare-raising” feeling.
So usually in order for a work to be seen as “Art” it has to “Earn it’s stripes”.
Seven years ago I stopped “Horsing around”…
with different mediums/art materials and focused on embroidery and rubber.
I am not a….
“Fly by night” artist, and the process is slow and sometimes painful, but as the saying goes:
“Slothliness is next to Godliness”.
The end.
The group exhibition “Domestic Craft” curated by Nicole O’ Loughlin runs until the 22nd of December. So if you are in Tasmania, feel free to visit the Rosny Farm, where you can also grab a catalogue:
I’m delighted to invite you to 2 group exhibitions opening this week:
Meet the “Lovebirds” and friends at
And then on the other side of the world you are invited to a group exhibition in Tasmania! Some of my rubber-hybrids will be at this show:
Enjoy the rest of your week!!
“I do, I undo, I redo” is one of my favorite quotes by Louise Bourgeois, because it is so relevant to my practice lately.
The same artist also said the following in a documentary about her work:
“It’s difficult to be a woman and to be like-able. This desire to be like-able…its really a pain in the neck. How are you going to be like-able and be yourself? There are doubts. I’m full of doubts”
Before my son took these photos, we had a nice chat about my work. He said he kind of like it, but it is a bit strange….(mmm coming from an eleven year old boy who likes zombies etc), but he explained that flowers coming from vaginas and images where it looks like I’m ripping my rib-cage open with a skull as head, qualifies to him as ‘weird’. He also added that he hope people will “like” my work.
I realize that to him at this stage of his life it is very important to be liked and to ‘fit’ in with his peers. How do I explain to him that as an artist I’ve grown a thick skin and that to me being liked is not as important as to do what I like?
Someone also told me some time ago that they “like” my work but will not be able to live with it in their home. Which I understand and accept, but in this day and age where everyone on social media wants a bunch of likes and for a boy dreaming about a Playstation VR headset which he hopes he can get when I sell lots and lots of work…it is not so easy to comprehend.
So I will leave you with this quote I saw on the internet recently:
“your art
is not about how many people
like your work
your art
is about
if your heart likes your work
if our soul likes your work
it’s about how honest
you are with yourself
and you
must never
trade honesty
for relatability
Goodmorning!
I’ve had a couple of inquiries about available work, thank you for the interest and continuous support.
See below a list of work and selected galleries where some works are still available….
2. Gallery at Grande Provence, Franschoek https://www.grandeprovence.co.za
3. Deepest Darkest Art Gallery, Cape Town Phone: 079 138 4203 https://www.deepestdarkestart.com/hannalie-taute
4. 99 Loop gallery, Cape town https://www.artsy.net/show/99-loop-gallery-hannalie-taute-familie-kielie
5. MContemporary Australia https://mcontemp.com/
6. Millennium gallery, Pretoria https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Art-Gallery/Millennium-Gallery-269876733489843/
Please contact the above galleries directly for more information about selected works.
I am happy to say that new work will be included in two group exhibitions at the end of this month…stay tuned for more information about that.
Until then, I hope you have a fabulous week. xxx