‘Fees van die Aangenaaides’ (MOTHER.MONSTER.STITCH)

Fees van die aangenaaides. (Archival print on board, textiles, thread and rubber) Photograph of the work courtesy of Berman Contemporary

Hierdie foto het reeds soos ‘n teater stel gelyk – almal glimlag net reg, en staan doodstil. Ek het gewonder, wat as ek dit verander in ‘n partytjie wat dit voorgee om te wees. Die maskers het een vir een gevolg – laggend, skreeuend, te veel tande wat wys. Die blomme het begin oorneem. Hulle doen meestal. Die aangenaaides. Die aangestiktes. Die ongeskiktes.

Ek hou van die idee dat nie almal in die prent behoort nie. Dat ons almal maar net probeer om tred te hou met die opvoering. Dit is snaaks maar ook ietwat spookagtig. ‘n Familie portret wat uiteindelik erken hoeveel moeite dit vat om gelukkig te lyk.

Beste wense vir ‘n wonderlike fees-seisoen saam met jul aangenaaides 😉

*Photos of my work courtesy of Berman Contemporary

MOTHER.MONSTER.STITCH -Call of the monster (Behind the scenes)

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“I love new work. It’s oxygen. But it’s equally important to experience life outside of what’s contemporary, beyond the news itself, because when we go back in time, through literature or via any art, we are granted the power of double vision. Simultaneously we see that the past isn’t the present, dressed as costume drama, the past is different. The past is emphatically not now.” -Jeanette Winterson.

“Art opens our imagination. Being able to imagine what it is like to be someone else – including, someone we would never want to know in real life – brings awareness of what is beyond our experience. There isn’t time to experience very much in this life – and much of what we experience just gets lost or, as the poet TS Eliot puts it: ‘We had the experience but missed the meaning’. Could be the poster for social media. Art is there to focus the attention.” Jeanette Winterson

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P.S the two quotes by Jeanette Winterson comes from her new book: One Aladdin, Two Lamps. – If you are looking for something to read during the holidays, I highly recommend this book. Because we all know that “Stories are there to change ‘what is’ into ‘what if’….;-)

Also if you find yourself in Cape Town during the festive season, feel free to visit Berman Contemporary at the V&A Waterfront, Silo District Shop 5A2 to view “Mother.Monster.Stitch. until 22 February 2026.

MOTHER.MONSTER.STITCH. – You are invited!

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I am delighted to invite you to my first exhibition with Berman Contemporary AND also my very first monographic exhibition: (An exhibition dedicated to the work of a single artist, usually exploring a coherent body of work, a period, or a conceptual thread within their practice.)

A word from the gallery: “Where does the feminine go when it stops behaving? Mother.Monster.Stitch. pulls you into Hannalie Taute’s stitched, spiked, unruly world – a place where rubber skin, thread, masks and valves come alive. Domestic myths unravel. New creatures emerge. The familiar turns strange, funny, and defiantly alive. This exhibition celebrates the handmade as rebellion – raw, imperfect, intimate and full of bite. Come meet the monster. She might look a little like you.”

Join us for the opening on 6 December from 13:00 – 15:00 at Shop 5A2 Silo District, V&A Waterfront.

Please register your interest by sending an email to the gallery: events@bermancontemporary.co.za

I am looking forward to meeting up in Cape Town 🖤

October 2025 – News from the studio

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If you are subscribed to my free-once-a-month-directly-in-your-inbox newsletter, then you’ll be aware that I signed a sole representation agreement with Berman Contemporary (South Africa) and I also mentioned that the gallery is going through some exciting changes!

So, on that note, I am happy to announce that Berman Contemporary will be the first all women gallery to open its doors this month in Cape Town at Shop 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront! The gallery will be open to the public from the 4^th of October with their inaugural exhibition featuring works by DuduBloom More, Inga Kay Lokwe, Lee-At Meyerov, Mellaney Roberts, Chrisel Attewell, and Mandy Johnston.

There will also be a private unveiling event on Saturday, 25 October from 16h00 to 19h00.

….I am quietly working towards my first solo exhibition with Berman Contemporary ….so please stay tuned…more details to follow soon!

“Look at what is simple and seek solitude. Above all, make your work. Take your time. Make sure it’s good. Then make a lot more of it.” –Rilke

Stay curious and inspired, until next month. Xxx

To all the ‘girls’ I’ve loved before

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In celebration of Labour day – Workers day (South Africa) to day:

“I do, I undo, I redo” Louise Bourgeois (quote of the day):

Through the years, this is what I did and undid with some of my works over the years, for example these works featured below. They no longer exist except in my memory, in all the hours I spent with them and luckily in images I found on my computer.

I kind of miss them, but I have an appetite for destruction (which is also the name of the album of on of my favourite band G’nR- by the way), but instead I dedicate this song (which popped into my head while I was thinking about this on Labour day/Workers day:

“To all the girls I’ve loved before, who traveled into and out of my door, I’m glad they came along, I dedicate this song to all the girls I’ve loved before”…. (from a song by Julio Iglesias