Hannalie Taute Call of the Monster for Mother.Monster.Stitch. performance piece.

MOTHER.MONSTER.STITCH. – The opening

This time last week my monographic solo exhibition: Mother.Monster.Stitch. opened at Berman Contemporary gallery in Cape Town. My sincere and heartfelt thanks to each and everyone who attended the opening event. Your encouragement and support means the world to me!

Mother.Monster.Stitch opened with “The call of the Monster”:

I will post the video as soon as it’s available. Stay tuned 😉

Mother.Monster.Stitch. now showing until 22 February 2026, so if you are in Cape Town, feel free to visit Berman Contemporary gallery at Shop 5A2, Silo District, V&A Waterfront.

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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

Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2025

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That’s a wrap for Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2025.

A heartfelt thanks to everyone who visited, engaged with, commented on, shared, and acquired my work at gallery MContemporary’s booth this year. Much appreciated!

Images courtesy of the gallery and ML.Media Productions

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