Hi there, Spaceman wanted me to inform you that he wish to see you at the Turbine Art Fair from 16 to 19 July 2015!
“Spaceman” Altered photograph, rubber, cotton thread, wood 2015
I plan to tell you more next week…have a great weekend x
“Proudly South African?” cotton thread, rubber, batting, framed. 2015
Langeraat is raadop/ Langeraat is fed-up (embroidery on rubber)
The word Langeraat in the title refers to the childhood rhyme: “duimpie, duimpie-se-maat, langeraat, fielafooi en piepie-in-die-kooi”, where one teach a little kid about the fingers on his hand. I’m not sure how to translate it, but it literally means: (thumb, thumb’s friend, middle-finger, ring-finger and little-finger)
On the middle finger is a rhino finger-puppet….
I made this work in response to the rhino poaching that still continues no matter what people are trying to do about it….
Yes Langeraat is fed-up with the situation…
“It’s contagious”. Altered photograph, cotton thread, rubber and wooden frame.
“…to create a happy ending for its own sake is no different than masturbation for of the brain.” p188 Generation A by Douglas Coupland
“Putting the pieces back together again.” Cotton thread, rubber, batting and wood (photo Alex Hamilton)
“Stories come form a part of you that only gets visited rarely – sometimes never at all. I think most people spend so much time trying to convince themselves that their lives are stories that the actual story-creating part of their brains (
or hearts?) hardens and dies. People forget that there are other ways of ordering the world.” p169 Generation A by Douglas Coupland
