(Untitled) Saint 1110 x 700 mm Cotton thread, fabric and rubber (my work photographed by Kleinjan Groenewald)
“It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful and to strive for what is advantageous.”
-Saint Ambrose
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“Patience is the companion of wisdom” Saint Augustine
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Dit is die maand Oktober!
Ek dink die mense vier
Vir ewig in die hemel
Oktobermaand soos hier!
Wat wens jy meer as blomme,
as helder dag en nag?
Wat kan jy beter, mooier
of heerliker verwag?
Ek is nog in Oktober!
My tuin is nog so groen,
So wit met al wat mooi is,
met bloeisels van lemoen,
So pragtig in die môre,
so heerlik in die aand!
Ek is nog in Oktober,
die mooiste, mooiste maand!
Wat gee ek om die winter?
Wat praat jy nou van Mei?
Wat skeel dit as ons later
weer donker dae kry?
Ek is nou in Oktober,
die mooiste, mooiste maand…: (n gedeelte uit die gedig deur CL Leipoldt)
Ai, ek wens ek kan saam met Leipold stem, maar Oktober is my blouste, blouste maand. En dan praat ons nie eers van die sinus/hooikoors aanvalle nie!
So ek volg maar Antoinette Pienaar se raad:
“Sleurwerkies kalmeer jou. Dit bou keerwalle teen die smart.”
Einste Antoinette het ook gese:
“The reality of dealing with your own shit (in my geval snot) is n lewensbelangrike ding. As jy eers met jou eie kak vrede gemaak het, val baie ander dinge in plek.”
Meisie met varkore aka Self-portrait as a garden gnome
Intussen het ek erens gelees dat Greta Thunberg (julle weet mos wie dit is) in n vorige toespraak die volgende gese het:
“I have many dreams. But this is the year 2019. This is not the time and place for dreams.”
Liewe genade…okay dit is ietwat uit konteks, sy het ook gese: “The time for fairytales is over!” Later het ek wel die bostaande woorde wel in konteks te siene gekry: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/greta-thunberg-congress-speech-climate-change-crisis-dream-a9112151.html
Collage (private collection)
bladsy uit die kinderboek: Agterstevoorland (1971)
“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin” -Unknown
Nou ja liewe mens, op daardie nooit groet ek eers…
O, maar voor ek vergeet…ek het n nuwe woord geleer: EUCATASTROPHE !
Die woord is blykbaar deur J.R.R Tolkien geskep en dit beteken:
A happy ending!
Ons gesels, Deo volente, weer in November.
So as you know the Turbine Art Fair happened over the weekend from 11 – 14 July 2019…and I would like to share my adventures with you:
Oh my what big wings you have said mini-me
The adventure started on the 10th of July, flying to Johannesburg with my Mini-me companion. Why is she called Mini-Me you might ask, well…
Me and Mini-me
In preparation for the fair I started to re-read the book: Seven days in the art world by Sarah Thorton, and I quote:
“Poe believes that an art fair can be a tough environment for an artist. ‘ If they are any good, they make art because they have to. They don’t do it to please the market. So for some artists, hanging out here can mess with their heads.”
I wanted to test this theory and check it out for myself.
Anyway, I had my first Gautrain experience where i almost got fined for chewing gum, because in all the excitement I did not notice this sign!
Gautrain station
OPENING NIGHT 11/07/2019 (Thursday)
Installation view at the Turbine art fair – opening night. Photo credit: Sherilea Gaspar
On the opening night I wore a rubber hooped skirt and rubber collar, (envisioned by me, but created with the help from the Tailor: William Mills in Stilbaai.) The headdress I embroidered and made myself. (It used to be the wings of another sculpture that I took apart)
I really love the colour of the wall, which was the idea of the Millennium gallery who represented my work at the fair. I feel it really complimented the work installed.
The opening night was great, and I’ll admit that I felt like some sort of princess at a ball, having a ball 😉 …..(to have a ball. (Enjoy oneself enormously, as in It was a great trip—I had a ball. This idiom uses the noun ball in the sense of “a gala dance.” [ Slang; 1920s])
FRIDAY (open to the public) 12/07/2019
I enjoy dressing up since age 5, and for events like these, i like to wear the medium I make my art with…rubber. So on this day I decided to only wear the rubber crown, but with a rubber collar and some dramatic make-up:
Photographer: Alon Skuy
The photo below was taken in the Millennium gallery booth…who also exhibited the work of Norman Catherine (see the artworks behind me). It was an honor for me that my work was exhibited in the same space as his and also with the work by artist Colbert Mashile (whose work was on the opposite wall)
JULY 12, 2019. Hannalie Taute, , at The Millennium Gallery. RMB Turbine Art Fair (RMB TAF) Its the 7th edition of the Fair. “RMB TAF, since its inception in 2013, has grown extensively year on year and 2019 will see the most substantial Fair yet in a new location – 10 Fricker Rd, Illovo from 12 – 14 July with a preview evening on 11 July.” PHOTOGRAPH: ALON SKUY
SATURDAY 13/07/2019
…its time to introduce you to the owner of the Millennium Gallery: Ronel van der Vyfer!
with Ronel van der Vyfer director of the Millennium gallery based in Pretoria
“A great dealer does a good job for the collector but a great job for the artist. A great adviser does a good job for the artist but a great job for the collector.” (another quote from the book: Seven days in the art world.)
SUNDAY 14/07/2019
So on Sunday I wore A blue dress, and fellow artist Zelda Stroud mentioned that outfit reminds her of the “Blourokkies” I was not familiar with this term and she explained it to me, but here is the shortened version found on the internet:
2. colloquial. [Named for the sky-blue uniform of the sect.] A name given to a woman belonging to the Pentecostal ‘Latter Rain’ or ‘Spade Reën’ sect.
[1972 The women..wear a uniform consisting of a sky-blue dress worn well below the knee, with headdress to match…This uniform ensures that they are modestly and neatly dressed, independently of changing fashions.]
1. Prison slang. rare. [Probably by analogy with Afrikaans bloubaadjie the blue jacket worn in the past by long-term male prisoners (see bloubaadjie).] A female habitual criminal, sentenced to an indeterminate period in goal; this sentence. See also blue-coat sense 1.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 7 Oppas they don’t get you. Blourokkie next time they catch you stealing.
Highlights of the fair include meeting fascinating people ranging from art students, fellow artists, friends, art lovers young and old and of course interesting art collectors:
“It’s not just about buying a piece. Its about buying into someone’s life and where they are going with it. Its a mutual commitment, which is pretty intense.” – quote from the book: Seven days in the Art World.
One of the interesting art collectors with my work: wild thing. It makes me smile every time I see this image
“Collector should be and earned category. An artist doesn’t become an artist in a day, the same with a collector. It’s a lifetime commitment and a life process.” quoted from the book: Seven days in the art world by Sarah Thornton.
So there you have it dear friends…I would like to thank each and everyone responsible for making this one helluva unforgettable experience!
I’ll leave you with this quote I found on the internet by Tennessee Williams:
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”
“Sometimes, when I find I haven’t written a single sentence after scribbling whole pages, I collapse on my couch and lie there dazed, bogged in a swamp of despair, hating myself and blaming myself for this demented pride that makes me pout after a chimera. A quarter of an hour later, everything has changed; my heart is pounding with joy.” Gustave Flaubert
All rubber-wrapped-up for this coming winter….
“The artist’s life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for the two forces are at war within him – on the one hand the common human longing for happiness, satisfaction and security in life, and on the other a ruthless passion for creation which may go so far as to override every personal desire…There are hardly any exceptions to the rule that a person must pay dearly for the divine gift of creative fire.” Carl Jung
Dear friends….
it feels like i’m entering ‘hibernation’ mode for this coming winter, so I’ve been a bit slow with the studio-newsletter thing….but here’s a link:
https://mailchi.mp/9e0355915133/aprilmay-2019-studio-newsletter
“Unless you have been thoroughly drenched in perspiration you cannot expect to see a palace of pearls on a blade of grass.” The Blue Cliff Record
re-arranging my ‘atelier’/studio
stitching…studio view
Studio view
Studio view
On another note….I received this message today:
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Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging.
Pink Freud 1 – 3
After Pink Freud II I thought there would be no more, but since it was commissioned by someone in that trade, I thought, hell why not. He would be loved.
“Love and work… work and love, that’s all there is” Sigmund Freud
2. August was though health wise for lots of friends and family. In a way this was inspirational. I started to do research on folk medicine (boererate). This is a piece inspired by one of the recipes I found in a book called “Oupa en Ouma se boererate”. It’s for an upcoming group exhibition in November, but more on that later.
sneak peek: Boereraat (Dronkenskap)
I love working in this format later. Excited by the possibilities.
“Flowers are very restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.” Sigmund Freud
3. Reminder: The group exhibition ‘Black Humour opens on the 30th of August at Fried Contemporary gallery in Pretoria
Under cover Cotton thread, batting and rubber 2017 (photo of my owerk taken by Kleinjan Groenewald)
“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.” – Sigmund Freud
4. August= also admin month. I am currently putting together a catalogue of work that will be shown at this year’s BaardskeerdersBos Art Route during the weekend of 21 September. I’ve been invited by Artist Liz v.d Berg to show my work alongside hers at their farm Tierfontein. If you would like to receive a copy of this catalogue, please send me a message with your email address. Looking forward.
Honeysuckle the killer bee (Foam, fabric, found objects, cotton thread and rubber)
5. August was emotional and also a very anti-social month for me. But at the same time friends came to visit. In the end I had a wonderful time and some great memories were made.
“Friendship is an art of keeping distance….” –Sigmund Freud
6. Last but not least…doing some finishing touches form my upcoming solo which will open on the 3rd of October at 99 Loop gallery in Cape Town. Hope to see you there. Invite to follow at a later stage.
Who needs courage 80 x 119 cm cotton thread, wool, oil paint and rubber (reworked) 2018
“The madman is a dreamer awake” Sigmund Freud
hannalie taute 