cecil skotnes

I unfortunately missed the walk-about at the National Gallery on Sunday on Cecil Skotnes's work, but my folks went and told me a few stories... The photographs above are of his house and studio - I love these photographs - it creates such a intimate and cosy feeling. My folks were saying that apparently nothing in Cecil & Thelma's house was safe. When Thelma (his wife) went out to town, Cecil would start carving into one of the doors or into a chest - so nothing was safe from Cecil's hands and the house kept on being re-vamped by him! ; ) For your info I have included the discription of the artist below.

I really love these cats - they are so so cool!

So go for a visit to the National Gallery - it will be worth your while! Cecile Skotnes, Pancho Guedes and a beautiful african exhibition (but you are not allowed to take any photogphs at the african installation).

cape town - the gardens...

Yesterday was a misty but eventually beautiful summer's day in Cape Town! I spent it with my mom and dad, going to Rhodes Memorial for breakfast. Then we were off to the National Gallery to attend a walk-about given personally by Panchos Guedes. And then had a brief stroll in The Gardens and these red and white painted drums caught my eye. It seemed as though Strijdom van der Merwe might have carefully placed them there... a bit of land art.

And of course the squirrels are always present and very inquisitive!

pancho guedes

What a turn-out! I have not seen an exhibition opening like this ever! So Pancho is currently 84 and very lively! Talking about the Republic of Eclectica, and a whole lot more...
I also like the National Gallery very much, such a nice interior with "skylights".
Pancho has a passion for art and architecture, and really integrates the two. See some of his art work below.

"This exhibition was originally commissioned and produced by the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel from September 2007 to January 2008. Curated by Pedro Gadanho, it focused on Pancho’s extraordinary achievement in Mozambique, where he was involved in 500 projects.
A component of the exhibition, curated by Henning Rasmuss and Dagmar Hoetzel, introduces his work in South Africa, which remains largely unpublished and little known. It has never before been shown in South Africa or Mozambique, the two African countries in which he exerted enormous influence.
Born in Portugal, Pancho went to Mozambique as a child, but attended high school in Johannesburg and obtained his architectural degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. On leaving Mozambique he became Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Wits from 1975 to 1990. He was the first internationally acclaimed Portuguese architect to represent his country at the Biennale di Venezia in 1976 and again in 2006.
At a time when little attention was paid in South Africa to the aesthetic production of the African continent, Pancho tirelessly promoted vernacular architecture and the work of African artists. It is a privilege to be able to view the full retrospective of his oeuvre."

architecture & art...

Tonight is the opening of architect Pancho Guedes's work at the National Gellery in Cape Town. Pancho will be there, and the exhibition will be opened at 18h00 by Professor Neville Dubow. Maybe I bump into you guys there...

And then...

HENNIE MEYER is having an exhibition and you are all invited to...

... join us for a glass of wine
at the opening of

VEELVOUD/MULTIPLE by HENNIE MEYER

on Saturday 31 May 2008 at 12 noon.

The A.R.T.Gallery

205 Second Floor
The Colosseum Building
3 St.George's Mall
Cape Town

Hours: Mon - Frid 10h00 - 17h00
Sat. 10h00 - 13h00
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The Exhibition closes Saturday 21 June 2008
cell: 082 575 7969 / tel 021 419 2679 / email : artbailey@netactive.co.za