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PAST/PRESENT: ANDREW VERSTER
12 NOVEMBER 2008 - 22 MARCH 2009
Rooms 4 & 5
Past/Present is a survey of works
by Andrew Verster who turns 72 this year. The exhibition’s point of
departure is 1994 – the start of democracy in South Africa – and shows
works from that time to the present. The artist places significance on
this particular period, as it has been a milestone in his life mainly
due to the freedom enshrined in the new Constitution, which gave equal
rights to all. Speaking as a gay man, Verster claims that, “For the
first time in my life I became legal.” His work reflects a sense of
liberation and joyousness, which seems to have recently burst forth.
Curated by Carol Brown, Past/Present
is a multi-media exhibition of paintings, drawings, stage sets,
costume designs and wax panels that aims to show the diversity and
constant creativity of one of the country’s most prolific and
respected artists.
Enquiries: Nadja Daehnke, Tel. 021 467 4673 or email Andrea Lewis,
alewis@iziko.org.za.
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