REVERB | Abstract Resonances // Contemporary Voices

REVERB | Abstract Resonances // Contemporary Voices

REVERB 23 | Abstract  Resonances // Contemporary Voices

Presented by Latitudes Online

REVERB is an exhibition that showcases the work of over fifty contemporary artists from Africa as they collectively forge a sensorial map of sight, sound and texture through the medium of abstracted form.

Thematic Curation:

  • Paper Phenomenon: This selection of works celebrates the transmutation of paper into two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks. The experimental fragility that anchors the processes of visual artists Isheanesu Dondo and NomThunzi Mashalaba is rediscovered, while Karla Nixon and Sunali Narshai seek to distort paper altogether, experimenting with the addition (and removal) of dimension. (Karla Nixon: That's Wear I to Isheanesu Dondo: Anunnaki)
  • Textural Alchemy: Texture embeds meaning in the structural compositions of Dela Anyah’s rubber tyre tube tapestries, Benjamin Salvatore’s perforated pine wood and Atang Tshikare’s wooden sculpture of a brain. This facet of the show aims to expand upon the understanding of the malleability of material, but also to evaluate the ways in which the meta-abstract ideas of the artists make their way into the physical. (Atang Tshikare: Botlhale to Mfezeko Gumada: Ithuu Tyaa Naa Nee Hlabathi)
  • Surrealistic Allegories: Symbolism, form and figures combine for artists processing the bizarre and confusing aspects of their lives as they seek resolution. For Keabetsoe Makgoane and Nicola Holgate, a journey of self-discovery is illuminated, whereas painters Blessing Ngobeni and Lwando Dlamini include a mutation of landscapes in pursuit of serenity. The artworks selected highlight the inextricable link between the power of Abstraction and its relationship with the unknown. (Kay-Leigh Fisher: Wrongful Longing to Vusi Khumalo: Informal Settlement in Abstract)
  • Chromatic Vibrations: By means of a colour spectrum that is not only visually appealing but mood-provoking, this part of the show prioritises one of the most fundamental aspects of Abstraction: the emotional range that different artworks provide to cater to the vast human experience. The high vibrational energy of the bright colours moving on the canvas of Khotso Motsoeneng, Justin Southey and James de Villiers is evident, but the inclusion of more muted vibrational artworks by artists such as Virginia Mackenny, Juria Le Roux and Kirti Ranchod balance out a need for retrospective solitude as an equally powerful measure of emotional perceptiveness. (James De Viliers: Traces of Blue to Sera Holland: Up in the Pink Fluffy Clouds)

Engage in a multi-sensory experience by listening to our Afro Jazz inspired Spotify playlist while you browse through the Reverb online exhibition, and read Sean O'Toole's article on uncovering the love affair between art and music.

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  1. Karla Nixon
    That's Wear I
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  2. Sunali Narshai
    Skyline To
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  3. Tony Nkotsi
    Poet's Convention I
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    R 4,775.00 ex. vat
  4. Nkuli Mlangeni
    Reboot
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    R 6,957.00 ex. vat
  5. nomThunzi Mashalaba
    Ghosts of Narratives Past
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    R 36,600.00 ex. vat
  6. Isheanesu Dondo
    Elixir
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    R 5,154.00 ex. vat
  7. Dumisani Mabaso
    Lotto II
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  8. Georgina Gratrix
    The Exes
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  9. Nicolette von Wiese
    Stille waters, diepe grond
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  10. Thembalethu Manqunyana
    Child Genius 8
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  11. Tony Nkotsi
    Poet's Convention II
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  12. Zarah Cassim
    Wind
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  13. Rose-Marie Schultz
    Look where i may some human hand has been
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  14. Sunali Narshai
    Woodstock
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  15. Dewald Bruwer
    Breakers, Durban
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  16. Dewald Bruwer
    Grand Parade, Cape Town 2018
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  17. Natasha Norman
    Moon Reflected In a Flowing Stream
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  18. Isheanesu Dondo
    Anunnaki
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  19. Atang Tshikare
    Botlhale
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  20. Benjamin Salvatore
    System failure I
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  21. Dela Anyah
    CHINONSO
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  22. Vusi Khumalo
    Black Composition
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  23. Dela Anyah
    AZUKA
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  24. Maia Lehr-Sacks
    A Shift in Focus
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  25. Matt Slater
    Ode to Phenomenal Nature 11
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  26. Jo Roets
    Código 4
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  27. Andiswa Bhungane
    Thandiwe
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    R 9,750.00 ex. vat
  28. Nicolette von Wiese
    Under my skin
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  29. Mfezeko Gumada
    Ka loku lu nga nge ngubo ka Mama
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  30. Blessing Ngobeni
    Donkeys Are Better Can Pull Together
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  31. Mfezeko Gumada
    Ithuu Tyaa Naa Nee Hlabathi
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  32. Kay-Leigh Fisher
    Wrongful Longing
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  33. Keabetsoe Makgoane
    Lamentation
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  34. Lwando Dlamini
    THABANG FIKILE BUTHELEZI II
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  35. Thembalethu Manqunyana
    Child Genius 9
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  36. Nicola Holgate
    Dis-integration
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  37. Boemo Diale
    This is the Pot of DIscomfort
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  38. Nkuli Mlangeni
    Better Daze
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  39. Mbali Tshabalala
    Infinite Self
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  40. Frans Smit
    BLUE, RED, GREEN AND YELLOW
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