Pierneef’s Johannesburg Station Panels revisted Our Land / Ons Land An exhibition by Carl Becker & Monique Pelser Durban Art Gallery: until October 26, 2014 Our Land / Ons Land - an astonishing exhibition revisiting the iconic Pierneef Johannesburg Station Panels, will be presented by painter Carl Becker and photographer Monique Pelser at the Durban Art Gallery opening on September 18 and running until 26 October. JH Pierneef (1886 – 1957) was commissioned by the SA Railways in 1929 to paint 32 works showing the natural splendour of South Africa. They were completed in 1932 and were hung in the concourse of the new Johannnesburg Station. These works are seen by many as the most important single body of landscape paintings made by a South African painter. They have been seen by thousands of people over the last 80 years. Monique Pelser, a photographer currently working and living between Cape Town, Grahamstown and New York City, and Carl Becker, a Hermanus-based painter, met by chance in 2010 and decided to collaborate. This exhibition is the result of the search for the sites of Pierneef’s paintings. Both artists work at the sites, observing the landscape over time. Pelser shows stills and digital screens depicting the play of light from sunrise to sunset. Becker works in traditional media – drawings, watercolours and oil paintings. For more, go to ISSUU/carlbecker (online catalogue- pics of work and essays) or moniquepelser/ Or Google “Travels with Pierneef” (Carl Becker’s blog) The Durban Art Gallery (DAG) is open seven days a week: Monday until Saturday from 8.30am until 4pm, and Sunday from 11am until 4pm. Entry is free and all are welcome! For more info, contact the Gallery on 031 311 2264 / 9 or [email protected] (weekdays)
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 10:14:25 +0000
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