sculpture park 11 Oct-15 December

featured artists BEEZY BAILEY MAAIKE BAKKER & NADINE MINNAAR WAYNE BARKER LOTHAR BÖTTCHER REHAMA CHACHAGE MILANDI COETZER WILMA CRUISE RIVON DANIEL GUY DU TOIT HERMAN DE KLERK GORDON FROUD JONATHAN FREEMANTLE & RODAN KANE HART DERMANI GANIOU DANELLE JANSE VAN RENBURG LOUISE KRITZINGER ALLEN LAING JEAN PAUL LEMMER GIVAN LÖTZ SKHUMBUZO MAKUNDLA MARTHA COLLECTIVE GERALD MACHONA COLLEN MASWANGANYI MEGABONANZA COLLECTIVE ISABEL MERTZ BANTU MTSHISELWA CHRISS AGHANA NWOBU LOUIS OLIVIER SAREL PETRUS LORINDA PRETORIUS MELLANEY RUITERS SEAN SLEMON ROBERT SLINGSBY KARIN SMITH TALITA SWARTS EGON TANJA HANNALIE TAUTE ANGUS TAYLOR ADEJOKE TUGBIYELE NICOLENE VAN DER WALT SYBRAND WIECHERS IZANNE WIID

PLAY_an exhibition An exhibtition curated and facilitated by Beathur Mgoza Baker, Maaike Bakker, Jayne Crawshay-Hall & Isabel Mertz Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. - Heraclitus of Ephesus (about 535 475 BC) PLAY, an exhibition of sculpture, photography, film and performance, will take place at the NIROX Sculpture Park in the Cradle during October, November and December. The exhibition explores the notion of play as an art form. The aspiration is to present an exhibition that investigates the frivolity of play in conjunction with the reception of the mediums on exhibition, and distract viewers from the formalities and seriousness so often felt when considering art. By taking the exhibition outdoors, PLAY implores viewers to interact, touch and play with the artworks and to reinterpret the notion of play within a contemporary setting. The sculptures presented in PLAY push the boundaries between the artwork and the viewer, where the viewer is invited to participate in a form of play and engagement with the work. The work thus gains meaning through the viewer s participation and reception. Similarly, the performance presented during events throughout the exhibition requires the participation of the viewer. The act of interpreting the intended sense, or meaning, while at the same time interacting with the work on an informal level, situates the exhibition within the sphere of disambiguation, where the viewer finds it clear that participation is required in order to understand, experience and appreciate the various works on exhibition. Installed within the context of the Nirox Sculpture Park situated within The Cradle of Humankind, a sense of roots, memory and looking back is invoked. Viewers and artists explore feelings of nostalgia often associated with childhood memories and the promise of the outdoors, recreation, freedom and amusement. PLAY appeals to the viewer to reconsider older cultural categories of gameplay, to become a protagonist in the strategy of re-interpretation.

Lorinda Pretorius Delude I 2014 Cold worked glass sandblasted 120mm x 330mm 1/1 Delude II 2014 Cold worked glass 140mm x 330mm 1/1

Wayne Barker Self Portrait with Model 2007 Painted found objects and resin figures in glass Shop Till You Drop 2007 Painted found objects and resin figures in glass Healing 911 2007 Painted found objects and resin figures in glass

Wayne Barker Monkey Makes the World go Round 2007

Guy du Toit Ek hoor jou, Hello, I see you 2014 Maquettes

Mellaney Ruiters Carousel merry go round 2014 Resin with mixed media, 1/1

Gerald Machona Untitled (Six faces) 2014 Diasec panels and engineering plastic 900mm x 900mm x 900mm 400mm x 650mm

Louis Olivier Rotating Totem 2014 Bronze 3100mm hight

Hannalie Taute I dare you 2014 Embroidery on rubber embroidered punching bag Approximately 150cm x 30cm

Isabel Mertz Aptitude test, 2014 Bronze, found materials Dimensions variable

Beezy Bailey Lady Sky 2014 Bronze edition 2/8 Approx. 4.5m2

Collen Maswanganyi Political Jenga 2014 Leadwood & oak 1280mm x 620mm x 420mm

Sybrand Wiechers My favourite toy 2014 Enamel paint on steel piping Approx. 3000mm x 2500mm x 2000mm

Sarel Petrus Riverbeds, 2014 Bronze, sand and wood Dimensions variable

Nicoléne van der Walt Reflecting 2014 Cement casts Series of 5 (unique pieces) Dimensions variable

Guy du Toit Ek hoor jou 2014 Bronze & wood 1750mm x 1000mm x 1000mm

Guy Du Toit Hello 2014 Bronze & wood 1650mm x 1450mm x 1450mm

Guy Du Toit I see you 2014 Bronze & wood 1800mm x 1300mm x 1300mm

Karin Smith Play dog 2014 Mild steel 6000mm x 2600mm x 4500mm

Danélle Janse van Rensburg Seek and you shall find 2014 Clear Pine wood (1/3) 2,8m x 2,2m x 1,1m

Izanne Wiid Mancala 2014 Wood, clay, cow manure, cosmos seed 3720mm (L) x 1240 mm

Louise Kritzinger Speling 2014 Mixed media installation - sand, painted enamel wood & steel 1m x 8m x 5m

Talita Swarts Wobbly boy 2014 Cast Resin (Unique) 1680mm x 1200mm x 1200 mm

Milandi Coetzer Shelter 2014 Wood and paint 2000mm x 2090mm

Mega Bonanza collective Pavement special 2014 Mixed media Dimensions variable

Robert Slingsby Sympathetic resonance 2010 Forged mild steel 1/1 900mm x 900mm x 3450mm

MARTHA collective Think about what you ve done 2014 Dimensions 1200mm (W) X 3000mm (H)

Seán Slemon Floating Tree, 2014 African Mahogany (1/5) 1100mm X 1200mm X 600mm

Jonathan Freemantle & Rodan Kane Hart Absolut(e) Reflection (IV) 2014 Mirrored steel, steel rope Dimensions variable

Givan Lötz Here lies the 121 variations for 6 paths through a square (no mirror images) 2014 Ink stain on sandstone squares (121 pieces) 5000mm x 5000mm,

Rivon Daniel YO-YO 2014 Glass, Vinyl, Rope

Gordon Froud Taxi, 2014 Steel Dimensions variable

Lothar Böttcher Cosmic Ignition #2 2014 Steel, mirrors, sunlight, people, fire Dimensions variable

Wilma Cruise Monkey Business 2014 Bronze and steel Seesaw 3000mm x 1500mm Baboons 690mm x 630mm x 430mm

Maaike Bakker & Nadine Minnaar / \ / / \ \ / \ 2014 Mixed media Dimensions variable

Herman de Klerk Untitled (AC motors V2) 2014 engineering by Abrie Coertze AC motors, fabric Dimensions variable

Allen Laing Teleaphistic-synaesthetic apparatus 2014 Bronze, Ceramics, Glass, Wheels and wood 1800mm x 1500mm x 1500mm

Angus Taylor & Johan Nortje PLAY re-treated, 2014 Plaster & burlap / hessian over rammed earth sculpture

Jean Paul Lemmer The whistling machine 2014 Metal found objects, PVC and enamel 1900mm x 2500mm x 2500mm

Blow your sculpture project Untitled 2014 150mm x 150mm x 250mm

Jonathan Freemantle & Hannah Loewenthal Mountain 2014 performance still

Jonathan Freemantle & Hannah Loewenthal filming of film Exploring Mountain 2014 performance

Mamela Nyamza Hatched 2014 performance still

Chriss Aghana Nwobu Waiting to be born exhibition installation view photographic exhibition