Absa L'Atelier presents 'Refuge: an uncommon home'

Absa L'Atelier presents 'Refuge: an uncommon home'

P R E S E N T S 2021 Ambassadors' joint exhibition The Absa L'Atelier 2021 Ambassadors at the opening of their collaborative exhibition in the Absa Gallery, from left: Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Michael Jackson Blebo and Adelheid Frackiewicz. Absa is proud to extend an invitation to the public to the Absa L'Atelier 2021 Ambassadors' collaborative exhibition. The exhibition, supported by the theme 'Refuge: An uncommon home', will be hosted by the Absa Gallery until 27 January 2023. This collaborative exhibition will showcase recently produced artworks by the 2021 Absa L'Atelier Ambassadors Dr Adelheid Frackiewicz from South Africa, Ayobola Kekere-Ekun from Nigeria, and Michael Blebo from Ghana – before travelling to each of the winner's respective countries in 2023. Through their art, these three artists undertook a journey of self-reflection, during which their art-making process allowed them to reflect on their personal trauma, addressing their fear of what was and what might be, while giving them the strength to face their anxiety about the unknown. Using a combination of found objects and traditional art materials, the production of their eventual artworks has been a delicate yet challenging process, allowing each artist an opportunity of finding refuge and tranquillity in their own space. Absa Senior Specialist Art Curator, Dr Paul Bayliss, says they chose the theme as it empowers the creation of artwork through either painting, sculpture and/or installation, which involves processes that allow the artist to think and work through their anxieties regarding trauma. "These anxieties stem from a lost childhood due to trauma, a fear that something could happen or due to intergenerational anxiety passed down. It is through reimagining their home, which is not only a physical space of materiality, that it becomes a refuge from what was," he says. The artworks in the exhibition combine painting, sculpture and installation; artworks that explore the element of form, space, and time, presenting the audience with a shifting perspective on materiality. "This exhibition is in line with our ethos of making possibilities come to life for visual artists and we are using this to launch new works by our 2021 Absa L'Atelier Ambassadors. In addition to this collaborative exhibition by these three young talented artists, each artist will, within the next five years, be taking up a solo exhibition in the Absa Gallery," he adds. Click to view the exhibition Click to read more For further information about the Absa L'Atelier 2021 Ambassadors Exhibition, visit latelier.absa.africa or email prmedia@absa.africa Share Tweet Forward Pin Copyright © 2022 ART AFRICA, All rights reserved. +27(0)21 465 9108 Our mailing address is: editor@artafricamagazine.org subscribe to our list!    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences I S S U E D   B Y AFRICAN POWER STATION A COMMUNICATION AGENCY DEDICATED TO PROMOTING AFRICAN ART TO THE WORLD

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