Biography/Statement
Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Rowan Phillips studied at the
Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town, majoring in etching, lithography and
typography. He taught Art, worked in design studios and advertising agencies in
Zimbabwe and in South Africa. He has exhibited in solo and group shows in his
home country, here in South Africa and overseas.
“Texture, line and tone are my space, spirituality and
people my passion. The human form is an amazing landscape and vehicle of
expression. I have enjoyed exploring the combination of mark-making in the
time-honoured way on paper and through photographic and digital means…call it
21st century mixed media. I have always been drawn to the cavernous
depths of Rembrandt’s etchings and Kollwitz’s deeply affecting empathy with her
subjects, both of them, through the graphic elements which speak to me, saying
very profound things about things of the spirit and of the very material world
of suffering ”.
The exhibition runs through 10 November at 4p.m.
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