Re-imagining
gender stereotypes:
Anima-Animus
by swany and Bernice Stott
25 May – 13 June 2915
Durban
artists swany and Bernice Stott re-imagine the Jungian feminine and masculine
archetypes in a joint exhibition, Anima-Animus, which opens at the
artSPACE durban on 25 May and runs until 13 June.
Archetypes
are definite motifs that can be found everywhere in the myths and fairy tales
of world literature. “They impress, influence and fascinate us,”
considers Stott. CG Jung also describes the archetypes as “unconscious,
pre-existed form that seems to be part of the inherited structure of the psyche,”
Inspired
by the art of Dorothy Iannone the artists explore gender and soul and give form
to archaic ideas derived from the collective “fantasies, dreams, deliria and
delusions” (ref Jung)
Bernice
Stott’s art-making reflects her intrigue with the female body in contemporary
South Africa. She has worked across disciplines in the media of painting,
photography, sculpture, installation and performance art. Her associated
activities have included curatorship of exhibitions and community art projects.
Nationally she has exhibited in several centres and her most recent exhibition
was Liquid Light at artSPACE durban (2014). She has a Masters Degree in Fine
Arts and an Honours Degree in Drama and has taught in both the Fine Arts and
the Drama Departments of Durban University of Technology. From 1988-2013 she
was employed as a visiting lecturer and examiner in the department of Drama and
Performance Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
swany
is a Durban-based artist who, while always retaining the characteristics of
performance art in his pieces, works across disciplines. With his work, because
it often deals with gender issues, he uses embroidery and stitching to
deconstruct certain societal perceptions. He has exhibited at the KZNSA
Gallery, artSPACE durban, the Collective and the Durban Art Gallery. He most
recently exhibited in the group exhibition, G1K1 (2014), at artSPACE
durban, and the artSPACE durban and Natal Arts Trust sponsored group
exhibition, looking FOR ward: our lives in 2034 (2014), at the Durban
Art Gallery. The artist has an honours degree in visual arts from UNISA and is
currently studying for his masters in visual arts. He is employed as the KZN
arts mentor lecturer for UNISA (part-time) as well as a designer in the
clothing industry (full-time).
Text by Illa Thompson of Publicity Matters
Photo Credits for
Bernice Stott: Andrew Griffin Photographer info@andrewgriffinsa.com
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