Art Karoo Ink on Stonepaper by Janet Dixon Earthly Delights.
“HOW did you make it through this time? What did you make?” That is the directive that ArtKaroo in Oudtshoorn has given a handful of artists who have longterm ties to the gallery – and some newer ones, for their upcoming exhibition “Made It!” later this month.
Art-lovers and those merely seeking the company of others after the unsociable Covid lockdown can join artists Janet Dixon, Wilhelm Vincent, Lisl Barry, Ina Marx, Susqya Williams, Lizel von Wiellingh, Peter Engelbrecht, Ulrich Chelius and the artists from the group ‘Arteritis’ for the opening evening on 29 April at 237 Jan van Riebeeck Street.
According to Dixon, gallery owner, the exhibition was born from the pandemic. “During the preceding pandemonium of 2020 and 2021 all of our lives changed – as we are so often reminded -irrevocably. “The carpet of our security has been ripped out from under our feet – a scenario that has been predicted by many creatives in books and movies… We have been forced to rethink everything: what has meaning? what has substance? what it is to be ‘good’ – or to be ‘evil’?”
Dixon says in this climate of uncertainty and socio-economic depression artists have been doing what they do best – hibernating, incubating and creating from their own vantage point of truth. “While they may appear to be silenced, this is the artists’ call to delve into the inner world and unearth new streams of expression and communication.”
For the opening night on 29 April, which starts at 18:30, those interested must RSVP to arthouse@artkaroo.co.za.
The group exhibition will also be open for viewing from 10:00 to 17:00 on 30 April, 1 and 2 May.