I to I deals with ways in which we confront one another and ourselves. Partly autobiographical, this exhibition reflects on the dualities of growing up and living in South Africa. The underlying violence of a scarred society is set off against the simple routines of daily life, interposed with the artist\\\’s childhood memories. As the title suggests the show tackles a sort of face-off with the self. Being a visual artist he imagines this confrontation visually; as two beings eyeing each other from oppositepositions – on either side of a confessional booth, at opposite ends of a bridge or in a game of chicken with two opponents in cars.
Johann van der Schijff John Higgins Wilhelm van Rensburg Gallery AOP UCT autobiography daily life childhood memory social violence metal wood sculpture power TRC violence computer aided Michaelis NRF bronze Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Artist: Johann van der Schijff
Essays by: John Higgins, Wilhelm van Rensburg, Johann van der Schijff
Gallery: Gallery AOP, Johannesburg
Dates: November 2015 – January 2016
Website: (review) https://artthrob.co.za/2016/01/27/the-conundrums-of-confessions-johann-van-der-schijffs-i-to-i/
Pages: 48
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