Colonial Mutations - Tatham Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

The Tatham Art Gallery
Municipal Art Gallery of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 

Date : July 1995

Title : Dasart Victoria

Artists : Michael Matthews, Ashley Johnson, Mike Moloney and Dave Andrew.

Catalogue published by Brevitas Publishers.

Opened by Brendan Bell (Dir.) and Michael Matthews

News Articles :

• "Das art man". Town Talk, June, vol. 4, issue 30, pp.2. (photogragh + discussion)
• The Natal Witness, Wednesday, July 19, pp.3. (photograph)
• King, T. 1995 "Rich associations inform and test". The Natal Witness, Monday, July 24, pp.11. (photograph + review)
• Fine Art. Mail and Guardian, July 14 to 20. (photograph)
• Klemperer, M. 1995 "Victorian Art Now and Then". The Natal Witness. Friday, July 14, pp.5. (photograph and discussion)
• The Natal Witness, Tuesday, July 4, front page. (photograph)
• "Dasart to hold exhibit at gallery". Witness Echo, thursday, July 6, pp.5. (photograph + text)
• Bell, S. 1995 "Raw Art". The Daily News. Friday, July 28. (photographs + discussion)

"We are harnessing the energies of the imagination and directing it at invading the viewer's space. It is an act of aggression to remove the frame; it is an assault to lay  claim to the space in front of the frame. We need to put a barbarous siege upon the public imagination. (...) A work which projects off the wall carries that projected potency to within the viewer's safe distance - it becomes more aggressive and demands a longer time for assessment.  A new fantasy has to be created and projected by the viewer who has passed from a position of domination to that of submission.  The energy of the work is now in a position of power and influence.   An idea can be seeded".

Essay : On Coming Off The Wall by Ashley Johnson

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