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Forming Impressions: The Ghost in the Machine
The AVA Gallery in partnership with Spier is pleased to present 鈥楩orming Impressions: The Ghost in the Machine鈥� a curated exhibition of original prints from the studios of Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg and Warren Editions in Cape Town.
The exhibition comes at a time when South Africa鈥檚 rich history of printmaking is at an impasse, caught between the globalised trend in painting (referred to as the 鈥榮ilver-age鈥� of Abstract Expressionism) and the Internet, which has seemingly exhausted the potential of representation.
The exhibition takes its title from Gilbert Ryle鈥檚 critique of Hume鈥檚 concept of the distinction between 鈥榠deas鈥� and 鈥榠mpressions鈥�, a critique that questioned the duality of the mind鈥檚 relationship to the phenomenal world. 鈥楩orming Impressions鈥� seeks, in part, to question whether printmakers in South Africa, whose works formally resemble Abstract Expressionism, are influenced by Expressionism鈥檚 own claims that there exists a duality inherent in expressive form.
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The AVA Gallery in partnership with Spier is pleased to present 鈥楩orming Impressions: The Ghost in the Machine鈥� a curated exhibition of original prints from the studios of Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg and Warren Editions in Cape Town.
The exhibition comes at a time when South Africa鈥檚 rich history of printmaking is at an impasse, caught between the globalised trend in painting (referred to as the 鈥榮ilver-age鈥� of Abstract Expressionism) and the Internet, which has seemingly exhausted the potential of representation.
The exhibition takes its title from Gilbert Ryle鈥檚 critique of Hume鈥檚 concept of the distinction between 鈥榠deas鈥� and 鈥榠mpressions鈥�, a critique that questioned the duality of the mind鈥檚 relationship to the phenomenal world. 鈥楩orming Impressions鈥� seeks, in part, to question whether printmakers in South Africa, whose works formally resemble Abstract Expressionism, are influenced by Expressionism鈥檚 own claims that there exists a duality inherent in expressive form.
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