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The Muti Gallery is the latest edition to 44 Stanley Avenue’s already thriving art hub. Owned and curated by Brazilian film director, Guto Bussab, the space will open with an exhibition entitled SANCTUARY, by leading South African artist, author and film-maker, Aryan Kaganof.
“SANCTUARY is a tribute the French philosopher Jaques Derrida, who died in October this year,’ explains Kaganof. “Derrida was famous for his concept of deconstructionism. SANCTUARY takes its cue from The Truth In Painting, a book of Derrida’s about the frame of art and the art of framing. It asks the question, where does the work of art end and the frame begin?”
For SANCTUARY, Kaganof has integrated the walls of the gallery into the work by painstakingly writing on them. Twelve digitally printed canvases, which were allowed to fade over the course of 5 years and were then painted over with oil paint, constitute the more conventional
‘hanging’ other aspect of the work. A dialogue between gallery walls and ‘work’ is then established to challenge conventional boundaries.
Bussab says of his choice to launch The Muti Gallery with Kaganof’s show: ‘Kaganof’s uncompromising approach and fierce independence make him the perfect artist to represent the gallery’s vision.’ The gallery will showcase international and local contemporary artists in monthly exhibitions.
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