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Indepth Arts News: "Plastic by Nature: A Sculptural Installation by Gordon Froud " 2001-04-21 until 2001-05-26 African Window Museum Pretoria, , ZA South Africa
Gordon Froud uses plastic cups and plates to create an installation entitled Plastic by Nature
(a found title). The artist assembles a unique selection of found objects to sculpt his work. The exhibtion is to be opened by Neels Coetzee
at 2:00pm Saturday 21 April 2001. Gordelroos Productions will stage a performance. Please join Nordic Ice for a complimentary cocktail at the opening.
GORDON FROUD, born Johannesburg 1963, graduated from the
University of the Witwatersrand in 1987 with a B A Fine Art
Honours and a Higher Diploma in Education. He has participated
in numerous exhibitions and competitions, both locally and
internationally, since 1982. From 1993 he has curated many
group exhibitions around South Africa. He is the recipient of
several art awards and prizes, such as merit awards for the
Volkskas Atelier competition, the Kempton Park Art competition,
the PPC Cement sculpture competition and the New Signatures
competition, i.a.In 1997 he was awarded the Ampersand
Foundation Fellowship to spend three months in New York. His
work is represented in a variety of public art collections in South
Africa, including the Pretoria Art Museum, Unisa Art Gallery,
ABSA Bank and Sandton Civic Gallery. Currently he lectures in
Sculpture at Pretoria University.
This exhibition has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of:
Various workshops dealing with recycling will be held
for school children, students and adults in association with
The Inner City Enviro Center,at the Museum
Please contact Velma at The African Window museum for details
(012) 324 6082 or fax (012) 328 5173
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