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"Paintings by Sanell Aggenbach: From a Netherworld"
2001-10-15 until 2001-11-23
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery
Cape Town, , ZA South Africa

The spectator is invited to engage in a voyeuristic journey, hovering above the personal domain of the artist. A shift of visual perception leads to a feeling of displacement – the voyeur is in a compromising position of superiority, whilst the observed is seen in a lower level, thus a netherworld.

As wordplay, netherworld also indicates a condition of circumstance: an underworld, an undercurrent, somewhere ominous. The vantage point holds relevance with the spiritual world – the notion that we are always being watched by an invisible presence. Furthermore the subject explores the sense of isolation, the interior stripped to basic two-dimensional design coinciding with the figure’s semi-nudity. The works are executed in a clear sense of realism with regard to pictorial space, although the strong two-dimensional Arabic design contradicts the three dimensional figurative aspects.

This body of work has been derived from  two very strong influences in the artist’s recent life: a five month residency in Northern India  where Mogul architecture and the excessive  use of colour had a direct impact on the stylistic  approach on these works. The second is a tribute to close personal losses, which the artist experienced, in the past year.

Artist’s statement:

On a global level we are now at a stage where the painter has become culturally obsolete - which is not necessarily a bad thing. It means that we are being challenged to explore new ways of amending and revising this medium, be it on a technical or conceptual level.

Sanell studied BA FA at Stellenbosch University and currently lectures at the Cape College in Graphic Processes and Drawing.

Exhibitions (Group shows)

2001:   Micro/Macro, South African Printmakers at the Xchanges Gallery,                Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)
2001:    ABSA Atelier, National Finals, Johannesburg.
2001:    Aarsel/ Waver, KKNK, Oudshoorn
2000:    Absolut Secret, AVA Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town.
2000:    Blaze Exhibition, Bang The Gallery, Cape Town
2000:    Winner in the New Signatures Exhibition, Bellville Art Centre
1998:    Short listed for the 15th Royal Overseas League Annual Open  
                  Exhibition, U.K.

Solo Shows

1998:    An Imitator, AVA Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town
2000:    Northern Ladies, Art Konsult, New Delhi, India

Other

1999-2000  : Selected for the UNESCO-Aschberg Residency programme at                    the Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India


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