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Claire Johnson (b.1986, South Africa) lives and works in Cape Town, where she graduated from Michealis School of Fine Art (PG Dip). <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6b94272f657ba587dc5ea7b2711de3acad058060369b4b94e7a60f357d7ee49/Final_2019_10_08_Dale_and_Claire_Portrait_0170.jpg" data-mid="59581452" border="0" data-scale="86" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6b94272f657ba587dc5ea7b2711de3acad058060369b4b94e7a60f357d7ee49/Final_2019_10_08_Dale_and_Claire_Portrait_0170.jpg" /> She maintains a solo art practice and is co-founder of the creative design studio Hoick, established in 2015 with Dale Lawrence. Johnson has presented two solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs, notably Investec Cape Town Art Fair in 2026, Zsonamaco, Mexico City in 2023, and&nbsp; AKAA Paris in 2021. Solo Exhibitions 2019 — Remnant, SMITH, Cape Town 2016 — Changing Hands, SMITH, Cape Town Art Fairs 2026 — RMB Latitudes Art Fair, South Africa, presented by Locus Projects 2026 — Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa, presented by Locus Projects 2023 — Zsonamaco Fair, Mexico City,&nbsp; presented by Nuweland Gallery 2021 — AKAA Fair, Paris,&nbsp; presented by Nuweland Gallery 2021 — 1-54 New York, presented by Nuweland Gallery 2019 — Art Joburg, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH 2018 — Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH 2016 — Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, presented by SMITH 2016 — FNB JHB Art Fair, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH Selected Group Exhibitions 2022 — Painter! Painter!, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town 2021 — Between Strangers, Nuweland Gallery, Netherlands 2020 — Peep Show Exhibition,&nbsp;Online 2019 — Rendezvous II,&nbsp; SMITH, Cape Town 2019 — Emphatic Whispers,&nbsp; SMITH, Cape Town 2019 — Re-Imagining Realities, Open24Hrs, Cape Town 2018 — Close Encounters, SMITH, Cape Town 2017 — Nano 1.1, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town 2017 — Out of Nowhere, SMITH, Cape Town 2017 — Salad, SMITH, Cape Town 2016 — Sketch, SMITH, Cape Town 2015 — Two, SMITH, Cape Town Collaborative Hoick Shows 2017 — Shall We Move On? Solo Presentation, FNB Art Fair, Johannesburg, presented by SMITH 2015 — On Second Thought, SMITH, Cape Town (Hoick) Additional Links hoickstudios.cominsituproject.tumblr.com Education 2010 —&nbsp;Post-Graduate Diploma in Art, with distinction, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town.2009 —&nbsp;Bachelor of Arts (Creative Brand Communication) specialising in graphic design, with honours, AAA School of Advertising, Cape Town. Work Experience 2015 —present, Hoick creative studio, Cape Town, South Africa. 2011 —2015, CLRS&amp;Co. conceptual design studio, Cape Town, South Africa. 2017 &amp;&nbsp;2018 — Teaching : CTCA 3rd Year Conceptual Design Module Press 2019— Art Africa,&nbsp;Memories of the remnants of objects 2016 — Garden and Home, Abstract Thinking2016 — Elle Decor, Claire Johnson’s Changing Hands by Sam Evans Contact For enquiries please contact claire(at)hoickstudios.com &nbsp;&nbsp; https://claire-johnson.co.za/RMB-Latitudes-Joburg Mon, 25 May 2026 08:28:19 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/RMB-Latitudes-Joburg RMB Latitudes Art Fair, Joburg, 2026 Presented by Locus Projects<img width="1105" height="1528" width_o="1105" height_o="1528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a69b7a9ab64325466200139fa5f6cd3fc079dee97c76794f8f297494fecdf7a4/APC_0267.jpg" data-mid="248707616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a69b7a9ab64325466200139fa5f6cd3fc079dee97c76794f8f297494fecdf7a4/APC_0267.jpg" /> Oddments Study #12026, Oil on Canvas <img width="1750" height="1167" width_o="1750" height_o="1167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cf8074f6e2c49a1be022ef7d12f78284d26ab9476ab5cb0ad0137734cae57a5/Locus_035_DSC_7179.jpg" data-mid="249014578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cf8074f6e2c49a1be022ef7d12f78284d26ab9476ab5cb0ad0137734cae57a5/Locus_035_DSC_7179.jpg" /> <img width="1065" height="1472" width_o="1065" height_o="1472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8b0dbddd3ce33bedd529c60897b1a3eabcc0c43782ded6f27652ad7c5736265/APC_0262.jpg" data-mid="248707617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8b0dbddd3ce33bedd529c60897b1a3eabcc0c43782ded6f27652ad7c5736265/APC_0262.jpg" /> Oddments Study #22026, Oil on Canvas <img width="2500" height="3155" width_o="2500" height_o="3155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4f9c241cbb28cf67e7329c92cc0ad1b0c66f5cd7bfee16dcd5654a53f3fc579/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" data-mid="248707612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4f9c241cbb28cf67e7329c92cc0ad1b0c66f5cd7bfee16dcd5654a53f3fc579/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #8, Batch #32024, Oil on Canvas <img width="1500" height="1115" width_o="1500" height_o="1115" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8da7795e269c25045f7cc7af535d38189d58020a511f463a440be56d98b1583e/ODDMENT-BATCH-8-1_lr.jpg" data-mid="248707613" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8da7795e269c25045f7cc7af535d38189d58020a511f463a440be56d98b1583e/ODDMENT-BATCH-8-1_lr.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #8, Batch #1 &amp; 2 2024, Oil on Canvas<img width="1500" height="998" width_o="1500" height_o="998" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/caf28f0fd1bb1e417abd37e5bea86032e6a6a54f85779624c61d93e12490b989/Locus_027_CWJ_5843.jpg" data-mid="249014579" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/caf28f0fd1bb1e417abd37e5bea86032e6a6a54f85779624c61d93e12490b989/Locus_027_CWJ_5843.jpg" /> https://claire-johnson.co.za/Cape-Town-Art-Fair-2026 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:10:02 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/Cape-Town-Art-Fair-2026 Cape Town Art Fair, 2026 Presented by Locus Projects <img width="2853" height="3000" width_o="2853" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7015d68d404d792318aa6b0c3896dcc900b0f5c0539a225c916f2cc747f5e2dd/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_LR.jpg" data-mid="245063998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7015d68d404d792318aa6b0c3896dcc900b0f5c0539a225c916f2cc747f5e2dd/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_LR.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #9, Batch #12026, Oil on Canvas <img width="2374" height="3000" width_o="2374" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/428a582ad87ac970eaf9dc93e87278cc1f0b754d1cf9d0e7a8ace290bfafdb8a/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_1_LR.jpg" data-mid="245063969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/428a582ad87ac970eaf9dc93e87278cc1f0b754d1cf9d0e7a8ace290bfafdb8a/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_1_LR.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #9, Batch #22026, Oil on Canvas <img width="2296" height="3000" width_o="2296" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0827577e885df2fd73d4e0cfa8dd5c387a00c4f447b356a3421a573e6b58b3fd/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_LR2.jpg" data-mid="245063999" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0827577e885df2fd73d4e0cfa8dd5c387a00c4f447b356a3421a573e6b58b3fd/Claire-Johnson---03_02_2026_LR2.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #9, Batch #32026, Oil on Canvas <img width="2500" height="3155" width_o="2500" height_o="3155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4f9c241cbb28cf67e7329c92cc0ad1b0c66f5cd7bfee16dcd5654a53f3fc579/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" data-mid="245064017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4f9c241cbb28cf67e7329c92cc0ad1b0c66f5cd7bfee16dcd5654a53f3fc579/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #8, Batch #3 2024, Oil on Canvas https://claire-johnson.co.za/AKAA-2021 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:22:50 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/AKAA-2021 AKAA Fair, Paris, 2021 Presented by Nuweland Gallery <img width="2946" height="2186" width_o="2946" height_o="2186" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/490bb3f29e3081ce301c2fc1a04698b12e3547ec80668ae40df9b3aa83f0170d/Batch1.jpg" data-mid="169425529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/490bb3f29e3081ce301c2fc1a04698b12e3547ec80668ae40df9b3aa83f0170d/Batch1.jpg" />Oddments Bag #6, Batch #12021, Oil on Canvas <img width="2165" height="1417" width_o="2165" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7216278e728d2e396a2a285cea504a2514aaa8615da20fadd24b2290ab35bfae/Batch3.jpg" data-mid="169425530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7216278e728d2e396a2a285cea504a2514aaa8615da20fadd24b2290ab35bfae/Batch3.jpg" />Oddments Bag #6, Batch #32021, Oil on Canvas <img width="1417" height="1945" width_o="1417" height_o="1945" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a64da4f07eae202bd3de4698765fe63637fa2334bc1f25d4a468cef5dac0bb91/Batch2.jpg" data-mid="169425531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a64da4f07eae202bd3de4698765fe63637fa2334bc1f25d4a468cef5dac0bb91/Batch2.jpg" />Oddments Bag #6, Batch #22021, Oil on Canvas https://claire-johnson.co.za/Zsonamaco-Fair-2023 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:24:17 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/Zsonamaco-Fair-2023 Zsonamaco Fair, Mexico City, 2023 Presented by Nuweland Gallery <img width="2000" height="1449" width_o="2000" height_o="1449" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/528f7d613a8d5f644e4b705d4b256ce959f6607bf5e1c974ee3881f596084247/Oddment-Batch--7---4_lr.jpg" data-mid="169425973" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/528f7d613a8d5f644e4b705d4b256ce959f6607bf5e1c974ee3881f596084247/Oddment-Batch--7---4_lr.jpg" />Oddments Bag #7, Batch #42023, Oil on Canvas <img width="1410" height="2000" width_o="1410" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64a101046ded316d7066f3b1428bf37c7f54470b26b7461de20ecf9f2ffc7f23/Oddment-Batch--7---3_lr.jpg" data-mid="169425972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64a101046ded316d7066f3b1428bf37c7f54470b26b7461de20ecf9f2ffc7f23/Oddment-Batch--7---3_lr.jpg" />Oddments Bag #7, Batch #32023, Oil on CanvasJohnson’s series is a continuation of Oddment Batch, whose compositions are drawn from offcuts. The fabric remnants are collected from tailors and clothing designers. One batch was kept aside by a Senegalese tailor who worked in the artist’s neighbourhood: “Bara made custom ceremonial clothing, spending hours with clients selecting fabrics and finalising fits to create garments intended to mark moments in time.” Johnson is compelled by the quiet expression of a practiced hand – the quick, sharp gestures of scissors on cloth. The awkward remainders call up the curve of a neck here, the widening of a hip there. They are traces of an intimate engagement between bodies and cloth.In time, a garment will lead its own life, moving away from its original role and perhaps outliving its wearer. The narratives it holds will be forgotten or retained as fragments, frayed at the edges.Johnson’s paintings have a provisional quality, the oil sometimes tentative, sometimes sure on the canvas. The medium is made tactile and porous, bodily. But the body or object – collar, cuff, skirt – is missing. What remains is an amalgamation of odds. “There is no final form. It is now adrift without purpose or construction – ineffable in form and metaphorical in meaning.” — Chloë Reid for Nuweland Gallery <img width="1415" height="2000" width_o="1415" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52e6280f5a8c45510be764108eb7dc992e422d4085d74fa0128eff08b735bc7c/Oddment-Batch--7---2_lr.jpg" data-mid="169425971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52e6280f5a8c45510be764108eb7dc992e422d4085d74fa0128eff08b735bc7c/Oddment-Batch--7---2_lr.jpg" />Oddments Bag #7, Batch #22023, Oil on Canvas<img width="1560" height="2000" width_o="1560" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c7bf4834febd4e2afede40d0717054902abf78ac32056b4079cd47611011e2d/Oddment-Batch--7---1_lr.jpg" data-mid="169425970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c7bf4834febd4e2afede40d0717054902abf78ac32056b4079cd47611011e2d/Oddment-Batch--7---1_lr.jpg" />Oddments Bag #7, Batch #12023, Oil on Canvas https://claire-johnson.co.za/Group-Shows-and-Art-Fairs Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:46:23 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/Group-Shows-and-Art-Fairs New Work, Group Shows and Art Fairs <img width="2588" height="3266" width_o="2588" height_o="3266" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/397a6b9b1756a98c31bddfa737ebcbe8f32dfe81ad16c03aed9534d5ad14a3d6/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" data-mid="209919026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/397a6b9b1756a98c31bddfa737ebcbe8f32dfe81ad16c03aed9534d5ad14a3d6/Claire-Johnson_New-oilpainting_brighter.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #8, Batch #3 2024, Oil on Canvas <img width="1500" height="1115" width_o="1500" height_o="1115" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a812bb803e47fa26699bf0bc378f8cc4f18691899d0f11b353648baf50a40bac/ODDMENT-BATCH-8-1_lr.jpg" data-mid="204549386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a812bb803e47fa26699bf0bc378f8cc4f18691899d0f11b353648baf50a40bac/ODDMENT-BATCH-8-1_lr.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #8, Batch #1 &amp; 2 2024, Oil on Canvas For Between Strangers Group Show, 2021, at Nuweland Gallery <img width="3000" height="2186" width_o="3000" height_o="2186" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b49a47a65d1bd2e5eb26ef3a1adcaa237dc0691556e2a79c09942949dafdb72f/17.png" data-mid="124964238" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b49a47a65d1bd2e5eb26ef3a1adcaa237dc0691556e2a79c09942949dafdb72f/17.png" /> Oddments Bag #5, Batch #2 &amp; 32021, Oil on Canvas For 1-54 New York, 2021, with Nuweland Gallery <img width="3054" height="4334" width_o="3054" height_o="4334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21cce0e5dfb21bbcef5592daba424eed57f7bf543822fc0d9eccc448ce12d3cb/Oddment-Batch-Bag-II.jpg" data-mid="112906089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21cce0e5dfb21bbcef5592daba424eed57f7bf543822fc0d9eccc448ce12d3cb/Oddment-Batch-Bag-II.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #2, Batch #12021, Oil on Canvas <img width="3054" height="4334" width_o="3054" height_o="4334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/848cbbfc79d8cb411d85268b7b5a1e3936a1e6a0cdcdea6bacd325e3624d4d0a/Oddment-Bag-Batch-V.jpg" data-mid="112906101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/848cbbfc79d8cb411d85268b7b5a1e3936a1e6a0cdcdea6bacd325e3624d4d0a/Oddment-Bag-Batch-V.jpg" /> Oddments Bag Batch V2021, Oil on CanvasFor Art Gazette, 2020 Oddments Study I, II, III2020, Lithograph on Munken Lynx <img width="7360" height="4912" width_o="7360" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abc8db84f0d0a58a3b1ac9a8d13963cf43000af18be6eaccd70610369ab6e976/BXL-35.jpg" data-mid="94638079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abc8db84f0d0a58a3b1ac9a8d13963cf43000af18be6eaccd70610369ab6e976/BXL-35.jpg" /><img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dbb8bf54ffd05b31d290c46170171793c323088fb82528765472f9b71f89b40/12Idleist-Study-II.jpg" data-mid="94638304" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dbb8bf54ffd05b31d290c46170171793c323088fb82528765472f9b71f89b40/12Idleist-Study-II.jpg" /><img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8cff85e35b08b46ec687b84117bb6bfa90a12bbc9b4de8a05a734b909f7c620/2Idleist-Study-II.jpg" data-mid="94638287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8cff85e35b08b46ec687b84117bb6bfa90a12bbc9b4de8a05a734b909f7c620/2Idleist-Study-II.jpg" /><img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d0a1aa0580c0e90eb752e02c67f36be52cb0fcef96ead3705974b5c483cf7c3/Idleist-Study-II.jpg" data-mid="94638289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d0a1aa0580c0e90eb752e02c67f36be52cb0fcef96ead3705974b5c483cf7c3/Idleist-Study-II.jpg" /> Oddments Bag #2, Batch #1.2020, Oil on canvas70 x 100 cm <img width="1390" height="2000" width_o="1390" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1b54181b558a638faa3a65fa3b3e420264e15b3d5de29659fbca772ea5fa627/IMG_1113.jpg" data-mid="74093186" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1b54181b558a638faa3a65fa3b3e420264e15b3d5de29659fbca772ea5fa627/IMG_1113.jpg" /> For Clarkes Bookshop Auction, 2020Keep My Place2020, Oil on canvas board30 x 40,5 cm <img width="2787" height="3720" width_o="2787" height_o="3720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa8b55cd6a620910c4a751b2794936481a770888ddc6677011abeb32d7a20b86/DL_2020-_PHOTO_200521_IMG_1258.jpg" data-mid="74093148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa8b55cd6a620910c4a751b2794936481a770888ddc6677011abeb32d7a20b86/DL_2020-_PHOTO_200521_IMG_1258.jpg" /> From Rendevous II, 2019, SMITH, Cape Town Oddments Set&nbsp;2019, Acrylic on Canvas72cm x 102cm x 6,5cm <img width="3054" height="4334" width_o="3054" height_o="4334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e06513065b4eafe2519831289cc4294828b2efb36a100f0bf0c023094d358131/Rendevous-II.jpg" data-mid="59568068" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e06513065b4eafe2519831289cc4294828b2efb36a100f0bf0c023094d358131/Rendevous-II.jpg" /> A recurring preoccupation of Johnson's is the complex sentimental relationships people form with objects – how objects can become surrogates for lost human relationships or can come to embody unattainable dreams, memories of distant times and, as such, in their presence can become embodiments of absence itself. In response to these interests she mines the personal belongings of those close to her for source material – things cherished and things recently discarded, this time fabric offcuts from a tailor shop leftover after the cutting of a garment –&nbsp;and attempts to translate in equal measures the&nbsp;physical and psychological&nbsp;form of the object, while at the same time celebrating the impossibility of&nbsp;the&nbsp;translation of personal perception. From Emphatic Whispers, 2019, SMITH, Cape Town Ceremonial Leftovers, 2019, Merino wool felt 63 x 59 cm &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1796" height="2000" width_o="1796" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd77331a142d62c8be2f8359d03a44b7af66719364edf2c0f8303620cca53c55/Ceremonial-Leftovers_2019.jpg" data-mid="59568069" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd77331a142d62c8be2f8359d03a44b7af66719364edf2c0f8303620cca53c55/Ceremonial-Leftovers_2019.jpg" /> For Art Gazette, 2019&nbsp; The Idleist Study I, II, III2019, Lithograph on Munken LynxEdition of 20 <img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1176adba1c1a6ca39b46f4b9aca5f698c044b19c9151f97b38018c988abfb536/Idleist-Study-I_framed.jpg" data-mid="94637761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1176adba1c1a6ca39b46f4b9aca5f698c044b19c9151f97b38018c988abfb536/Idleist-Study-I_framed.jpg" /><img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e302f33744be554c92b5318c437ab7d27382a0a62d79fde6ee11ac0dc0323c60/Idleist-Study-II_framed.jpg" data-mid="94637762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e302f33744be554c92b5318c437ab7d27382a0a62d79fde6ee11ac0dc0323c60/Idleist-Study-II_framed.jpg" /><img width="4601" height="6524" width_o="4601" height_o="6524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0425ba3f807b64a12cec59a09a05760c12c87ac37ffd2670341781af0d4cec5/Idleist-Study-III_framed.jpg" data-mid="94637764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0425ba3f807b64a12cec59a09a05760c12c87ac37ffd2670341781af0d4cec5/Idleist-Study-III_framed.jpg" /> From Art Joburg, 2019 Presented by SMITH, Johannesburg Met liefde aan Rosie van Ma / Conhada ofereceme no dia da Festa de 19602019, Found Material174 x 230 cm <img width="1800" height="1201" width_o="1800" height_o="1201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49f9625d17e7b78a8cbff46d2e1d85a7ba84dd223ced594a372826bfe7a0406f/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_50-lr.jpg" data-mid="59569360" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49f9625d17e7b78a8cbff46d2e1d85a7ba84dd223ced594a372826bfe7a0406f/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_50-lr.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1201" width_o="1800" height_o="1201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33b3be06c973693e4364cd6795e2e92bebe9128d920c6653122c19b1e785210b/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_51-lr.jpg" data-mid="59569361" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33b3be06c973693e4364cd6795e2e92bebe9128d920c6653122c19b1e785210b/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_51-lr.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1201" width_o="1800" height_o="1201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b99baff15dbd620560747f5980ef5c6502c2f845dd658d08a0e5d62740da76dc/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_53-lr.jpg" data-mid="59569362" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b99baff15dbd620560747f5980ef5c6502c2f845dd658d08a0e5d62740da76dc/SMITH_AUG_TWO_HR_53-lr.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1201" width_o="1800" height_o="1201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17844bc950a3758c083a19f9e4cce5fb45c0c2cb82be10fb88d693e65fea9c96/SMITH_ARTFAIR_HR_21-lr.jpg" data-mid="59569365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17844bc950a3758c083a19f9e4cce5fb45c0c2cb82be10fb88d693e65fea9c96/SMITH_ARTFAIR_HR_21-lr.jpg" /> From Re-Imagining Realities, Open24Hrs, Cape Town House Warming, Self Grooming, North Facing&nbsp;2016, Linocut on paper120 x 80 cm, 120 x 80 cm,&nbsp; 140 x 99 cm <img width="2046" height="2908" width_o="2046" height_o="2908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33230874dfcb7d169e45805cd638be119370ced0131f2f10bd5754a9ea1b36eb/House-Warming.LR.jpg" data-mid="59568750" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33230874dfcb7d169e45805cd638be119370ced0131f2f10bd5754a9ea1b36eb/House-Warming.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2030" height="2905" width_o="2030" height_o="2905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d10cdcc0ef2cfc79ad0c3e7a02681035c3269cf4290c323e36ff59c0e22817/Self-Grooming.LR.jpg" data-mid="59568752" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76d10cdcc0ef2cfc79ad0c3e7a02681035c3269cf4290c323e36ff59c0e22817/Self-Grooming.LR.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/401f81c5a4245f485538d6717dcade2f0e7617351c126a47704b944f3ee2c3b8/Changing-Hands_Smith_012.jpg" data-mid="59568751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/401f81c5a4245f485538d6717dcade2f0e7617351c126a47704b944f3ee2c3b8/Changing-Hands_Smith_012.jpg" /> From Out of Nowhere, 2017,&nbsp;SMITH, Cape Town Keeping Quiet I and II&nbsp;2017, Painting on acrylic <img width="1704" height="2746" width_o="1704" height_o="2746" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7f498281129633375f5b15aff3a4d71d20225556190c99709baab0016dddcab/keepign-quiter2.jpg" data-mid="59568066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7f498281129633375f5b15aff3a4d71d20225556190c99709baab0016dddcab/keepign-quiter2.jpg" /> <img width="1817" height="2840" width_o="1817" height_o="2840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1bd357aa36539b9e3cfcddf1ae99831eff731a4ef8905befdb188e94c6fe892/keepign-quiter.jpg" data-mid="59568067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1bd357aa36539b9e3cfcddf1ae99831eff731a4ef8905befdb188e94c6fe892/keepign-quiter.jpg" /> From Sketch, 2016, SMITH, Cape Town Smug2016, Acrylic on paper <img width="2275" height="3364" width_o="2275" height_o="3364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ad5d25e7fcaaa25c79ed6efeb5bd317dbd20f94741336941abb9c37069e90a7/Sketch17.jpg" data-mid="59568070" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ad5d25e7fcaaa25c79ed6efeb5bd317dbd20f94741336941abb9c37069e90a7/Sketch17.jpg" /> https://claire-johnson.co.za/2019-Remnant-Cape-Town Mon, 27 Jan 2020 09:46:22 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/2019-Remnant-Cape-Town 2019, Remnant, SMITH, Cape Town <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbb781f5a7755e7e696a908c8c31c3fe66dc70daf4a01a1055475bdf61a39c9a/SMITH_JAN3_LR-22.jpg" data-mid="59542275" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbb781f5a7755e7e696a908c8c31c3fe66dc70daf4a01a1055475bdf61a39c9a/SMITH_JAN3_LR-22.jpg" /> Remnant (2019),&nbsp; Johnson’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, turns towards the stories and secrets contained within negative space, focusing less on objects themselves than on the stories and impressions that shape our memory of them. <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f12daeadb1203f7cc5f0c9e995121458749ca9fff4d416570efd2cf848351e3/SMITH_JAN3_LR-27.jpg" data-mid="59542272" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f12daeadb1203f7cc5f0c9e995121458749ca9fff4d416570efd2cf848351e3/SMITH_JAN3_LR-27.jpg" /> To describe her objects, Johnson treats our interaction with them as clues, but sees the remnants of an object as equally valid. That which is not included is regarded equally evocative and suggestive. Select works were inspired by stories of memorable or otherwise personal objects gathered via interviews with a range of subjects, from strangers to friends and colleagues. In the process Johnson unearthed her own personal narrative: a familial preoccupation with fabric that extended back generations. <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc8843df1d389cc4cd3c5a782de4debc1944781878f3ac5f250c43647731482e/SMITH_JAN3_LR-25.jpg" data-mid="59542273" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc8843df1d389cc4cd3c5a782de4debc1944781878f3ac5f250c43647731482e/SMITH_JAN3_LR-25.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49c398748c89576236bb5c44cd7b1984cacde2f46c489f6f2bf84150af3517ff/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_015.jpg" data-mid="59542487" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49c398748c89576236bb5c44cd7b1984cacde2f46c489f6f2bf84150af3517ff/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_015.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce59150b2a09f531444d508d71a5a25e09ecd4cfe5a98e6f31f9a414a8c4e803/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_018.jpg" data-mid="59542267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce59150b2a09f531444d508d71a5a25e09ecd4cfe5a98e6f31f9a414a8c4e803/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_018.jpg" /> Inscription / Conhada ofereceme no dia da Festa de 1960, 2019Found Material, 239 x 77 cm <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9903fa8678273a5f1b0787bc258ecead27fe36311386262e0183b274c29e54e/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_034.jpg" data-mid="59542221" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9903fa8678273a5f1b0787bc258ecead27fe36311386262e0183b274c29e54e/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_034.jpg" /> Loose Grip, 2019Fabric and found oak lintel, 340 x 109 x 10 cm “What do we make of memories that don’t have a conduit to anchor them in time and place? Are these any more or less reliable - and how do we represent them visually? My instinct was to try create something that looked the way it feels; with the weight of substance in competition with the flimsy nature of memory.” <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f86300e2c167aff299441b712bb12e5e6224f14e497629be3bcac4fea5a8751a/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_023.jpg" data-mid="59542250" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f86300e2c167aff299441b712bb12e5e6224f14e497629be3bcac4fea5a8751a/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_023.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a673dbaf7987af78b3b9b4a3862d3fc5858813a740f947ec4250b275355e2faf/SMITH_JAN3_LR-32.jpg" data-mid="59542286" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a673dbaf7987af78b3b9b4a3862d3fc5858813a740f947ec4250b275355e2faf/SMITH_JAN3_LR-32.jpg" /> Remnant, 2019Found Material, 100 x 73 cm With Remnant, Johnson is part archivist and part historian, piecing together a story from fragments of things and memories. Found objects and impressions are then hauled out of context, obstructed in their ability to speak for themselves. In other cases, the unearthed stories and memories are unaccompanied and ungalvanised by objects, existing as they do as Chinese whispers, passed on with cumulative abstraction over time. <img width="1500" height="999" width_o="1500" height_o="999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48108b96d63ed2ca5f0cf6115a42f71c48809f4864efd3346b51c72916d525c8/SMITH_JAN2_LR-25.jpg" data-mid="59542277" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48108b96d63ed2ca5f0cf6115a42f71c48809f4864efd3346b51c72916d525c8/SMITH_JAN2_LR-25.jpg" /> Remnant Studies 1 &amp; 2, 2019 Acrylic on paper, 94 x 134 cm <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ef54e5cc51b47c2373c06b96d7c68df62f05702179ddccb075d09959da100be/003.jpg" data-mid="59542270" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ef54e5cc51b47c2373c06b96d7c68df62f05702179ddccb075d09959da100be/003.jpg" /> If Memory Serves, 2019 Video Projection onto fabric 9 15 x 510 x 2 cm, length: 05.42min <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbc083253a05849207b7cfe99e1ed04d71b67769b39c65880a255cce242dc5a3/IMG_3118.jpg" data-mid="59542285" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbc083253a05849207b7cfe99e1ed04d71b67769b39c65880a255cce242dc5a3/IMG_3118.jpg" /> Plain as Day, 2019 Video Projection, 360 x 130 x 1 cm Length: 02.31 min Exhibiting a video installation looping the shadow of a pair of trousers flapping in the breeze, by repurposing the discarded fabric left aside after a garment is cut, or when studying the various folds in a selection of found handkerchiefs, Johnson treats the secondary and abstract as empirically valid. By providing ‘real world’ glimpses that speak sometimes directly and sometimes obliquely to the surrounding artworks, Johnson reiterates the notion that what isn’t apparent is as expressive as what is. <img width="1059" height="1500" width_o="1059" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5379759c2666e00dde505850dc77003121dee2ba5ab149296094b9836e95761/SMITH_JAN2_LR-24.jpg" data-mid="59542278" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5379759c2666e00dde505850dc77003121dee2ba5ab149296094b9836e95761/SMITH_JAN2_LR-24.jpg" /> <img width="1053" height="1500" width_o="1053" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd86f81acd8f36404d07bf7e0f0b7f7d4b9db105c928a962d6da220f1727e319/SMITH_JAN2_LR-23.jpg" data-mid="59542279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd86f81acd8f36404d07bf7e0f0b7f7d4b9db105c928a962d6da220f1727e319/SMITH_JAN2_LR-23.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="2151" width_o="1500" height_o="2151" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e819a545830f61a391fa7741d4b607577d944472851070144c95b9f0a02a8e27/SMITH_JAN2_LR-22.jpg" data-mid="59542280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e819a545830f61a391fa7741d4b607577d944472851070144c95b9f0a02a8e27/SMITH_JAN2_LR-22.jpg" /> Warp and Weft, 2019 Glad Rags,2019Taute, 2019 Acrylic on paper 107 x 76 cm “Something unsaid, a musical note withheld, the creases in a folded but unused handkerchief or the shadow of a pair of trousers flapping on the washing line - these details are as empirical as anything else. They are statements, if you like, that speak to what I believe to be a truer nature of objects, which are nothing definite or definable in and of themselves but subjects to the vagaries of our own differing perceptions.” <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3092adddeca622ba97d2778eed91b7c55d05b0faa0fe73de05d54758e587617/SMITH_JAN2_LR-27-2.jpg" data-mid="59542276" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3092adddeca622ba97d2778eed91b7c55d05b0faa0fe73de05d54758e587617/SMITH_JAN2_LR-27-2.jpg" /> A Lennox &amp; Sons of Armagh, 2019 Acrylic on canvas, 56 x 55 cm Canvas paintings are framed with exposed fabric hanging like an untucked shirt suggesting that canvas, like clothing, is at first a fabric and a screen upon which we project and impose our own impressions - and tell our own stories. <img width="1000" height="1500" width_o="1000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b37e9d9a0595700b6a98335c4f9e17ed5a5371cccdf6dc74552a3f51f001b2a/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_027.jpg" data-mid="59542239" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b37e9d9a0595700b6a98335c4f9e17ed5a5371cccdf6dc74552a3f51f001b2a/SMITH_Claire-and-Daniel_027.jpg" /> In the Event of a Special Occasion, 2019 Acrylic on canvas,125 x 83 cm &nbsp; Text by Matthew Freemantle Download Press Release https://claire-johnson.co.za/2016-Changing-Hands-Cape-Town Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:57:02 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/2016-Changing-Hands-Cape-Town 2016, Changing Hands, SMITH, Cape Town Changing Hands consists of compositions of ostensibly abstract forms, produced by a self-generated process which is underpinned by the human relationship with objects; and the attempt to relieve artwork from its context. <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a86fb4aba203cb3bf8dc0712dd897d74b6cb268aaabeca278255a2a8d3fce9c/Changing-Hands_Smith_016.jpg" data-mid="59561454" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a86fb4aba203cb3bf8dc0712dd897d74b6cb268aaabeca278255a2a8d3fce9c/Changing-Hands_Smith_016.jpg" /> Her work is based on an object which runs through an experiment, which involves the flattening of three dimensional items into unpredictable two dimensional forms. From there, her process becomes loose, shapes are intuitively arranged into compositions, and colour is chosen instinctively, by choosing contrasting combinations on the shop floor. <img width="2577" height="2573" width_o="2577" height_o="2573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b751fe80bf56996fdfce036f9e9af4ac2bfba6f76c931a29690bc02ad5d572a2/Classic-Rooms.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563176" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b751fe80bf56996fdfce036f9e9af4ac2bfba6f76c931a29690bc02ad5d572a2/Classic-Rooms.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2733" height="2744" width_o="2733" height_o="2744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31698b75401c0f67b7dfd2815b1ea79144d3b1799a1cf7e7d2e3a20919cdf988/I-Saw-You-Coming.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563175" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31698b75401c0f67b7dfd2815b1ea79144d3b1799a1cf7e7d2e3a20919cdf988/I-Saw-You-Coming.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2579" height="2584" width_o="2579" height_o="2584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2602f4c643d5d8785809bf7575a7182f4a4d08245d12a705d38f6c07b08ac84d/Smug.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2602f4c643d5d8785809bf7575a7182f4a4d08245d12a705d38f6c07b08ac84d/Smug.LR.jpg" /> Smug,&nbsp;2016 Classic Rooms, 2016 I Saw You Coming, 2016 Acrylic on paper,&nbsp;99 x 99c <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e4ced06534eef1e2fe62e2066f8d02e3bd66b89878a4339b4e563f91ed56a0d/Changing-Hands_Smith_002.jpg" data-mid="59561449" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e4ced06534eef1e2fe62e2066f8d02e3bd66b89878a4339b4e563f91ed56a0d/Changing-Hands_Smith_002.jpg" /> The subject of her work is always an object, personal or found. An object without context cannot speak for itself, and therefore when being engaged with, inevitably, the beholder will establish their own understanding of its relationship to the world, overwriting any history or significance that it may have had. Its story is completed by the viewer, much as in art; where the viewers subjective perception is the only real experience, regardless of the artists intentions. <img width="2429" height="3310" width_o="2429" height_o="3310" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5ea18fa5d8e464581521dde60177ccd9a904177eda803edf18df26ad7a706a4/Part-Time.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5ea18fa5d8e464581521dde60177ccd9a904177eda803edf18df26ad7a706a4/Part-Time.LR.jpg" />Part Time, 2016, Acrylic on paper, 40 x 40cm <img width="1322" height="1800" width_o="1322" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c516617931e76f55da19b9157f33b61dfdb314fd0b32dcce1e7a4560ce3b0d8/Modern-Materials.HR.jpg" data-mid="59563135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c516617931e76f55da19b9157f33b61dfdb314fd0b32dcce1e7a4560ce3b0d8/Modern-Materials.HR.jpg" /> Modern Materials, 2016, Acrylic on paper, 40 x 40cm <img width="2465" height="2465" width_o="2465" height_o="2465" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0f0ca18c4e9bed3c7f9fb6668944377917cca6ce43f499d4b9c53c5c734248d/Parking-Lot-LR.jpg" data-mid="59563143" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0f0ca18c4e9bed3c7f9fb6668944377917cca6ce43f499d4b9c53c5c734248d/Parking-Lot-LR.jpg" /> <img width="1791" height="1800" width_o="1791" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8894c1ed7dc946bd5091283ce46a971f860cfd40e1054dd8b7d3e0a23b66eb06/Office-Furnishing.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8894c1ed7dc946bd5091283ce46a971f860cfd40e1054dd8b7d3e0a23b66eb06/Office-Furnishing.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2167" height="2189" width_o="2167" height_o="2189" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6a0616ea01d5236b296efe8ae98c8d2ed2d3c450b47f306b01cc0e33f8b125d/Victoriana.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6a0616ea01d5236b296efe8ae98c8d2ed2d3c450b47f306b01cc0e33f8b125d/Victoriana.LR.jpg" /> The Parking Lot, 2016Office Furnishing, 2016 Victoriana, 2016 Acrylic on paper, 80 x 80cm ‘If the viewer where to know what the object was, the illusion would be broken and process exposed. The audience would not be able to see anything beyond what they then knew, even its the significance would not matter, the power of the imagination hindered. The baggage of its context preventing the viewer from having ownership over its meaning.’ <img width="2422" height="3294" width_o="2422" height_o="3294" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c24b08cc026009aa07d3a14dc1b0596d78e33441c4737ae0f9303bae012bf2f/Night-Class-Week-Three.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563165" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c24b08cc026009aa07d3a14dc1b0596d78e33441c4737ae0f9303bae012bf2f/Night-Class-Week-Three.LR.jpg" /> <img width="915" height="1800" width_o="915" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/685b1e8e9f2021eafb523df730945a6f0c40173dc37bb5f6c20e1a2c990c598a/Guest-of-Honour.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563126" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/915/i/685b1e8e9f2021eafb523df730945a6f0c40173dc37bb5f6c20e1a2c990c598a/Guest-of-Honour.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2354" height="3806" width_o="2354" height_o="3806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bede7e4a053bc856565c4f9d0ed96872694712eb5cb5b3210ed7a60ab93ee28a/High-Arch.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563174" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bede7e4a053bc856565c4f9d0ed96872694712eb5cb5b3210ed7a60ab93ee28a/High-Arch.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2441" height="3295" width_o="2441" height_o="3295" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bc8e8dd0c639476e69f38256f60e047fa2b9b361bafb4b910eaa29a14822fde/Souvenir.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bc8e8dd0c639476e69f38256f60e047fa2b9b361bafb4b910eaa29a14822fde/Souvenir.LR.jpg" /> Night Class Week Three &amp; Souvenir, 2016, Acrylic on paper, 40 x 40cmGuest of Honour, 2016Acrylic on paper, 75 x 40cm High Arch, 2016Acrylic on paper, 55 x 40cm<img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89c4250f199a30ecc6d806917844c6097f58363798cc9ece01ebb63fe1eaa94f/Changing-Hands_Smith_009.jpg" data-mid="59561458" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89c4250f199a30ecc6d806917844c6097f58363798cc9ece01ebb63fe1eaa94f/Changing-Hands_Smith_009.jpg" /> Through its lifespan, the featured object evolves from a physical item, into a flattened shape, and finally into a composition hung on a wall. Its past becomes irrelevant and it is only ‘genetically’ related to the final piece, the resemblance being purely physical. The spotlight of significance moves with each change of context. <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/401f81c5a4245f485538d6717dcade2f0e7617351c126a47704b944f3ee2c3b8/Changing-Hands_Smith_012.jpg" data-mid="59561457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/401f81c5a4245f485538d6717dcade2f0e7617351c126a47704b944f3ee2c3b8/Changing-Hands_Smith_012.jpg" /> <img width="2046" height="2908" width_o="2046" height_o="2908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33230874dfcb7d169e45805cd638be119370ced0131f2f10bd5754a9ea1b36eb/House-Warming.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563178" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33230874dfcb7d169e45805cd638be119370ced0131f2f10bd5754a9ea1b36eb/House-Warming.LR.jpg" /> <img width="2030" height="2905" width_o="2030" height_o="2905" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76d10cdcc0ef2cfc79ad0c3e7a02681035c3269cf4290c323e36ff59c0e22817/Self-Grooming.LR.jpg" data-mid="59563179" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76d10cdcc0ef2cfc79ad0c3e7a02681035c3269cf4290c323e36ff59c0e22817/Self-Grooming.LR.jpg" /> House-Warming, 2016 Self Grooming, 2016North Facing, 2016 Linocut on paper, Edition of 5 + 1 AP <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fd4ba9a7007cc5f391a53bf098c7b5e6ce27c92b35bf6017771661c6fea608a/Changing-Hands_Smith_015.jpg" data-mid="59561455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fd4ba9a7007cc5f391a53bf098c7b5e6ce27c92b35bf6017771661c6fea608a/Changing-Hands_Smith_015.jpg" /> The objects systematic evolution starkly contrasts the viewers engagement of the final piece, being immediate and intuitive. This is the delicate balance, ensuring enough degrees of separation to require the viewer to complete the story themselves, uninfluenced by its context; allowing access for unhindered interpretation. Text by Matthew Freemantle <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69ea972b022eb56c1c397358942346e3db588c9e4638c7a3c5e426c159adc897/Changing-Hands_Smith_007.jpg" data-mid="59561460" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69ea972b022eb56c1c397358942346e3db588c9e4638c7a3c5e426c159adc897/Changing-Hands_Smith_007.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcb1c3da735d2a1f3bea2620a41ae03f916c04121fc971499af5239a5caf36fd/Changing-Hands_Smith_023.jpg" data-mid="59561451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcb1c3da735d2a1f3bea2620a41ae03f916c04121fc971499af5239a5caf36fd/Changing-Hands_Smith_023.jpg" /> Scrubs, 2016 Cotton, 260 x 120cm Captive Audience, 2016 Linen, 260 x 120cm <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c781c9bfbd1de514023f16b2ce7526d7e509ae3c84c6bca6660f8a6f1f2ef5c3/Changing-Hands_Smith_021.jpg" data-mid="59561452" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c781c9bfbd1de514023f16b2ce7526d7e509ae3c84c6bca6660f8a6f1f2ef5c3/Changing-Hands_Smith_021.jpg" /> Spelling Error, 2016 Linen, 260 x 120cm https://claire-johnson.co.za/Info-copy Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:00:31 +0000 clairejohnson https://claire-johnson.co.za/Info-copy /**/