Art lovers have the opportunity to see the acclaimed works of artists who exhibited at the 2022 Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) online through a 3D virtual gallery.
The third KKNK Virtual Gallery will take art lovers through all the rooms of the Prince Vincent building in Oudtshoorn, where this year’s visual arts were exhibited. The virtual gallery is available online until Sunday 5 June.
Every online exhibition is accompanied by a short statement about the exhibit providing the background and context about the work. Interested visitors are also spoiled with four short bonus videos: a documentary by Lieza Louw on the creative process of Karin Preller; a time-lapse video of the crochet arts project ReWOLusie, which depicts the 2010 Mary Sibande piece, Her Majesty Queen Sophie; Henrietta Scholtz’s Life and Time in Place; and Cloud Migration by Phumlani Ntuli.
Works that can be viewed online include that of Mary Sibande, Nkhensani Rihlampfu and Gregg Price; the popular Oudtshoorn-focused project, Karoo Kaarte, Prestik and Paper, as well as collections from the Absa Art Gallery; there is also work by Dirk Bahmann and Wayne Matthews, group exhibitions like Rich in Fibre, and Liewe Land! II – which was recently awarded the Fiësta prize for art – both of the latter under curatorship of Van der Walt.
The work of Karin Preller is shown, and there is even a moss art piece by horticulturalist Marcia Visser. Visitors to the virtual gallery can also look forward to works of Ayobola Kekere-ekun, Franklyn Dzingai and The Mapula Embroidery Project, among many others.
All works are interlinked by this year’s KKNK visual arts theme, “Unravel”. While some of the works that form part of the exhibition have been sold already, others are still available to prospective buyers.
Visit the gallery at https://kknk2022.kknk.co.za/virtuele-galery/. Enquiries about artwork can be directed to Dineke van der Walt on dineke@vanderwalt.za.net.
