Haunting images of Drakenstein
2005-11-10
HAUNTING images of the Klapmuts sundial, homesteads in Daljosaphat and Stellenbosch as well as District Six are all part of an exciting exhibition in the Strand.
The work by Solly Gutman forms part of a joint exhibition with Annali Delsink of scraperboard art that can be seen at the Rialto Art Gallery in the Strand from 14 to 30 November.
Born in Cape Town, Solly Gutman has always had a love of ‘old’ Cape Town and the surrounding areas, and has tried to preserve these images as well as others of diverse nature through scraperboard art.
He supplies his art works to the District Six Museum, Robben Island Museum and the Table Mountain Shop and has permanent displays at these centres.
He has recently been granted permission to prepare reproductions from the Cape Archives collections of Arthut Elliot photographs, concentrating on scenes of Cape Town and surrounds during the early 1890’s.
Private commissions are welcome. A website will be available shortly, in the meantime Gutman can be contacted on 434-8355, 082-417-1887 or e-mail gutman@telkomsa.net.
All original works are also available as photographic prints, pigments or litho reproductions in different sizes, as well as in limited edition prints.
Annali Delsink started her training as artist at school at the PJ Olivier Art Centre in Stellenbosch, and afterwards at the Stellenbosch University, where she obtained her degree in fine arts.
At the moment she is doing a course in visual arts and art history with Unisa.
Her research into Scraperboard Art led her to Gutman, whom she describes as the “master of Scraperboard”.
They’ve worked close together ever since, as with the coming exhibition in the Strand.
Scraper-board art is an interesting art form where the image is scratched into the medium, rather than painted on in the traditional way.
It is a direct process, unlike engravings, etchings or line-cuts which are printing processes.
The medium itself consists of a sheet of board which is coated with white chalk (clay).
It is then sprayed (overlaid) with a matt black ink.
To create the image, the artist uses a sharp metal instrument to scratch away the black surface and reveal the white area.
The medium allows for intricate detail, sharp contrast and a wide range of textures.
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