Exhibition Pierre Le Riche

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Cape Town art scene: Your guide to the Mother City’s latest exhibitions

Here is your very own guide to some of the most noteworthy Cape Town-based galleries and exhibitions to explore in the month of May.

Exhibition Pierre Le Riche

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The Mother City is renowned for its vast range of galleries, pop-up art shows, and nuanced exhibitions across the CBD. Gallery hoppers will be thrilled to explore the exhibitions this lively city has to offer this month.

Exhibition First Thursdays
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WORLDART is one of Cape Town’s distinctively vibrant galleries. There is a focus on pop-art and more contemporary pieces at this gallery.

This month’s exhibition is titled DOPAMINE by the Cape Town-based artist Buhle Nkalashe. This artist showcases his works which are largely attributed to his African heritage and the corresponding visual elements.

DOPAMINE consists of a series of six paintings depicting people with their cellphones.

Location: 54 Church Street, Cape Town CBD

Duration: 3 May 2021 – 28 May 2021

World Art Gallery Exhibition
Buhle Nkalashe DOPAMINE – Image via @worldartgallery Instagram

Eclectica Contemporary focus on African contemporary art exhibitions. A diverse range of art on cutting-edge mediums which explore unchartered territories within the art community, is showcased at the gallery.

The current group exhibition at Eclectica Contemporary is titled Odyssey and showcases works by a variety of artists from North Africa. As tonight (6 May) is this month’s First Thursdays evening, why not pop in for an art fix?

Location: 56 Church Street, Cape Town CBD

THK has made a name for itself showcasing contemporary art works by local artists. The aim of this gallery is to showcase art which presents a diverse assemblage of developing forms of modern art.

The exhibition lined up for this month is by conceptual South African artist Pierre Le Riche. Le Riche works in sculpture and installation, although he does not specialise in any specific medium. The exhibition is titled Urns for the Ashes of My Lost Lovers: Part 1.

“It is forbidden to keep all my lovers, so I harbour my feelings in containers adorned with my memories of them. My lust is carved in clay, vitrified and shattered. My adoration is lost in a shipwreck in a hull lined with amphorae filled with it. My love is consolidated, incinerated and divided among urns kept in a crypt so veiled that even I have forgotten its location” Le Riche is quoted as saying on first-thursdays.co.za.

The exhibition starts on 6 May, just in time for First Thursdays!

Pierre Le Riche – Image via first-thursdays.co.za