St. Lorient fashion and Art gallery is proud to host its first Solo exhibition by well known artist Andre Naude on the 14th April 2013.
St Lorient fashion is an established couture business, with experience in the South African fashion industry. The owner, Lucy Anastiades has had a dream to establish an art gallery which forms an integral part of this fashion emporium. This was initiated five years ago with selected group shows where Lucy employed experts to curate the latter.
Andre Naude became part of this field; he exhibited, curated and became involved in a dream which he had nurtured when still attending art school. Naude is well known as a professional painter and academic in the South African art circle. Apart from teaching, he held his first solo exhibition in the Springs municipal library in 1974 and has since subsequently presented Solo’s in Paris France, Palma de Mallorca in Spain and several reputable local galleries; including Everard Read gallery Johannesburg, The NSA gallery in Durban KZN, A.V.A gallery Cape Town, Fried Contemporary Pretoria, Pretoria Arts Association and Alliance Francais in Pretoria etc.
Andre Naude is a prolific artist who is innovative without straying from his recognizable style. He has been in the industry for many years and his works are instantly recognizable. He is best known for his expressive use of colour and bold representations.
For the South African and international art buyer, it is important to purchase works by an artist who has maintained a constant presence in the South African art arena. Naude has steadily being producing works since 1974. His growth potential in hard currency is excellent and prices range from R4,000.00 to R50,000.00 A painting by Andre Naude is not only an aesthetic investment but it also offers visual engagement. His work transcends the ideal of popular taste, securing a meaningful experience for the viewer and owner in future years.
He was invited as Festival Artist at ABSA KKNK arts festival in Oudtshoorn in 2006, which was followed by an invite to show at the SASOL art museum, university of Stellenbosch.
The Pretoria Arts Museum presented a mid career exhibition of his oeuvre in 2001. Naude is a prolific producer of superb canvas pieces as well as lithography and Macquette’s of small table sculptures. Being in the industry for many years, he has established his highly individual style; which is suitable for and very desirable for a sophisticated audience and collectors of both private and public.
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CATALOGUE ANDRE NAUDE SOLO EXHIBITION
Naudé se werk ’n besinging van verf
2013/04/22 11:00:01 PM
Circumspect II – André Naudé
St. Lorient, Brooklyn, Pretoria
Circumspect I het André Naudé einde verlede jaar in Hermanus in die Wes-Kaap gewys. Nou kry Gautengers geleentheid om dié Pretoriase kunstenaar se jongste skilderye, byeen onder die titel “omsigtig”, te betrag.
’n Mens kan nie help om die woord dalk meer letterlik op te neem nie: rondom kyk. Asof Naudé ’n vaste punt (en waarom voel die uitstalling onmiddellik so onmiskenbaar Frans?) inneem en van daar rondom, terug-, vorentoe, maar ook inkyk.
Met dié kom Picasso, Braque, Monet en die Brit Hodgkin in sig. Iets van dieselfde gevoeligheid van kleur en lyn en komposisie en oog wat ’n mens by dié meesters kry, val op: soms onpeilbaar, soms duideliker soos in Joy waarin Naudé se verkenning van lynwerk herinner aan Monet se verbeelding van water waarin lelies dryf.
Jare lank al ’n kunstenaar wat skilderkuns ernstig neem en vir wie verf op doek eindelose bekoring bied, gee Naudé hom as’t ware oor aan die kwaliteite van die medium: vir die deugde van akriel, maar eweneens die opwinding van olie. En daarmee saam gebruik hy ruimskoots goud en silwer.
Die werke in Circumspect II is, benewens ’n portret-monotipe of twee, abstrak. Of eerder geabstraheerd. Ekstrakte wat steun op vorm eerder as betekenis. Daarom is Naudé se poëtiese titels dikwels misleidend. Titels, die verbale en nie-visuele sleutels tot werke, sluit in Naudé se werk soms meer toe as oop. Asof hy sy kyker wil noop om verby die serebrale interpretasie van kuns te kyk en om hulle oor te gee aan die vreugde van verf op doek, aan pigment, aan tekstuur en balans, aan kleur en komposisie. Aan dit wat “gebeur” in die skildery.
Dikwels “verstoor” Naudé juis die doek deur die inbring van ’n element of voorwerp om te kyk hoe dié inbreuk opgelos word (vergelyk byvoorbeeld die skuins lyne in Urban Fencing, die kobaltblou staaf in Sage, die Arp-agtige element in Hollywood Hats).
Naudé kyk terug op sy loopbaan as kunstenaar – die insluiting van palet-vorms sou daarop kon dui – maar hy is ook introspektief doenig.
Die patrone wat rame om werke vorm, laat die oog meer na binne neig, in na die binnewêreld (Intestinal Secret) of ’n landingstrook (Landing Strip). Of ’n blerts goud wat lyk asof dit van die doek wil wegkom.
Maar Naudé maak in dié versameling werk ook nuwe deure oop in die sin dat hy vorentoe kyk: omsigtig maar ongebonde (vergelyk die heerlike werk Pattern).
In ’n tyd wat oorheers word deur figuratiewe kuns is Naudé se doeke ’n kleinood, ’n besinging van verf.
- Tot 18 Mei. Op 5 Mei om 11:00 is daar ’n begeleide toer deur die uitstalling.
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