ULTERIOR
2016 – Solo Presentation, (SMAC Gallery), FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ulterior is a solo project by South African artist Ruann Coleman.
Consisting of floor and wall-mounted sculptural works, the artist combines organic and synthetic found materials to create a juxtaposition that initiates a rapport with current discourses of post-minimal creative practice. Here, the artist purposefully rejects elements of conspicuous, shrine-like monuments, for a more subtle, seemingly effortless appearance, that remains carefully considered and rich in content. Coleman chooses to work within a purely formal language. His process is rooted in play, impromptu interventions, experimentation, and the fluke or fortune of the random accident.
Yet Coleman’s concepts pivot around the materiality of his found objects, their weight, scale, form and balance. His thematic approach is always autobiographical and often questions the predefined gendered nature of his chosen materials. In Ulterior, he presents a collection of meticulously selected, and intuitively manipulated, found objects that have been translated into symbolic structures imbued with subtext, tension, humour and beauty.
EXHIBITION IMAGES
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GRIND I_2016_FOUND TWIG AND PENCIL SHARPNER_70 X 14 X 14 CM.
HALF HEARTED I_2016_BRASS AND STAINLESS STEEL FISH-HOOKS_HUNG 1,76M.
WHITTLED RARE WOODS ON RUBBER_21X31CM.
ILLUMINATED II_2016_ETCHED BRONZE MIRROR LIGHTBOX_31 X 21CM.
