WE ARE WATER.
01.12.2022 - 31.01.2023
STUDIO NXUMALO GALLERY, ROSEBANK, JOHANNESBURG.
Water is looking at your attitude towards it. Something happens in water that is very similar to what happens in a human brain when something is put into it, not just physical input, but inputs that either come in a form of touch, emotion and or an utterance of a sound or a mantra, this can change and impact the neuronal structure of water. Therefore if we keep a good relationship with the water that surrounds us, water that is within us and water that still has to come to us today, even if its dirty water, once it enters us, we will dance and enjoy, if we maintain a relationship like that with water, our physical health, and physical life will always be taken care of.
- Sahdguru (The Mystical Secrets Of Water, Isha Foundation, Youtube)
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Heather Conyngham is based in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, whilst Jared Kruger is based in the deep south of Cape Town, Western Cape. Both artists have a connection to the sea, due to their coastal proximity or in this instance as an ideology that is explored and expressed through their individual bodies of work that foregrounds the ocean. Studio Nxumalo has invited the artists to a joint exhibition, that intends to visually explore ideas around water and or the ocean, as explored and inspired by both Conyngham and Kruger’s body of works.
Aligning with the studio’s intention to explore exhibitions and projects that contribute to conversations that are concerned with our physical, spiritual, psychological as well as environmental well-being, Studio Nxumalo intends to work with this exhibition to remind our audience about our life’s proximity and similarity to water. That despite our flaws as humans, and various inputs and impacts that our lives encounter on our day-to-day living experiences, we remain an ocean that keeps bringing life, light and beauty to planet earth and we should never stop exploring our potential.
Featured Artists: Heather Gourlay-Conyngham and Jared “Jed” Kruger