She is the Aphrodite of
South Africa’s street art scene. He has splashed his paint on galleries and
walls all throughout the world. She is Faith 47. He is Dal East.
Separately, his paint coils
and whirls in 3D manifestations and her engravings plunge deep into the wood to
evoke her images with pure emotion…
Together they break down
how we interact with our environment. Shying away from starched new canvases they favour pieces of wood, old doors, and shutters, all in the
interest of exploring life through the past and joining it with the future.
How honoured I was to cross
paths with the duo and exchange words with two heavy weights in the art world.
At their opening at the
RTIST Gallery, they spoke of how they scoured vintage furniture stores for the
wood they used as their canvases.
Flying into Australia
with not a painting in hand, they crafted each piece exclusively for the
exhibition. It was digging into and painting over the once used doors and
panels that inspired them.
It was an inspiration that etched out landscapes of nature and the chaos of the forgotten in the modern age. Dal East spun his images around the chaotic energy. Fatih 47's hushed simplicity was an ode to the forgotten times when we mingled more quietly with nature...
Transmitting street art
into the confines of a gallery is a hard-won task. Yet, RTIST skilfully spreads
open its four walls to flawlessly explore the world of its artists. Leaves were
swept along the floor and an entire wall was garnished with paint for the
exhibition. It was beautiful and effectual and an exhibition I wished I gotten
around to writing about a little sooner…
But, I do invite all to
explore and view Fatih 47 & Dal East while the work is still on
exhibit until May 13th…
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