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Solly Smook Art Exhibition

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The Solly Smook - Sanctus Art Exhibition takes place from the 1st December 2018 - 27 January 2019 at La Galleria in McGregor.

SANCTUS
holy, sacred, consecrated, saint, pius, hallowed, saintly, chaste, venerable.

“With Sanctus I take the opportunity to experiment and play with dogma as subject matter. In the pejorative sense, dogma refers to enforced decisions applied to some strong belief and is often used to refer to matters related to religion, but it is not limited to theistic attitudes alone. For the first time, using a variety of mediums in one exhibition, I regard Sanctus more as an art project without fully discarding my usual technique and subject matter. This project invites the viewer to sanctus. Within or without the borders of dogma” – Solly Smook.

In his works, Smook reconsiders the conventions of portrait painting through a continued pursuit of combining classic portraiture with contemporary techniques, tools and colour. With his goal to produce paintings that engage with matters beyo

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Photo Credit: A. Goedhart.

Contemporary expressionist painter Solly Smook explores concepts relating to the uniqueness of emotion and the importance of it in our spiritual lives. His process in creating art attempts to rethink the conventions of portrait painting through a continued pursuit of the more contemporary, with a goal to create paintings that engage with matters beyond what is immediately visible, quite often consciously and reflexively questioning the nature of spiritual identity as something deconstructed, created and tangible.

With more than 40 successful group and solo exhibitions under his belt, Solly’s art has found its way into various private collections all over the world. It has been auctioned at the Foundling Museum in London in aid of Foodbank Africa, and it featured in the group exhibition ‘The Rainbow Experience’ at Mandela Rhodes Place in Cape Town under the auspices of the Mirca Art Group, with proceeds going to Amnesty International.

Following the resounding success of the inaugural event in 2016, Solo Studios returns to

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