The AVA in partnership with Spier invites you to the opening of three solo exhibitions:
"Material Matters" by Erica Elk (Opening address by Virginia MacKenny)
"The Sum of the Parts" by Nike Romano
"Worker Interrupted" by David Rossouw
Opening at the AVA Gallery @ 6pm Monday, 26 July. Exhibition Closes Friday, 20 August 2010 at 1pm.

Erica Elk presents a mixed media body of work Material Matters in the Main gallery. Elk utilises everyday materials reconstituting them into a contemporary visual language.
In the Long gallery Nike Romano explores the space where science, the personal and art intersect. This mixed media body of work is a visual exploration that endeavours to contain the uncontainable. The theme of ordering chaos, both at a domestic level and within the universe runs through Romano’s practice and can be noted in her attention to detail and choose of materials.
Worker Interrupted by David Rossouw will employ the Artstrip. A photographic study of the aesthetic of the ordinary and the everyday that references the strong relationship between work and identity. Worker Interrupted references the notion that work influences one’s identity in a physical way. The physical appearance of a worker can be altered subtly over time as muscles are developed due to physical labour. On a superficial level, this alteration can also be in the form of clothing or bodies becoming soiled due to the nature of the work.
Opening 6pm on 26 July 2010. Exhibition concludes 20 August 2010 @ 1pm.
Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery
35 Church Street, Cape Town
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