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	<title>Design News &#187; Irma Stern</title>
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		<title>Irma &amp; Athi… an intervention – a new exhibition of Athi-Patra Ruga’s art in conversation with Irma Stern artworks at the iconic painter’s former home</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The relationship between the contemporary artworks of Athi-Patra Ruga and that of the late, celebrated canonical painter Irma Stern is one of contrary tendencies: both admiration and disruption are evident. Attracted by Stern’s technical ability, lavish use of colour, her bold position as Expressionist painter in the conservative South African art world of her time, and the atypical life she led; but acutely aware of Stern’s colonial viewpoint, Ruga time and time again casts a revisionist eye over her work and generates new interventions. To further this dialogue between the two artists’ works, the UCT Irma Stern Museum (ISM) will host an exhibition where the works of both artists, Irma Stern and Athi Patra Ruga, will be installed alongside each other within the museum. The exhibition will include new site-responsive works that Athi Patra Ruga produced during a 3-month residency at the ISM, combined with select and iconic loan works. The exhibition opened for public viewing on 31 March 2022 and runs until 18 June 2022. The show is accompanied by a series of walkabouts, talks and workshops. The retrospective will feature select examples of Ruga’s iconic tapestries from the period 2009 &#8211; 2018 which reference paintings done by Stern [...]]]></description>
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