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		<title>DISCOVER WHOLE WORLDS BETWEEN COVERS AT SPIER’S NEW EXHIBITION, DISRUPT II</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emma Willemse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spier is now home to Disrupt II, an exhibition showcasing Emma Willemse&#8217;s artworks, exhibited at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in 2018, which have been brought back to South Africa by Spier Arts Trust to be shown on home soil. The focus of Disrupt II is a range of new works, dealing with the theme of disruption, evoking the zeitgeist of our times. The installation includes a selection from the artist’s series of 101 handmade artist books, entitled “101 ways to long for a home” seeks to subvert the traditional notion of linear word-based storytelling. It employs a fragmented visual language and relies on the multi-layered meanings generated by found material. The discarded parquet floor blocks featured in the intricate construction of the books and objects are sourced from Woodstock in Cape Town, where a gentrification process causes the demolition of old homes and buildings. “Displacement from a ‘home’ is a theme that echoes in a number of works and naturally links up neatly with her novel material: reclaimed parquet flooring,” says arts writer Mary Corrigall. “This disused material obviously evokes a ‘home’ but also a history of a place and movements in it that leave a trace. Floorboards [...]]]></description>
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