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		<title>Showcasing SA&#8217;s most exquisite botanical art, Plant 2023 comes into bloom at Kirstenbosch this April!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Botanical art is experiencing a revival worldwide coinciding with an increasing interest and investment in saving the planet. PLANT 2023, presented by the Botanical Artists Association of South Africa (BAASA) takes this interest to a new level by painting the eco-systems, pollinators, creatures and natural elements that interact with our beautiful floral kingdom and revealing an exquisite story, giving visitors an insight into a fascinating natural world. Gwenda Caplan Kleinia fulgens &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Curator, Karen Stewart, will introduce renowned artists and exciting new talent to local and international visitors at the much anticipated exhibition at The Old Mutual Hall, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens from 14-25 April 2023. PLANT 2023 will attract art enthusiasts, nature lovers, horticulturists and garden enthusiasts and promises to ignite a passion in everyone for the natural world which we live in at the southern tip of Africa. PLANT 2023 brings an exquisite and professionally curated showcase of the best South African botanical art depicting indigenous plants of Southern Africa. Chris Lochner Protea repens &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Stewart says that it is fitting to hold the exhibition at Kirstenbosch, which forms part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, CARA SAVEN WALL DESIGN TRANSFORMS BEADWORK, CERAMICS AND COLLAGES INTO EXQUISITE WALLPAPER RANGES</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 09:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cara Saven Wall Design introduces three new ranges to its CS&#38;Co collection, in collaboration with world-renowned South African bead artists Monkeybiz, ceramicist Martine Jackson and collage artist Karen Stewart. The new ranges herald a fresh approach by the Cape Town-based wallpaper company, turning design objects and constructed abstract art into flat surface designs for the home and hospitality industry. “We’ve never taken 3D objects and transformed them into 2D wallpaper prints before,” says Cara Saven of the unique concept. In the case of Karen Stewart, the tears, cuts and incisions that form part of her multi-layered collage process become hyper-enhanced in this blown-up version of the work, creating an extremely visually textured wall surface, while the intricate beadwork crafted by the talented collective of women at Monkeybiz is transformed into statement wall features in this unexpected iteration.   “Usually, the beaded panels created by our artists cover three-dimensional forms,” says Monkeybiz Creative Director Ben Orkin. “In my eyes, these panels look and feel like tapestries, and I thought it would be interesting if we patched them together and spread them across a wall.” &#160; Each panel is made by a different artist, adding variety to these colourful wall designs. “Every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build a Lagoon with Just a Bottle of Wine?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2019 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African artists Karen Stewart and Ed Suter were among the 38 selected artists chosen from 350 applications received for the second iteration of the Lagos Biennial entitled: “How to Build a Lagoon with Just a Bottle of Wine?” The Lagos Biennial 2 was touted by the New York Times as one of two international Biennials worth travelling for. The title was adapted from the poem, “A Song For Lagos” by the Nigerian writer Akeem Lasisi. The curators framed the title as a provocation for artists and the public to meditate on the history and present construction of a city’s built environment. According to the curators, the title conjures the impossible, and speaks to the city’s “can-do” spirit in the face of seemingly insurmountable social, political, and economic obstacles. The curatorial panel consists of Antawan I. Byrd, Tosin Oshinowo and Oyinda Fakeye whom come from diverse art backgrounds and have made significant contributions to the popularity and rise of contemporary African art internationally. The forthcoming biennial will take the city of Lagos as its epicenter and point of departure for a broader investigation on how contemporary artists, designers, and other creatives are responding to the challenges and possibilities of environments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Life, Global Warming and Weather Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 14:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artist Karen Stewart has come full circle on her creative journey. She began her professional life as graphic designer in the late Eigthies when the scalpel, Rotring pens, steel rulers, hand-drawn type, hot press lettering and lettraset were all integral to studio production. Today she uses these same manual techniques, combining them with fine art watercolour painting learnt during her masters degree in Botanical Illustration.  While her visual language has indeed been described as “graphic”, it is underpinned by an activist’s message. &#160; Photo Credit: Yasser Booley &#160; Stewart is fascinated by the intersection between art, politics and science –  an enduring theme of her work since 2007. Focusing on the gritty street life of Cape Town her collection Streets Ahead combines science and aesthetics, technique and cartography building on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively. Streets Ahead is a collection of personal maps of the City of Cape Town. Each hand-made paper collage relates to a specific street in the city centre, where the artists works and resides. Flash Flood 2 (Diptych) 610 x 430mm 2018 Photo Credit: Studio Stewart &#160; In response to the current global warming crisis and the [...]]]></description>
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