Disrupt II, Stellenbosch
November 19, 2021 - April 22, 2022
Disrupt II
November 2021 - April 2022
Old Wine Cellar, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Disrupt II included Willemse's conceptual artworks exhibited at the 1:54 African Art Fair in London in 2018, which have been brought back to South Africa by Spier Arts Trust to be shown for the first time on home soil.
In addition Wilemse exhibited a range of new works dealing with the theme of disruption, evoking the zeitgeist of our times.
Included in the exhibition were thirty artist's books selected from the installation called 101 ways to long for a home. Seeking to subvert the traditional notion of linear word-based storytelling, the installation employs a fragmented visual language and rely 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 demolishment of old homes and buildings.
