{"id":19921,"date":"2013-05-22T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/simon-stone-retrospective-diary-listing\/"},"modified":"2013-05-22T20:29:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T18:29:16","slug":"simon-stone-retrospective-diary-listing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/simon-stone-retrospective-diary-listing\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Stone Retrospective Diary Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exhibition: SIMON STONE | A Retrospective Exhibition
\nArtist: Simon Stone
\nVenue: Standard Bank Gallery
\nDates: 10 July \u2013 14 September 2013<\/p>\n

\u2018SIMON STONE | A Retrospective Exhibition\u2019is the first comprehensive review of the career of one of South Africa\u2019s foremost artists, Simon Stone (b. 1952). Jointly organised by the Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery (SMAC) and the Standard Bank Gallery, the exhibition spans thirty-five years of Stone\u2019s work, from 1978 \u2013 2013, and includes a selection of his most definitive paintings.<\/p>\n

Over a prolific career, Stone has built an impressive reputation as a painter. This exhibition identifies him as unique amongst other South African painters.<\/p>\n

Best described as a lyrical and narrative Neo-Expressionist, Stone is renowned for his various stylistic approaches, such as natural realism and symbolic collage. He juxtaposes different genres (portraiture, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, nudes, still-lifes and domestic interiors) in paintings constructed around multiple images that provide vivid and poetic accounts of his own personal journey. Flashbacks to the troubled history of South Africa are interspersed with evocations of fabled works of art, legendary cities, beautiful women, and memories of the Cape, Johannesburg, as well as small towns and the lonely highways and the byways of his beloved Karoo. He creates a semi-Surrealist, alternative world that is beautifully painted and layered with complex meanings, recurring motifs, personal metaphysics and a strange sense of the mundane. Stoner squo;s paintings have been described as \u201cunashamedly traditional \u2013 with a twist\u201d.<\/p>\n

This exhibition runs 10 July to 14 September 2013, at the Standard Bank Gallery, corner of Simmonds and Frederick Streets, Johannesburg.The Gallery (Tel: 011 631 4467) is open Mondays to Fridays, 08:00-16:30; on Saturdays, 09:00-13:00; and is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Admission is free. For further information about Standard Bank Gallery see www.standardbanks.co.za. For more info on Simon Stone see www.simonstone.co.za.<\/p>\n

Standard Bank Gallery
\nCorner Simmonds and Frederick Street, Johannesburg
\nTel: 011 631 4467
\nGallery hours: Mon-Fri, 08:00-16:30; Saturday, 09:00-13:00
\nThe gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays.
\nAdmission free
\nwww.standardbankarts.co.za<\/p>\n

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\nLearning Photographer: on display at the Standard Bank Gallery<\/p>\n

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