SCULPTURE WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
Organized by Kim Goodwin, an artist who instructed at the Technikon; this show marked the final exhibition at the FLAT. Goodwin approached us on behalf of the students in his night‑time sculpture classes, and when we agreed these students mounted an exhibition of portrait busts made in his class.
Though the FLAT was beginning to quietly wind down, the strain of the constant demand on its occupants beginning to take a toll, its ending was characteristically dramatic. By the 3rd of January 1995, we had already given notice to vacate the flat at the end of January. Barry had moved to an abandoned house near Crart Avenue, and I into Berea Court. Horsburgh was leaving Durban and had planned to remain at the FLAT until his flight to Cape Town. About one week before the final date on our lease and one day prior the flight, he left a candle burning while going out for drinks. Barry and I drove past the FLAT just in time to see the fire engines and the firemen putting out the last of the flames. It was quite a finale. Ironically, all that remained of Horsburgh's belongings was his passport, something he regarded as a divine act.
JEFFREY BRANDT
Jeff Brandt, a second year student at Technikon Natal, presented an exhibition titled A Menagerie of Broken Thoughts Disciples. Shown were a collection of recent works in steel, stone and wood.
RHETT MARTYN
Martyn, although heavily involved in the FLAT’s more ‘ephemeral’ projects such as the audio recordings and performances, had always expressed reservations about mounting a solo exhibition at the FLAT. At the time that he conceded, he had been working on a series of extremely rough figures in steel and plaster, and these became the basis for his exhibition. The jagged steel infrastructures violently jutted through the plaster and gave these life-sized humanoid, forms an expressive quality. In the interview with Frost, she spoke about the work: I would read them as expressions in an expressionistic language - of angst, anxiety, dread. The metal structures coming through the skin are reference to skeleton and bodily perforation. But the inside is so sore that it must penetrate to the outside.[2]
SCULPTURE WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
Organized by Kim Goodwin, an artist who instructed at the Technikon; this show marked the final exhibition at the FLAT. Goodwin approached us on behalf of the students in his night‑time sculpture classes, and when we agreed these students mounted an exhibition of portrait busts made in his class.
Though the FLAT was beginning to quietly wind down, the strain of the constant demand on its occupants beginning to take a toll, its ending was characteristically dramatic. By the 3rd of January 1995, we had already given notice to vacate the flat at the end of January. Barry had moved to an abandoned house near Crart Avenue, and I into Berea Court. Horsburgh was leaving Durban and had planned to remain at the FLAT until his flight to Cape Town. About one week before the final date on our lease and one day prior the flight, he left a candle burning while going out for drinks. Barry and I drove past the FLAT just in time to see the fire engines and the firemen putting out the last of the flames. It was quite a finale. Ironically, all that remained of Horsburgh's belongings was his passport, something he regarded as a divine act. |
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