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Artist Statement:
For most of her artistic
career, Isolde Krams has been
working from a feminist
perspective. Now her focus has
shifted to a concern for the
preservation of nature,
animals and the earth. Her
strong personal interest in
conservation and environmental
issues has resulted in the use
of environmentally sound
materials and found objects.
They vary from rubber to her
dog’s combed excess fur and
recycled shopping bags. In
Unfamiliar Turf, for instance,
an abandoned garden umbrella
was used to fashion the
elephant’s tusks.
Krams has devised a technique
in which she uses rubber latex
to give her sculptures a
skin-like quality. Works made
from this material are soft,
light, tactile and
psychologically charged. These
metamorphosed images use wit
and irony to challenge and
expand the potential of the
three dimensional form.
At present, she is working on
a series of over life-sized
fish that have been taken out
of their natural environment
and are bound and gagged.
These fish are “out of water”,
symbolising man’s
misappropriation, pillaging
and even misunderstanding of
nature. One of these fish was
recently purchased by the
Oliewenhuis Art Museum and
another, Out of Water, by the
Absa Bank Gallery. In ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008: "Erden", artSPACE
berlin, Berlin.
2006: “Isolde Krams”, The ABSA
Gallery, Johannesburg.
2005: “Lostand Found”, rubber
sculptures and art film: “It’s
so beautiful italmost looks
artificial”, Bell-Roberts
Contemporary Art Gallery,
CapeTown.
2002: “Orb”, NSA Gallery,
Durban.
“MissWorld & Company”,
performance and installation,
Johannesburg Art Gallery,
Johannesburg, during ...
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Collections:
Collections:
South African National
Gallery, Cape Town.
Johannesburg Art Museum,
Johannesburg.
Gertrude Posel Gallery,
University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Sandton Art Museum, Sandton.
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria.
Durban Art Museum, Durban.
Gencor Art Collection,
Johannesburg.
Johannesburg Department of
Education, Johannesburg.
Oliewenhuis Art Museum,
Bloemfontein.
Absa Bank Art Collection,
Johannesburg.
As ...
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Isolde Krams Biography:
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Isolde Krams - sculptor and performance artist. Born in Münstermaifeld, Germany, 1961. Now lives and works in Berlin. Obtained a degree in Fine Arts (sculpture) at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1985, lived and worked in Paris at the Citè International des Arts. From 1987 until 1990, completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of the Witwatersrand and lectured in the department of Fine Arts at the Technikon of the Witwatersrand. Since 1991, maintained an independent art studio in Johannesburg and taught master-classes in sculpture and ceramics. In 2004, ventured into art-film making with: “It’s so beautiful it almost looks artificial” and “Miss Lelarap Raw”. Her concerns are socio-political and the environment. She has exhibited extensively in South Africa and is represented in public collections throughout South Africa; including the National Gallery in Cape Town and the Johannesburg Art Museum.
2006: “Isolde Krams”, The ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg.
2005: “Lostand Found”, rubber sculptures and art film: “It’s so beautiful italmost looks artificial”, Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art Gallery, CapeTown.
2002: “Orb”, NSA Gallery, Durban.
“MissWorld & Company”, performance and installation, Johannesburg Art Gallery,
Johannesburg, during the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
2001: “Orb”, AVA Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town
“Tales”, The Open Window Art Gallery, Pretoria.
“Orb”, The Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg.
1998: “Saltworks”, Dreams and Clouds, installation and performance, Kulturhuset,
Stockholm, Sweden.
1997: “Saltworks 2”, Fine Art Cabinet, Cape Town.
1996: “Saltworks”, Sandton Art Gallery, Sandton.
1995: “Rubber Fables”, Goodman Gallery, Hyde Park, Johannesburg.
“Categorical Imperative”, collaborative installation, Civic Art Gallery,
Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
1988: MA Exhibition, Karen McKerron Gallery, Bryanston, Johannesburg. |
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