Bolander was present at the launch of acclaimed artist Nina Holmes’ exhibition Passages, now on show at Morgenster Estate in Somerset West, in collaboration with Eclectica Contemporary Gallery.
Continuing their journey of fine wines, cuisine, and art, Morgenster will display this exhibition in the Tasting Room and restaurant for the next few months.
The process of altering or intervening to create work is a significant quality of Nina’s practice and she often includes pieces of material or repurposed upholstery.
She likens this process-based approach to “surrealist automatism”, allowing for the inevitable influence of found images, photographs and borrowing techniques and inspirations from other paintings.
Working loosely and around expectations Nina’s paintings are never limited to canvas and oil. Instead, they push the formal, rigid canon of painting.
She enjoys working on multiple paintings simultaneously, with work spread out across her studio in Woodstock.
The working process occasionally accompanies a grand symphonic soundtrack and sometimes with silence. There is careful thinking and intense working through various influences and concepts.
Nina lives in Cape Town, and completed her postgraduate diploma with distinction at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2017.
She has had two solo exhibitions with Eclectica Contemporary and was featured in the 2020 Investec Cape Town Art Fair solo section.
For more information on opening times for the Tasting room and restaurant, to view the exhibition, visit www.morgenster.co.za
