Bastiaan van Stenis will hold his first exhibition at WorldArt Gallery in Church Street with the title If there is Something.
Bastiaan van Stenis believes that most of us wear masks and that we live in a world where we feel the need to conceal things about ourselves. Thus the title of his latest exhibition of new patinings, If there is Something, refers not only to his curiosity but also questions perceptions about our sense of reality.
“I have used portraiture, elements of nature and found objects to create scenes that resemble a state of comfort and this has allowed me to observe my perceptions more closely,” he says.
His work combines abstraction and surrealism and he uses paint, glue, cloth and other materials to create expressionistic paintings.
Van Stenis (36), who has been a full-time artist since 2000, works from his studio on a farm near Stanford in the Western Cape. Though he has pursued a low-key approach to marketing his work, he has built up loyal following through selected exhibitions in South Africa and abroad.
What: Bastiaan van Stenis: If there is Something
Where and when: WorldArt Gallery, Church Street in Cape Town from 2 to 30 November
Visit: WorldArt
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