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The Gold Stays (We Measure Growth in Loss) by Oliver Marr (2013O).
Thomas’s part for that unique
experience of feeling connected to
a great many places, yet not truly
knowing where your roots lie.
From there, the resonance of
the significance of place in the
exhibition continued to make
itself obvious. Leon Glanvill’s (staff)
Day 2 was named for both the
second day of Biblical creationism
and the fact that it was painted on
the second day of Covid lockdown.
An abstract landscape rendered in
a swirl of blue and green, it called
to mind both a half-formed world
and the great outdoors we all
wistfully pined for during those
long months trapped inside.
I have, of course, grown up
seeing my father, past Bishops
art master Peter Hyslop, produce
some remarkable paintings, but
it was not until now that I truly
appreciated how much his love
of landscape paintings was
influenced by the places that
shaped my childhood. The subject
matter featured in his display
– the architecture of Bishops,
the beautiful mountains that
loom over my childhood home,
the wilderness of the Eastern Cape
region where we holidayed every
year for as long as I can remember
– are all recurring places in both
his body of work and our lives.
They stirred some quite personal
emotions within me.
Another particular standout
was the work of current Bishops
art master Husain Essop, who had
printed out two huge panoramic
photographs, carefully stitched
together in Photoshop from
hundreds of individual images.
The first, Malay Quarters, taken in
the Bo-Kaap, displays a scene that
celebrates the history of the Cape
Malay people who inhabit the area,
an array of paintings within the
OWL BE THERE
With well over a hundred years
of history behind it, the Owl
Club, much like Bishops itself,
is a firmly established fixture
of Cape Town – and the two
share several long-standing
members in common. Peter
Hyslop, who helped head up
this exhibition, is a regular
attendee at its monthly
meetings to discuss matters
of art, science and culture – as
is the ODU Ambassador, Paul
Murray. Both were in attendance
at Justin Fox’s presentation
mentioned in the article.
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