Ellipses: approximations to a voice

July 01, 2024 - August 06, 2024

Johannes Stegmann Gallery, Bloemfontein

Ellipses: Approximations to a voice.

A group exhibition curated by Jean Dreyer.

ellipsis – approximations to a voice is a group exhibition focusing on how the layering of visual image and lingual text entangles into a multiplicity of voices within and beyond the borders of an artwork, on how the voice permeates an openness, on how the voice is an ellipsis.

The word ellipsis (traditionally referenced with …) refers to the omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.

The incomplete exists inside the dots, inviting us to enter, to fully occupy the space. It thus embodies a dualism of both destructive and regenerative potential. Entering the ellipsis requires a willingness to unravel what is not there. We peel back layers of memory and possible codes breaking, repeating, reimagining and reclaiming what has been left out, assumed dead, lost or destroyed. The voice lingers. Through the gap we grasp a glimpse of what could have been and can be. It leaves us wondering, contemplating. It is a voicing –