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Wed 27 June – 28 July 2012

 


 

ABOUT ~ {Impression : Sunset} a new collection of contemporary painters.
This exhibition comprises a broad spectrum interpretation of contemporary painting using Monet’s famous image “Impression; Sunrise” as a point of departure. The exhibition features the works of Grace Cross, Alexandra Karakashian, Hugh Byrne, Lorraine Loots, Mia Chaplin, Swain Hoogervorst, Chris Auret, Galia Gluckman, Lara Feldman, Christiaan Conradie, and Mariëtte Bergh. Medium: paper, canvas, board, enamel, resin, oil, ink and acrylic.

 

Alexandra Karakashian was born in Johannesburg 1988. She obtained her BAFA from the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Whilst completing her studies, she took part in Infecting the City – Cape Town Art Festival (2009), We/Edition at These Four Walls Gallery, Observatory (2010), Passing Through at R. Stevenson (Project Space) and Threshold, curated by Virginia MacKenny at the Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town (2011). During 2011, she received the Judy Steinberg Painting Prize as well as the Simon Gerson Prize. Alexandra’s work forms part of the permanent UCT Collection. Since graduating from University, she has participated in a group exhibition titled Outside The Lines at Whatiftheworld, Cape Town (2012), an artist residency program at the Nirox Project Space at Arts on Main in Johannesburg (2012), as well as Impression: Sunset at Salon91 in Cape Town. The artist currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.