Chris Soal | Artist Statement on , ‘If wishes were fishes we’d all cast nets’, (2019)

Artist Statement and Synopsis for: If wishes were fishes we’d all cast nets (2019) Used beer bottle-tops, threaded onto woven steel rope, secured onto a supawood support with polyurethane sealant. 190 x 110 x 10cm For a city formed out of a nineteenth century gold-rush and nicknamed “Egoli,” it is perhaps somewhat surprising that the […]

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Chris Soal | Artist Statement on ‘Standard’ (2017)

Artist Statement and Synopsis for: Standard (2017) Used Beer bottle-tops threaded onto woven steel rope attached with polyurethane sealant on board, supawood, enamel paint. 785 x 450 x 50 mm For a city formed out of a nineteenth century gold-rush and nicknamed “Egoli,” it is perhaps somewhat surprising that the only gold to be seen […]

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FNB Joburg Art Fair | Here is what you missed…

SAFFCA in association with AFSACSA participated at the 2018 FNB Joburg Art Fair. As the first international art fair on the continent, SAFFCA was honored to have participated at this fair. Focused on contemporary art from the continent and diaspora SAFFCA presented artists who participated in their residency program, part of the collection artist all who […]

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Standard

Artist Statement and Synopsis for: Standard (2017) Used Beer bottle-tops threaded onto woven steel rope attached with polyurethane sealant on board, supawood, enamel paint. 785 x 450 x 50 mm For a city formed out of a nineteenth century gold-rush and nicknamed “Egoli,” it is perhaps somewhat surprising that the only gold to be seen […]

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Chris Soal

Chris Soal graduated from the University of Witwatersrand with a Bachelors in Fine Art (Honours) in 2017. He works as a cinematographer at the Centre for the Less Good Idea, founded by South African-born internationally renowned artist William Kentridge, as a writer on art and culture for Bubblegum Club, and as an artist in his […]

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