Exhibition

Schalk van der Merwe - The Slow Disintegration of Sanity

14 Oct 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

Regular hours

Mon, 14 Oct
13:00 – 17:00
Tue, 15 Oct
10:00 – 17:00
Wed, 16 Oct
10:00 – 17:00
Thu, 17 Oct
10:00 – 17:00
Fri, 18 Oct
10:00 – 19:00
Sat, 19 Oct
10:00 – 19:00
Sun, 20 Oct
11:00 – 18:00

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Nadia Arnold ltd.

London
England, United Kingdom

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Schalk van der Merwe
The Slow Disintegration of Sanity

14th– 20th October
Private view Wednesday 16th October, 5pm-9pm (ticket holders only)

About

NA Ltd. are thrilled to present the first London solo exhibition of South African artist Schalk van der Merwe. 

The anonymous subjects painted by Schalk van der Merwe are a bold confrontation of the Self. They are strangely comforting, entangled in intimate sincerity that feels inexplicably important.

Beyond layers of paint, charcoal, and turpentine, the portraits of van der Merwe appear to emerge from an internal state of becoming. A raw honesty that is metamorphic in nature, expressing an engaging tenderness. They are brutal as they are beautiful. The features are ambiguous and morph from immense beauty into utter despair, while underpinned with a tangible fragility, hidden beneath layers of emotion.

These are visceral portraits inspired by a world in chaos, or an artist gone mad.

Join us October 16th for the private view of Schalk van der Merwe's solo-exhibition where you will have the opportunity to meet and exchange a few words with the artist.

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Nadia Arnold Ltd.

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Schalk van der Merwe

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