Melancholia / March 9, 2019 by Natasja De Wet

Delightful young adults attending the opening of my solo exhibition Melancholia at the Pathology Museum, UCT Pathology Learning Centre in Anzio Road, Observatory. The exhibition runs until the 30th of March.

Dirty Art, Messy Science and An Emotional Rollercoaster: / March 7, 2019 by Natasja De Wet

Artist Natasja de Wet brings her recycled goods art exhibition to a pathology learning centre.

English novelist Edward Bulwer Lytton said “art and science have their meeting point in method”.

Now artist Natasja de Wet and UCT are using that method to stir your emotions with some unique art.
The artist is collaborating with the university for an art exhibition showcasing her latest body of work, Melancholia, at the UCT Pathology Learning Centre from 9–30 March 2019.

De Wet is a Cape Town-based artist who studied at the Tshwane University of Technology, UNISA and the UCT Michaelis School of Fine Art. She uses mixed media, drawing and painting to create works that unravel internal human experiences such as growth, insecurity, sexuality, and the various expressions of the human psyche.

Her last body of work, Running Towards Yourself, was exhibited at the Casa Labia Gallery in Cape Town. She has also been included in many exhibitions both locally and abroad, and her works are included in the collections of Sasol Gas.

De Wet’s latest project showcases some of her most personal and emotive mixed-media pieces. It’s inspired by the inherent sadness in human character. De Wet used layered canvas and discarded materials including hair, dust, ash and broken feathers to explore both the fragility and generative possibilities of the human condition.

MIXING PATHOLOGY AND ART
By mixing her work with the pathology specimens in the background, de Wet wants to evoke a sense of what is residual and damaged – in the human body, soul, mind and spirit. Together, de Wet's three-dimensional assemblages and the space of the UCT Pathology Learning Centre question the nature of what it means to be human – to be vulnerable and broken but also resilient.

Besides the exhibition, this three-week-long showing will also have opening day talks by Associate Professor of Painting at Michaelis School of Fine Art Virginia Mackenny and Dr Jane Yeats, Curator of the Pathology Learning Centre. There will also be a tour of the learning centre on 14 March to give attendees a detailed idea of what de Wet went through and how she formulated her thoughts when creating this body of work.

ENTERING THE EXHIBITION
Entry is free, but there is a limited amount of space so get there early to claim your spot. The first day of the exhibition will start at 11am. Thereafter museum hours will be 9am-5pm on Weekdays and 10am-12:30pm on Saturdays. Also note that the walkabout on 14 March starts at 6pm.
UCT Pathology Museum (UCT Learning Centre), Anzio Road, Woodstock. Below is a map for your convenience or click on Google Map URL for location: https://goo.gl/maps/jtxrmorkVE52

Pathology Learning Centre entrance map.jpg

https://www.capetownmagazine.com/art-science-exhibition

INVITATION to Melancholia / March 4, 2019 by Natasja De Wet

The UCT Pathology Learning Centre (Pathology Museum), in association with Is Art Gallery,

Invites you to Melancholia

A solo exhibition by Natasja de Wet

On Saturday 9 March 2019 at 11.00

Opening talk by

Associate Professor Virginia MacKenny and Dr. Jane Yeats

Pathology Learning Centre

JS Marais building

UCT Health Sciences Faculty

Anzio Road

Observatory

Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/jtxrmorkVE52

Pathology Museum

T 021 406 6910 | 021 650 1821

E jane.yeats@uct.ac.za

www.pathologylearningcentre.uct.ac.za

Is Art Gallery

T 021 876 2071

E gallery@isart.co.za

Museum hours: Weekdays 9.00 – 5.00

Saturdays: 10.00 – 12.30

Walkabout – 14 March at 6.00 pm

Exhibition ends 30 March 2019 at 12.30

‪Art, Science, and Psyche meet at University of Cape Town: / February 23, 2019 by Natasja De Wet

Art, Science, and Psyche meet at UCT

By Travel Opulent Box · On Feb 22, 2019

9 – 30 March 2019, UCT Pathology Learning Centre, University of Cape Town

Contemporary Cape Town artist, Natasja de Wet, has chosen to exhibit a selection of her latest body of work Melancholia (2017) at the University of Cape Town’s Pathology Learning Centre.

Including some of her most personal and emotive mixed-media pieces, the exhibition explores both the fragility and generative possibilities of the human condition. Inspired by the melancholic disposition, De Wet works with layered canvas, paint, glue, and discarded materials including hair, dust, ash, turpentine, and broken feathers found on her studio floor.

Situated among preserved pathology specimens, these works made from detritus evoke a sense of what is residual and damaged – in the human body, the psyche, and the practices of art-making. Together, De Wet’s three-dimensional assemblages and the space of the UCT Pathology Learning Centre question the very nature of what it means to be human – to be vulnerable and broken but also resilient.

Melancholia opens to the public on Saturday 9 March 2019.

Walkabout takes place on Thursday 14 March at 6pm.

Any enquiries about the exhibition can be referred to the curator of the UCT Pathology Learning Centre, Dr Jane Yeats on Tel: +27 (0)21 650 1821 or Email: jane.yeats@uct.ac.za.

Scrolls in a box. Oil, acrylic pigment, found muck, wood glue, felt, cotton thread, pins, canvas, wooden box covered in canvas, metal stand. 170 x 43,5 x 35,5 cm

INVITATION to Melancholia / February 19, 2019 by Natasja De Wet