Stephen
Inggs is a professor of printmaking at the Michaelis School
of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. He has exhibited widely
in South Africa and is included in private and corporate collections
worldwide.
The new series 'Platteland' captures the vast history and
intense beauty of the Karoo, a semi-desert region. This history
is evident in the landscape and it is Inggs fascination and
intrigue for the traces left behind - both ancient and recent
- that has driven him to to make this series of photographs.
The marks left behind on the land range from ancient fossils
and bushmen rock paintings, to the wire fences erected by
farmers in the late 1800's; with each object and layer of
history telling a tale of contemporary life through the ages.
The
region was covered by an inland sea approximately 250 million
years ago yet less than 200 years ago was named 'Karoo' (Place
of Great Dryness) by local herdsmen. These changes in climate,
along with the human settlers, have resulted in a striking
landscape where time seems to stand still; creating a place
for quiet introspection that both confronts and inspires the
imagination. Inggs creates a visual narrative for us, tracing
the paths travelled through the centuries along with his own
journey of self-discovery.
This
body of work consists of powerful yet delicate large scale
photographs, each one hand-coated with silver gelatin emulsion
onto 100% cotton mould-made paper, using traditional techniques.
The handmade, tactile and physical aspects of this process
are used deliberately to underline the references to history,
transience and the overlooked object. The final result in
each piece is a unique asnd original work of art.
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Biography
Stephen
Inggs was born in South Africa in 1955. He studied Printmaking
at the University of Brighton, England and the University
of Natal, South Africa. He is a Professor in the Printmaking
department of the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University
of Cape Town.
In addition to his art practice and teaching he has also collaborated
on a limited edition print project with Nelson Mandela, entitled
'My Robben Island'.
Exhibitions
2004 Hackelbury
Fine Art, London, UK
The
AIPAD PhotographyShow, New York, USA
2003 Joao Ferreira
Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
International
Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Bell-Roberts
Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Iziko-South
African National Gallery, South Africa
2002 Art on Paper
Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Joao
Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
OMC
Gallery for Contemporary Art, Dusseldorf, Germany
2001 The Old Arts
Gallery,University of Pretoria,South Africa
2000 Contemporary Arts
Gallery, Krakow, Poland
International
Print Triennial, Krakow
Joao
Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
A.r.e.a.
Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
1999 University
of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
Canberra
Institute of Arts, Australia
1997 Association
for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
South
African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Johannesburg
Art Gallery, South Africa
1993 Sixth International
Biennial Print & Drawing Exhibition, Asia
Public Collections
South African National Gallery, Cape Town
Durban Municipal Art Gallery, Durban
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg
Mangosuthu Technikon, Umlazi
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
University of Cape Town
Telkom SA (Pty) Ltd
Rand Merchant Bank
MTN Group
Library ofCongress, USA
Yale University, USA
Northwestern University, USA
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