Celebrating and Icon

Celebrating an Icon: The unveiling of the Nelson Mandela bust sculpture outside the South African Parliament.

Jake Michael Singer sculpture delivery

Christmas comes early for the gallery this Friday! Introducing our new sculptural artist Jake Michael Singer.

Kofi Gamamiwosror Agorsor

We are excited to welcome Kofi Gamamiwosror Agorsor as a new artist to the gallery.

Artwork: 'The Golden Ring'. Acrylic on Canvas. 100x100 cm.

Maxwoods deliveries

New Kofi Agorsor works arrived in the gallery from Maxwoods Framers. #christophermollergallery #maxwoods #kofiagorsor

The young girl in the pink dress

The young girl in the pink dress

Aldo Balding has the amazing quality of being able to capture a moment in time, a sliver of memory. Balding’s style allows him to act as a voyeur to intimate moments, which is evident through the passive nature of the figures as they do not make eye contact with the viewer or are aware of our presence. Yet the one figure that seems to challenge his presence is a young girl in a pink dress. Not only does she acknowledge Balding (and the viewer), she is also appears in more than one artwork.

This repetition of the young girl and her unique role in his paintings is poignant. As Balding’s philosophy is based on the human condition, it is interesting to investigate what aspect of human nature she may represent. One theory is that the young girl represents a figure of Balding’s subconscious. Within Freudian theory, transference is a phenomenon characterised by a reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences, especially of childhood, and the substitution of another the original object. The reproduction of the young figure may thus be a repressed figure from Balding’s past. What ever the reason may be, her emergence in more than one painting is definitely note-worthy.

My Limpopo - Jaco Roux's fresh relief gives us a painting we can enjoy

Like all Jaco Roux paintings Sashe-Limpopo Confluence is a representation of the meeting of the naturalistic landscape, stark yet inviting, and brightly coloured areas of expressive colour. Similar to how the two major tributaries, the Sashe River and the Limpopo River, flow into one another, abstract areas of vibrant colour move with an effortless continuity into the dramatic landscape. Sashe-Limpopo Confluence is a powerful work as the vantage point of the painting depicts the meeting point of three significant countries (Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana) and the confluence of two major tributaries (Sashe and Limpopo Rivers). Similarly we are struck by Jaco’s fearless use of colour depicting the bold sun colours shimmering off the dry landscape. This painting, as all Jaco Roux’s, projects an openhearted optimism, no morbid undercurrents or hyperrealism are to be found, rather a fresh relief beckons the viewer giving us a painting we can enjoy.

We love our new Feature furniture - BOFRED Rocks!

BOFRED Electric blue Ottoman