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Solo exhibition · 2023

Complex Systems

THK Gallery · Cape Town

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Four dark sculptures on white plinths in a corner of THK Gallery — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023.

Tall wooden sculptures and smaller works beneath the gallery staircase — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023.

Three copper-coloured vessels by the gallery window, with a carved sculpture beyond — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023.

Two spherical sculptures on white plinths in the gallery — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023.

Three carved wooden columns on a marble base beneath the gallery staircase at Complex Systems — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Bronze sculptures of looping forms on white plinths in front of a dark painting at Complex Systems — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Spherical sculptures on plinths beside a large framed drawing at Complex Systems — Installation view, Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

The title wall of Complex Systems [Mapping the mind] at THK Gallery with a copper sculpture on a plinth in front of it — Complex Systems [Mapping the mind], THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Three black bronze metaball sculptures on white plinths in the gallery — Bronze works in Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A pale copper-on-ceramic sculpture on a white ledge in front of the gallery window — Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Copper-grown ceramic vessels on white plinths along the gallery window — Copper-on-ceramic works in Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A copper knot sculpture on a plinth beside the Carl Jung quotation on the gallery wall — Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A dark carved column on a white plinth in front of the gallery window — Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Black bronze sculptures on white plinths of different heights in the gallery — Bronze works in Complex Systems, THK Gallery, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

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Date: 15 June–31 July 2023
Location: THK Gallery · Cape Town
Format: Solo exhibition

Complex Systems brought together sculptures and wall works in a solo exhibition at THK Gallery. The exhibition considered the mind as an interconnected system, and the relationships between individual experience, society and nature.

The installation placed carved forms, looping sculptures and framed works alongside one another. The installation photographs record those relationships in the gallery; the selected works section links to individual artwork pages.

THK Gallery exhibition record

Works in the exhibition

Selected works from the exhibition.

Be Honest — bronze and marble sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Conscience collection, 2021

Be Honest

Just a little more — bronze sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Neural Pathway collection, 2021

Just a little more

Let go — bronze sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Neural Pathway collection, 2021

Let go

A perfect summers day — bronze sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Neural Pathway collection, 2022

A perfect summers day

You can lean on me — wood sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Neural Pathway collection, 2022

You can lean on me

Star studded nights — copper sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Fractured Memories collection, 2021

Star studded nights

Lets watch the sunset — wood sculpture by Driaan Claassen, Neural Pathway collection, 2022

Lets watch the sunset