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Two-person exhibition · 2023

Emergent Properties

NIROX Covered Space · Cradle of Humankind

Sculptures on white plinths and low wooden benches in the NIROX Covered Space, trees growing up through the open pavilion and dappled light on the earth wall — Emergent Properties, 2023 — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023.

Black-and-white view under the NIROX pavilion roof: a tall carved dark column on a round plinth and a pierced block on a square plinth, lawn and trees beyond — Emergent Properties, 2023 — Emergent Properties at NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Black-and-white view of a tall carved column with hollowed openings on a round white plinth against the concrete wall, smaller sculptures on plinths beside it — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023 — Sculptures in the Covered Space, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Black-and-white view of pale blocks with carved cavities and a porous rounded form set on gravel, tree shadows across the wall behind — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023 — Installation and shadows, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

The NIROX Covered Space during Emergent Properties: black carved columns and ceramic works on white plinths under dappled tree shadow — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A black carved wooden column and green ceramic forms on plinths against the shadow-patterned wall of the Covered Space — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A green ceramic sculpture on a white plinth in the sunlit Covered Space at NIROX — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

Three ceramic sculptures on a timber table: a green pierced form, a black carved form and a blue glazed form — Ceramic works in Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A green glazed ceramic sculpture pierced with openings, lit by low sun on a timber table — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A black carved column on a round plinth in the Covered Space, with a small work on a plinth behind — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

A black pierced wooden block on a white round plinth against the concrete wall — Emergent Properties, NIROX, 2023. Photography — Driaan Claassen.

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Date: 2023
Location: NIROX Covered Space · Cradle of Humankind
Format: Two-person exhibition

A two-person exhibition by Driaan Claassen and Catherine Ash at NIROX Sculpture Park, following their 2022 residency at the Villa-Legodi Centre for Sculpture.

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