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Group exhibition · 2022–2023

Synaptic

THK Gallery · Cape Town

Sculptures on white plinths alongside paintings and photographic portraits in Synaptic — Installation view, Synaptic, 2022–2023.

Sculptures on plinths on either side of a framed photographic work — Installation view, Synaptic, 2022–2023.

Two copper-coloured sculptures displayed with a photographic portrait — Installation view, Synaptic, 2022–2023.

A gallery corner with sculptures on plinths and framed wall works — Installation view, Synaptic, 2022–2023.

Copper-coloured sculptures on white plinths between two framed wall works — Installation view, Synaptic, 2022–2023.

Joy is found when looking inside, 2022 — a carved kiaat wood sphere, 34 cm, on a white plinth — Joy is found when looking inside, 2022, kiaat. Work in the exhibition. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Calcified Vessel, 2022 — a vessel form with a grown copper surface, on a white plinth — Calcified Vessel, 2022. Work in the exhibition. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Was the love real?, 2022 — sculpture by Driaan Claassen on a white plinth — Was the love real?, 2022. Work in the exhibition. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

What if you’re right?, 2022 — a small bronze, 12 × 11.5 × 19 cm, on a white plinth — What if you’re right?, 2022, bronze. Work in the exhibition. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Where do I go from here? — a carved wood sculpture, 80 × 70 × 20 cm, on a white plinth — Where do I go from here?, wood. Work in the exhibition. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Detail of Calcified Vessel: copper growth crusted over the rim and body of the vessel — Calcified Vessel, 2022, detail. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

Two copper vessels on a white plinth beside a photographic portrait at Synaptic — Installation view, Synaptic, THK Gallery, 2022–2023. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

A gallery view of Synaptic with a black bronze sculpture and copper works on plinths and framed works on the walls — Installation view, Synaptic, THK Gallery, 2022–2023. Photograph courtesy THK Gallery.

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Date: 8 December 2022–14 January 2023
Location: THK Gallery · Cape Town
Format: Group exhibition

A group exhibition featuring David Brits, Driaan Claassen, Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Abdus Salaam, Jake Michael Singer and Trevor Stuurman at THK Gallery.

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

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

Just a little more

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Resting in the forest. — copper and ceramic sculpture by Driaan Claassen, SSRI collection, 2023

Resting in the forest.

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