Fabulous and fun was the way Hans Matthias Olwage had his exhibition opened at the school of arts last night for which his close friend Boris Vukasovic sponsored decadent catering that was just delightful.
Willem Boshoff revealed Hans to us in appropriately endearing terms, commending him for his creativity and non conformity. One can overlook the dearly innocent person Hans really is by misjudging his art. Willem used the Latin 'extravagari' that translates 'to wander beyond' associated with the fact that Hans walks just about everywhere he goes. And in spirit of Hans' ability to challenge the norm changed our perspective on the word extravagant by keeping quiet at that part of his sentence so we could fill in the gap after he took it apart cleverly.
Too bad if you missed out on the fun last night. Fortunately Hans is still there during the upcoming days from 10:00 till 16:00 until the 2nd June. And it is well worth your while to pop in and have a look. I do not consider myself a conventional thinker and had some of my conventions challenged. In the potentially heavy and serious subject matter your sense of humour will not be disappointed. I am not going to give away more over here. Go and have a look. Failing that you can connect with him on facebook and see some of his pieces which will regrettably lack the impact of the full bandwith real life exposure.
The National School Of The Arts,
17 Hoofd Street, Johannesburg, 011 339 6539
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