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Two plate aquatint etching in three colours, on Hahnemuhle copperplate white, 300gsm paper
40.3 x 52.8cm
Edition of 30, signed and numbered 

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About the work

Gavin Jantjes has created a new etching in three colours especially for Whitechapel Gallery to accompany ‘Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970 - 2023’ 12 Jun - 1 Sep 2024.

The edition, relates to Jantjes' recent paintings from his Kirstenbosch (2023-ongoing) series, named after the national botanic garden in Cape Town. Its title 'Succulent Night' evokes for Jantjes a section of Kirstenbosch Gardens, which holds a large variety of succulent plants. It is full of magically shaped vegetation that hug the ground and have developed ways of surviving the harshest of climates in South Africa. They are proud resilient plants and beautiful to look at. They transform in the dark. 

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About the artist

Gavin Jantjes’, (b. 1948, South Africa) diverse and distinctive practice, includes prints, drawings, and paintings, as well as archival material. Whitechapel Gallery's exhibition, To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970 – 2023 celebrates Jantjes as a significant and critical agent of change while tracing his development as a painter, printmaker, writer, curator and activist.

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Selected Exhibitions

Gavin Jantjes’, has exhibited internationally, his works can be found in the collections of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Tate, London; and Museum of Modern Art, New York. He has received commissions from the United Nations Refugee Council and the UN Commission on Apartheid. He has lectured at Chelsea College of Arts, London, and served as artistic director for the Henie Onstad Art Center, Norway (1998–2004), and senior curator for the National Museum, Oslo (2004–2014). His many books include A Fruitful Incoherence (Iniva, 1998) and the four-volume Visual Century: South African Art in Context 1907– 2007 (Wits University Press, 2010). He lives and works in Oxfordshire.

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Whitechapel Gallery editions are generously donated by the artists. All proceeds from the sale of these works directly support our exhibition and education programmes. As is traditional in editions publishing, prices will rise as an edition starts to sell out. 

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