" Nos yeux sont beaucoup plus que des récepteurs pour la lumière, les couleurs et les lignes, il faut beaucoup de temps pour apprendre à voir"

"Our eyes are a lot more than recepteurs for the lights, the colours and the lines, it is necessary sometimes to learn how to see".
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)

"Natural Ecstasy"
Opening evening on
Thursday 8th February 2007 18:30

The title immediately evokes pleasurable states of mind.
The photographs taken by photographer, Philippe Marinig, bring to mind sensuous feelings of pleasure without a chemical intoxicant ; as the title suggests, a natural ecstasy.
Forms seem to slip and slide into and out of each other, like embracing couples. Everything is in a continuous state of flux, an ebb and flow ready to meet. As an ensemble, the images work like a huge canvas, but each retains its individuality. Some work like surrealist images in a Salvador Dali manner, at other times like cubists George Braque and Picasso.

These aerial photographs are slices of “Natural Ecstasy” from nature, which pay tribute not only to nature, but to an excellent photographer who helps the viewer see the world in which we live in a heightened and keener sense of awareness. Just take time to look and see, take a seat with this new breed of birds-eye photographs.

 Date and venue :
From 8th February to 14th March 2007
155 Loop street
Tel : (021) 423 5699
comm.cpt@alliance.org.za
Entrance free

 Gallery hours :
Monday-Thursday : 9h00 - 18h00
Friday : 9h00 - 17h00
Saturday : 9h00 - 12h00