PRESS RELEASE 
BRAM REIJNDERS  |  NO MORE BLAH BLAH

7 APRIL – 27 APRIL 2019 AT DAVILLE BAILLIE GALLERY

4 APRIL – WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS JHB

Famous Dutch pop artist Bram Reijnders presents NO MORE BLAH BLAH at the Daville Baillie Gallery as his first solo exhibition in South Africa.

We are privileged and overjoyed to host this new series of large sculptural works by an artist preoccupied with global pop culture, and the icons of fame. NO MORE BLAH BLAH is the result of years of experimentation and production by Reijnders as he explores everyday urban spaces, the extraordinary found in the ordinary, and the self-deception that comes with the desire for glamour and success.

NO MORE BLAH BLAH comprises 18 major wall pieces by Reijnders who has traveled the world photographing and assembling images and objects of specific time and place. His imaginary reconstructions of spaces — particularly fragmented walls — reveal a tension between illusion and reality, creation and decay. Documentary photography battles advertising and the popular media to address the noise of commerce and social networks.

As Reijnders says of the title of his new show, “We live in a world with a lot of opinions. And I think sometimes we -– including myself –- should shut up and listen.”

In NO MORE BLAH BLAH we take a wild trip with the artist into the joyful delirium of contemporary pop art.

You are invited to the opening of our exhibition on 7 April from 11am as part of the First Sunday series of events at Victoria Yards in Lorentzville, Johannesburg.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST

Bram Reijnders was born in 1974 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He currently works and lives in Rio de Janeiro. He is the owner of a major gallery in Eindhoven, Abraham Art.

Reijnders is an expert in showing us a surreal universe so much more beautiful than our reality through luscious women and cartoon figures taking up all your attention in a shameless promotion of extravagant poses, slogans and glitters. Mixing these with cartoonesque elements he describes his own work as “Much too much”.

Although he is in his first decades of artistic production, he is already much acclaimed and his work is represented by galleries in Los Angeles, Miami, Sao Paolo, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin Singapore, and now South Africa. He has been featured in over 15 international art fairs. Reijnders was best-selling artist at a recent New York art fair and he has shown his work alongside that of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as Christo.

IMAGE CAPTION:  Angelo Accardi | DON’T RUN | 100cm x 150cm | Mixed Medium

DAVILLE BAILLIE GALLERY TO BE A TRULY INTERNATIONAL DRAWCARD IN THE SOUTH

ANGELO ACCARDI | DAVID KRACOV | DORIT LEVINSTEIN | FRED ALLARD | YOEL BENHARROUCHE | EMANUELE TOZZOLI | XANA ABREU | BRAM REIJNDERS

The Daville Baillie Gallery in Johannesburg is known for its unorthodox approach to exhibiting some of the finest new talents around.

Functioning as a space for free engagement in the arts, the gallery has become synonymous with experimentation and boundary breaking partnerships. And there are exciting developments on the horizon.

As 2019 approaches, we are pleased to announce that Daville Baillie Gallery has enlarged its offer to begin showing works by some of the art world’s major stars. These are artists whose work has found resonance with our mission to present contemporary expressions that convey an optimistic and colorful view of life.

Angelo Accardi, David Kracov, Dorit Levinstein, Fred Allard, Yoel Benharrouche Xana Abreu , Bram Reijnders and Emanuele Tozzoli create refined works with humour that is edgy, and with an insightful take on the global present.

Our new partnerships will introduce a select group of renowned artists to local audiences and collectors. All are invited to experience, with us, these truly international, sought-after artworks.

An inaugural group exhibition will be held in early 2019.