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Andrew Kayser | Ideal Homes and Other Distractions
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"Using oil paint as the primary medium and the suburban landscape as a departure point, the paintings suggest a collision of inner and outer realities, an impression that meaning is fleeting and intimately personal. Focusing on themes of doubt, ambiguity, and contradiction, all interpretations are welcome, necessary, to create an almost cinematic suspense, an awareness that something is about to happen, or has just happened. In acknowledging that the world is not something to be known and understood, but rather to be seen and queried, the artist strives to create works that are poignant, melancholic, and beautiful."
- Andrew Kayser
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About Andrew Kayser
Andrew Kayser (b. 1975, South Africa) is a contemporary artist living and working in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa. He graduated from the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Art), Den Haag, Netherlands in 2001 and went on to participate in several exhibitions in and around the Netherlands before returning to South Africa in 2005.After a lengthy struggle with alcoholism, Kayser regained sobriety, resuming his professional practice of art in 2014. He has since held 4 solo exhibitions: Not Enough Time to Do Nothing (THK Gallery, 2021) A Moderate Bliss (THK Gallery, 2019) Christ Haus!! (Kalashnikovv Gallery, 2019) and At Home After Dark (Kalashnikovv Gallery, 2017).
He has participated in numerous group exhibitions – most recently TODO ES DE COLOR (The Curator’s Room, Amsterdam, NL) – and his work has been shown at a number of international art fairs including Cologne Fine Art & Design, AKAA (Also Known As Africa) Art & Design Fair in Paris, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair and Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair.
In 2021 he completed a residency at the innovative Quartier am Hafen Studio House on the banks of the Rhine in Cologne, Germany.Kayser shows regularly at both FNB Joburg Art Fair and Investec Cape Town Art Fair and is represented in collections locally and abroad.
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Press & Art Fair Participation
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The South African | THK Gallery at 1-54 London 2020
October 9, 2020 An article featuring THK Gallery's participation at 1-54 London 2020. Read the full piece here . -
1-54 London 2020
8 - 10 October 2020 THK Gallery presented works by Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Andrew Kayser, Manyatsa Monyamane, Nyasha Marovatsanga, and Jake Michael Singer at the 2020 edition of 1-54 London. A selection of works by each... -
Latitudes Art Fair 2020
15 July - 31 December 2020 The 2020 physical edition of the Latitudes Art Fair is held exclusively online. THK Gallery presents a selection of works by Johno Mellish, Nonzuzo Gxekwa, Nyasha Marovatsanga, Andrew Kayser, and... -
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020
14 - 16 February 2020 THK Gallery presented works by Jake Michael Singer, Andrew Kayser, and Johno Mellish in booth C7 at the 2020 edition of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF). -
Art Times | Andrew Kayser | A Moderate Bliss | July/Aug 2019 Edition
July 1, 2019 Feature article on Andrew Kayser's solo show A Moderate Bliss, held at THK Gallery from 27 June – 30 August 2019. The online version of the full July/August 2019 edition... -
Contemporary Istanbul 2019
12 - 15 September 2019 THK Gallery showcased the works of Andrew Kayser, Jake Michael Singer, and Patrick Bongoy (courtesy of EBONY/Curated) in booth B102 at the 2019 edition of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair. -
AKAA 2019
9 - 11 November 2019 THK Gallery showcased works by Andrew Kayser, Johno Mellish, and Jake Michael Singer at booth C7 of the 2019 edition of the AKAA (Also Known as Africa) art fair. Johno... -
Cologne Fine Art & Design 2019
21 - 24 November 2019 THK Gallery showcased works by Andrew Kayser, Jake Michael Singer, Johno Mellish, and Patrick Bongoy (courtesy of EBONY/Curated) in booth C0-17 at the 2019 edition of the Cologne Fine Art...
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