The Ordinary Light exhibition featuring paintings of Adelle van Zyl and Melissa Tabisher started on 2 April until 29 April at Art.B Gallery in the Bellville Library.
The contemporary paintings are what Tabisher describes as “the tension between the familiar and the unknown, between memory and longing”.
According to Van Zyl, she wishes to share with the viewer moments when she found exceptional beauty within ordinary surroundings.
“They became spaces to pause in, to absorb and reflect on the beauty hiding in the seemingly trivial details of everyday living.
“Context was irrelevant in selecting the scenes.
“A bathroom in a friend’s house, or a staircase in a government building, transcended into a site of contemplation and held as much value as the venerated interior of a countryside church,” says Van Zyl.
The online exhibition will close on 27 May.
