54 Church Street
City Bowl
Cape Town
Monday – Friday
10:00 – 17:00
Saturdays
10:00 – 13:00
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WORLDART is a vibrant Cape Town based gallery that specialises in contemporary art with a leaning towards urban and pop art.
WORLDART specialises in managing and marketing contemporary South African artists and their work, catering to the needs of those who appreciate and acquire art. Operating from its premises in Cape Town’s CBD, WORLDART introduces local and international buyers to exciting new works in an intimate gallery space and regularly hosts exhibitions in various venues in South Africa. It also assists clients in sourcing quality artworks for corporate and private art collections.
Established in 2004, this gallery has since become one of the premier art galleries in Cape Town. The art shown is contemporary with a leaning towards urban and pop styles in painting.
Featuring work by:
Conform / Bushy / iL Caso / Often / 2Kiler / Mors / Anoy / Henry Hamilton / Hake / Zombie / Polize / Slegh
Street and graffiti art has for long been considered to be a cry against suppression and the establishment. Over the years many of these artists have built brands within popular and street cultures and the style became a recognised genre within the sphere of fine art. This played a major role in establishing the careers of now world famous artists
like Banksy and others.
Cape Town, with its history of forced removals and social inequality, produced its share of legendary artists who have inspired generations of street and graffiti artists who are active today. With this style now more widely recognisable and acceptable, their work became more sought after and the transition from wall to paper and canvas unavoidable. Artworks that express their style and match the quality of more traditional fine art now sits comfortably in an art gallery or private space.
WORLDART is currently hosting an exhibition that showcases paintings and drawings by the cream of today’s generation of active street and graffiti artists. The exhibition title, WORSE THAN HEROIN refers to the ironic fact that graffiti artists, when caught by the city authorities, could face punishment harsher than that given to a person caught on street using heroin.
1 October 2020
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