FORMS Gallery is a dynamic structure for working with artists. It was founded by Anthea Buys in 2021 and works closely with ten artists, most of whom are in the early stages of their careers.
FORMS draws on gallery, institutional and independent curatorial models, presenting a programme that takes shape through a combination of online and in-real-life manifestations. At the heart of this programme are ongoing collaborations with artists who make work that is critically, aesthetically and politically important. Also central to the FORMS ecosystem are connections with like-minded spaces, people and organisations.
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FORMS Gallery is a dynamic structure for working with artists. It was founded by Anthea Buys in 2021 and works closely with ten artists, most of whom are in the early stages of their careers.
FORMS draws on gallery, institutional and independent curatorial models, presenting a programme that takes shape through a combination of online and in-real-life manifestations. At the heart of this programme are ongoing collaborations with artists who make work that is critically, aesthetically and politically important. Also central to the FORMS ecosystem are connections with like-minded spaces, people and organisations.
Adrian Fortuin: This Bird Has Flown
Artist Admin, Cape Town
21/04/2022–06/05/2022
Presented by FORMS.
About Adrian Fortuin.
In This Bird Has Flown, Adrian Fortuin presents a new collection of unique prints made using a combination of experimental and traditional darkroom techniques. From silver gelatin prints created from photographic negatives, to chemigrams made with the assistance of an inkjet printer, these works draw on the relationship between the physical world – that which we perceive as the raw material of the photographic image – and the physical processes that are used to create images in the darkroom. The universe of the photograph is the starting point for this exhibition, and the fundamental vulnerability, fragility and contingency of the images that result from darkroom developing techniques become a metaphoric ground for a meditation on memory.
In Fortuin’s words, “The photographs seem to enhance or change my memory of a moment. I vaguely remember taking the photograph but when I print it, it seems to take on another feeling or even place. I question the accuracy and validity of my memory. But the feeling of the image is more real when it is printed as opposed to when the photograph was taken. … The process is almost like remembering, where the actual event and my feeling of it shifts slightly the more I think about it or bring it to light.”
This exploration of photography and the darkroom is related to Fortuin’s broader interest in the relationship between abstract and pictorial forms. His wide-ranging artistic influences include Tracey Rose, Moshekwa Langa, Wolfgang Tillmans and Daisuke Yokota, and he is equally at home painting large scale canvases as he is working on miniature-scale darkroom prints. His diverse practice is unified by a commitment to conceptual integrity, and it is this that informs his ventures into different media.
Artist Admin, Cape Town
21/04/2022–06/05/2022
Presented by FORMS.
About Adrian Fortuin.
In This Bird Has Flown, Adrian Fortuin presents a new collection of unique prints made using a combination of experimental and traditional darkroom techniques. From silver gelatin prints created from photographic negatives, to chemigrams made with the assistance of an inkjet printer, these works draw on the relationship between the physical world – that which we perceive as the raw material of the photographic image – and the physical processes that are used to create images in the darkroom. The universe of the photograph is the starting point for this exhibition, and the fundamental vulnerability, fragility and contingency of the images that result from darkroom developing techniques become a metaphoric ground for a meditation on memory.
In Fortuin’s words, “The photographs seem to enhance or change my memory of a moment. I vaguely remember taking the photograph but when I print it, it seems to take on another feeling or even place. I question the accuracy and validity of my memory. But the feeling of the image is more real when it is printed as opposed to when the photograph was taken. … The process is almost like remembering, where the actual event and my feeling of it shifts slightly the more I think about it or bring it to light.”
This exploration of photography and the darkroom is related to Fortuin’s broader interest in the relationship between abstract and pictorial forms. His wide-ranging artistic influences include Tracey Rose, Moshekwa Langa, Wolfgang Tillmans and Daisuke Yokota, and he is equally at home painting large scale canvases as he is working on miniature-scale darkroom prints. His diverse practice is unified by a commitment to conceptual integrity, and it is this that informs his ventures into different media.
