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KZNSA launches - Park Contemporary Gallery
KZNSA launches - Park Contemporary Gallery
A brand new exciting retail gallery will be opening within the province's foremost contemporary art gallery, the KZNSA in Glenwood, to offer affordable, bespoke original art and collectables, formally opening to the public in mid August.
The vision of the Park Contemporary Gallery is to offer a collection of work by collectable locally-based art makers - both respected "names" and emerging talent - and retail their work to shoppers and decorators on an ongoing basis.
The decision to transform what was the Park Gallery into a retail space is to further endorse the gallery's focus of supporting local artists and providing them with a valuable platform to display and sell their work. It is also part of the ongoing process of restructuring and transformation to ensure the continued relevance and sustainable future of the visionary 112 year old Kwa-Zulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA) Gallery, an ever-changing society and a recessionary global environment.
"We have an astonishing array of art makers in our province, who don't always find appropriate and reputable retail outlets," explains the KZNSA's Angela Shaw. "Our commitment is to support our artists and keep them earning a viable living in Durban, and to provide interesting options for shoppers, decorators and architects to find the perfect artwork for their home or project."
The much-loved and ever popular KZNSA Shop will continue to provide quality local products and gifts under the experienced eye of Gloria Hoff and Lucky Tsotetsi. The Park Contemporary Gallery will become a companion retail space for collectable art within the KZNSA Gallery.
The work will vary from R200 to R20000 - and everything in-between. The Park Contemporary Gallery will also offer a selection of affordable frames - offering a prêt-a-porter type service of being able to select a frame for the chosen work on site and to walk away with a framed piece.
"We want to make it as easy, affordable and comfortable for both the buyer and the seller - we are the space where the maker and the market can meet," says Shaw.
The Park Contemporary Gallery is operational within the KZNSA Gallery: 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban. It will be formally opened on Thursday 24 August 2017. For more info, tel. 031 - 277 1705.