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Wednesday 18 May 2011

Homegrown Talent



While at the Franschhoek Literary Festival last weekend, the definite standout exhibit came from the illustrative side of the spectrum. The illustrations on display were the final pieces of book art done by the 2010 Honours class at CIBA- the Centre for Comic, Illustrative and Book Arts at Stellenbosch. CIBA is based in Stellenbosch’s Department of Visual Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Its main aim is to promote and teach about these dimensions of art through being visible within the arts community.
Showcased at FLF were illustrated handmade books by Pienette Laubser, Carla Kreuser, Tamlyn Young, Carla Visser, Lucy Stuart-Clark, Janneke de Kock, Helene van Answegen and Kirsten Hartley. Pienette Laubser was at the exhibit. Her creation was Becky’s Room- a tale of a little girl’s messy room. Children’s whimsical tales accompanied beautifully creative and imaginative illustrations from Lucy Stuart- Clark. Conceptual illustration was seen in Carla Visser’s Utopia and Dystopia and Tamlyn Young’s edgy, blurred images in The Silence. Young also had illustrated mini-stories about the “Observatree,” “Possibilitree” and the “Tea Tree” all with their own history and accompanying character.
It was great to see how much talent there is within the arts community in such a lesser-known medium. The illustrations were phenomenal and sadly, definitely not for sale given the painstaking effort that has gone into them.
If you are interested in CIBA at all as something you might be into take a look at their Facebook page.



























"The Silence"


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