“Mî wrc z bêst on mî xpirịns v Sâʈ Africa az a vast n terifayñ prizn, an xpirịns ẃć īvn nâ, aftr a deced v dmocṛsi, stl hōnts m.” 2006
“Ɖ xbišn brñz tgɖr ṣlctd wrcs fṛm ɖ Filip Šli c̣lẋn v drōñz, prints n pêntñz bî ātists wrcñ in Britn btwn 1920 n 2004, wɖ reznnt wrcs on pêpr fṛm Ben Uri’z ôn c̣lẋn.
Seḷbretñ ɖ ričṇs n dvrsti v č c̣lẋn, No Set Rūlz priznts 49 wrcs bî 37 ātists, sevn v hūm – Franc Ârbah, Dêvid Bombrg, Jên Jôzf, Lion Kosof, Mîcl Roʈnstîn, Glen Sūjo n Edẉd Toledano – r reprizntd in bʈ.
Ɖ wrcs cuvr a wîd renj v subjctmatr, tecnīcs n practis, muvñ fṛm fiğrešn t abstraẋn t xplor 100 yirz v xprešn on pêpr.
Uɖr ātists includ Crêgi Êčisn, Jiłn Erz, Sandra Blo, Crisṭfr L’Brũ, Rojr Hiltn, Dêvid Hocni, Pītr Laňn, Sẹra Lîtmn, Henri Mur, Greym Suɖḷnd, Elisbet Toṃlin n Jon Vrty.
No Set Rūlz inišiets daylogz, grūpñ tīčrz, stydnts, c̣laḅretrz n strenjrz, n juxṭpozñ mastrz v moṇcrom wɖ crietrz v dazlñ swīps v culr t šo ɖt drōñ dz’nt nesseṛli bgin or end wɖ a pensl. Ɖs xbišn pruvz, az Dêvid Hocni wns obzrvd, ɖr r no set rūlz in drōñ.”
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“FOLD Gaḷri z plizd t priznt a sôlo šo v ny wrc bî Tim Elis, hiz frst at ɖ gaḷri. Ɖ xibišn cmprîzz a siriz v pêntñz n ʈrīdimenšnl c̣lāžz, ẇč yz a renj v swsz n mtiyrı̣lz. Ɖer apiṛns z sjstv v ttemic impwtns, reminisnt v ɖ relics v a loñ-fgotn ssayti.
In acwd wɖ Elis’z ātistc intrest n ričl, ɖ sculpčrz r cnstructd fṛm rīclemd man-md fragmnts fṛm a vrayti v invîrnmnts. Grezd n ošn-worn fwmz, dpozitd on ɖ šorz v Ōcni, r juxṭpozd agnst debri fṛm ɖ siti n ācitcčṛl eḷmnts swst fṛm recḷmêšnyādz. Ɖz fând fwmz r dstild n rīcnstructd t criet objcts ɖt cd ptnšli srv or ofr a prṗs. Phps sīn az ŕnz incapsyletñ ɖ unsrtnti v ẇt lîz bynd ɖ preznt or tôtmz ofrñ cumf̣t n rı̣šuṛns in ɖ uņon.
A siriz v pêntñz, č wɖ its ôn simbolic imijri, criet a bacdrop fr ɖ sculpčrz t pfwm in frunt v. Abstractd fṛm priixistñ dzînz n mnipyletd fizicli t sjst a funẋn, č pzesz its ôn intrinzic côd. Ɖ tru nêčr v ẇt ɖe repriznt or stand fr rmenz abstract bt sīmñli fmiłr ʈru ɖ reṗtišn v ɖ mtirı̣l dsižnz. Ɖ grafic šêps dmenšṇli n drctli rspond t ɖ sculpčrz, aludñ t ɖ psblti ɖt ɖe wr wns inttwînd n cmynicetñ az wn.
Ɖ xibišn invîts ɖ vywr t ptisipet in fiḷsoficl meditešn, pṛmôtñ qesčnz rgādñ ɖ qintesns v a ynivrsl siclicl. In a bginñ……lîz an end….ɖ end z ẇr w stāt fṛm……”