The Recording History series
The Recording History series details the history of South Africa, it
is a series of 15 colour woodcut prints. The series was inspired by my
love and appreciation for this country, it began with a work representing
the San/ Bushmen and I realized once the work was completed that I had
in fact just begun and this has evolved into the 15 colour prints of the
Recording History series.
The series has been printed on rice paper (mulberry paper) and there
are between 8 and 15 works per image. The series took me 11 ½ months
to complete. Each work is 50 x 90 cm. The edition number appears on the
bottom left of the image, the title in the middle bottom of the image
and the artists signature on the bottom right of the image.
The Little People
This image sparked off the idea of the entire series. The image relates
to the San/Bushmen people, being the original indigenous people of South
Africa, who have been here for thousands of years. The giraffe hide becomes
a cave painting where over the past generations the San have drawn, inscribed
or engraved ‘tattoos’ on the surface of the giraffe, i.e.,
the giraffe has recorded the history of the San people on its hide.
John Moore is a conceptual wildlife printmaker who incorporates environmental
concerns in his work. He specializes in woodblocks, linocuts and lithographs.
EXHIBITIONS
2017
Dream now, dream not, the annual Winter Solstice Exhibition, The Cape Gallery
2016
Impressions, group exhibition, The Cape Gallery
Wildlife, adventure and narrative, annual Wildlife Exhibition, The Cape Gallery
The Rain Maker, annual Winter Solstice Exhibition, The Cape Gallery
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Artist: JOHN MOORE
Title: The Recording Series: The Ancestors 6/8
Size: 90 x 50 cm
Media: Print
Price: R 9 050 framed
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