If you drive past the stately house turned gallery at 107 New Church Street in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, just after sunset you find a bemusing neon sign along the Victorian balcony: "Invest in the Immaterial".
For the artists behind the current exhibition, titled Thinking, Feeling, Head, Heart , it's a conscription call. It sets the frame of mind and puts forward engaging notions of abstract art.
Art authority Marilyn Martin, who wrote the booklet accompanying the show, has been on a mission to convince punters that abstract art is a pretty fine thing. This is the third exhibition at Piet Viljoen's New Church Museum.
What you see in Thinking, Feeling, Head, Heart, a slogan derived from the shaman Kevin Atkinson, is what you get. The rest is up to you.
The thrill of what is known as ''abstract art" is that it hands the navigation to the viewer.
As Martin states, ''abstract art" is all too often an excuse for silliness and kitsch.
Go feast your eyes on the real thing. The exhibit blends oldies like Barend de Wet, Walter Battiss, Willem Boshoff and Kendell Geers with young guns like Zander Blom, Avant Car Guard and Dan Halter.
- Thinking, Feeling, Head, Heart is on until April 25
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