When you step into Neill Wright's latest exhibition, you're greeted by an installation that could be accompanied by a Björk tune.
Large rain-drops in blue, yellow and pink land on a black river with pink lily pads and multicoloured, large blades of grass. It feels like being in a brightly coloured, sardonic wonder world.
Wright's captivating Blizzard Head exhibition is explained thus in the press release: "We have eaten our fill of Eden's apple and, sickened by our own excess, we must begin to navigate this 'paradise' of our own making."
On the walls are works in a variety of shapes (Wright doesn't care for the standard rectangular shape). On the floor is a half-eaten apple, abandoned as though whoever took bites suddenly couldn't stomach it anymore - is it a comment about consumerism? Fairy tales? Who cares, it's gorgeous!
The best works in the exhibition are a series of paintings shaped like beer bottle caps. Reminiscent of those pamphlets promising all manner of prosperity, they are biting bits of commentary on South African middle-class society (and the desire to be middle class).
"Dr Cleva's No. 1 Blame Shifting Guilt Free Splurge: Helps You Care Less," reads one. "Make Hay While the Sun Shines With Dr Cleva's Cavalier Creme: Live the life of Leftist Luxury," reads another.
It's political commentary, but beautiful.
• Neill Wright's 'Blizzard Head' is on at Everard Read Johannesburg until August 19...