A new series launched
February 2022
Calculus of Joy is the next chapter in the remarkable journey of FRINGE. The public spaces of a marble-clad shopping mall have been installed to overflow with the FRINGE experience, investigating the visual essence of joy.
Multidimensional, multidisciplinary and audacious, the new works have aligned with the human need for co-dependence, making us all part of the same romance of life. Friendship, love, sexuality and procreation are the themes in which life-lessons are taught by pop characters of a fulfilled world. It’s an exhibition of Hope.
New moves by the artist have included literal sculptures representing the condition of masculinity, as well as non-figurative installation that looks at the experience of manhood, and fatherhood, with a new narrative bent. Works show and help us feel the artist’s intention behind Calculus of Joy.
As an artist with a global presence, FRINGE is now visible on four continents. As this agile and adept artist moves his practice into the areas of bronze sculpture and large plastic pop iconography, he continues his output of canvases in oil, acrylic and charcoal, as well as uniques, print series’ and installations.
NO SERIOUSLY
Scapegoat Gallery
presents
NO SERIOUSLY
An extraordinary contemporary art experience by FRINGE, South Africa’s undisputed King of Pop
1 MARCH TO 2 APRIL 2020
We are pleased to announce that FRINGE’s new exhibition NO SERIOUSLY will happen in his resident gallery space in Johannesburg, the Daville Baillie Gallery in March.
South Africa is fortunate to have an artist of the ilk of FRINGE, a sly and exuberant commentator on the times in which we live.
FRINGE has a totally unique and fresh approach to comic characters and situations that people of all backgrounds, and cultures, can relate to. Mickey Mouse, Superman and Popeye are household names almost everywhere on earth. As brands they are valued in billions, and that is fair game for FRINGE.
His new works extend his major preoccupations: fame and fortune, and conspicuous consumption. Generally, the art of FRINGE takes into account the universal pop culture of aspiration and envy and turns it on its head. The clash of icons and symbols causes a resounding visual explosion that tickles the senses and leaves one reeling with delight.
NO SERIOUSLY will further the artist’s individualistic approach to exhibition, at Johannesburg’s acclaimed Victoria Yards art development. It will present a multi-layered, sensory experience intended to provoke and amuse.
The artworks of FRINGE have undergone a remarkable journey given that the artist is anonymous. The present collection bears testimony to his phenomenal rise as an enigmatic figure on the South African art landscape.
Don’t Blink
Scapegoat Gallery
September 2018
After a meteoric rise, with widespread acclaim and acquisition, the artist known simply as Fringe holds his second solo exhibition in September 2018 at the new Daville Baillie Gallery in Lorentzville, Johannesburg.
Fringe is undoubtedly South Africa’s favorite pop artist whose mixed media works contain happy, yet irreverent, iconography. His anonymity allows him to navigate the pop world of familiar characters, brands and slogans without being weighed down by the fuzz, or distraction, of a real persona.
As an extension of his creative process, Don’t Blinkis a mind bending journey through the characters and charades of youth, reminding us that, however old, we can all be happy children.
the Very definition
Fringe’s first exhibition.
