DYLAN LEWIS - Recent Leopard Maquettes

DYLAN LEWIS

RECENT LEOPARD MAQUETTES

4-24 March 2023

Everard Read Johannesburg presents an exhibition of new bronze leopard maquettes by acclaimed South African artist, Dylan Lewis.

With this new collection Lewis returns to the subject that has long entranced collectors of figurative bronzes. The artist’s cats, from his first bronzes in the early 1990s, have interrogated the essence of this most graceful of all terrestrial creatures. His sculptures of leopards, tigers, cheetahs, lions, and domestic cats are informed by an ancient lineage honed through millennia of inexorable environmental change. Structure and an economy of lithe movement camouflage an ability to focus awesome explosive energy. Such is the nature of the animal that has obsessed this very rare sculptor from his formative years. This exhibition of bronze maquettes reminds us of all that Dylan Lewis is the most profound animalier of his time.

The new collection of maquettes will be on show at Everard Read Johannesburg as well as its partner galleries in South Africa and London during March.

The exhibition will launch on Saturday morning 4^th March between 10am and 12pm.

To request a catalogue or more information on the works, please contact: monique@everard.co.za, +27 (0)11 788 7805. Viewing of the collection will be by appoint, please contact Monique Howse at the above email address to book an appointment for viewing.

Everard Read Johannesburg is located at 6 Jellicoe Avenue, Rosebank, 2196

The gallery is open Mon – Friday 9am – 6pm, Saturdays 9am to 1pm.

www.everard-read.co.za / @everard_read_johannesburg