#colourmanchronicles

Closed the exhibition @avagallery.za this weekend with a performance piece titled "Colourman Plays the Hues" #ConcerningAlchemy #finnisage #performance #art #heritageweekend #ColourmanChronicles (at Cape Town, Western Cape)

"Post" 2017 oil on card 16 cm x 22 cm #ColouredPhotoAlbum #ConcerningAlchemy #ColourmanChronicles

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to the opening of my debut solo show last night. The moments, thoughts & conversations shared around the work last night will stay with us forever. To my immediate family/future family & in-laws and my amazing future wife Nicole for setting an incredible atmosphere, I love you, thank you for everything. To those who played a role and contributed to this body of work, it was a privilege being able to collaborate with you, @amielindiwe , @ashleybwalters , @kirstenmackrill , @andrewjuries , Greatmore Studios & the AVA Gallery team, thank you. #ConcerningAlchemy ft. #ColouredPhotoAlbum is dedicated to those who have gone before me and those who will come after me... I am overwhelmed with gratitude. If you couldn't make it to the opening, the show is up till the 23rd of September @avagallery.za alongside #TheGreatExodus by @muchatuta and #UnsaltedEarth by @simonkerfox. Onwards and upwards. Till Next time. Rory Emmett a.k.a The Cape Colourman ™ 👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌 📷: by Kirsten Mackrill #thankyou #content #humbled #firstshow #done #ontothenext #ConcerningAlchemy #ColouredPhotoAlbum #ColourmanChronicles

Performing painting. Photo cred: Andrew Juries #phosphorescenceingrey #greyareas #performance #collaboration #roryemmett #rogerpalmer #capetown #glasgow #closerthanever #artmeetstv #ColourmanChronicles (at Gallery Momo Cpt)

#sneakpeek of a 67 minute performance piece. #ColourmanChronicles

'The Graduate' (2016) On show @thatartfair till 6 March at The Palms, Woodstock 🎨 #newwork #ColourmanChronicles (at The Palms Décor and Lifestyle Centre)

Gallery Text: 'A Brief History (of Colourman)’ (2015) is a fantastical and imaginary installation created as a memorial to Rory Emmett’s constructed avatar, ‘Colourman’. This assembled museum display is made up of painted canvas and found images, from the artist’s own archive or thrift shops, in which Emmett has inserted his painted avatar. The installation aims to question the limited idea of ‘coming-of-age’ and is part of the artist’s ongoing attempt to define the ever-changing self in light of oppressive constructs, labels and descriptions. Drawing on personal, collective and art historical references, Emmett approaches painting as a means of viewing past and present landscapes and presents identities as constantly in motion. While Colourman’s skin belies his ‘nakedness’, his ‘Colouredness’ also works as a type of mask. Thick colourful blobs of paint form his skin, much like patterned clothing.

Skin Study l (detail) 2016 #ColourmanChronicles #worksinprogress #skinstudypainting #detail