Art and Play at Cape Town Art Fair 2017

By BLANC Modern Africa

Cape Town Art Fair.

This year's edition of Cape Town Art Fair introduced 'Unframed', a section dedicated to strongly interactive large-scale works. Four artists from local galleries created site-specific installations that solicited visitors to explore, jump and crawl through the works - actions that seldom pair with fine art. Of course, fairgoers obliged, and shared their memories on Instagram. Relive the fun, here.

 

Katharien De Villiers, The Human Car Wash, 2017. SMITH gallery, Cape Town.

A dreamy walk-through @ct_artfair with @smithstudioct #sensoryexperience #interactivesculpture #unframed #ct_artfair

A post shared by Katharien (@kathariendevilliers) on Feb 16, 2017 at 6:12am PST

Kids getting it @ct_artfair with the incredible support of @smithstudioct #humancarwash #dreamspace #interactivesculpture #sensoryexperience

A post shared by Katharien (@kathariendevilliers) on Feb 18, 2017 at 8:50am PST

 

Michael Linders, King of My Castle, 2017. SMITH Gallery, Cape Town.

@nelsonmakamo on Michael Linder's Jumping castle #CTAF2017

A post shared by SMITH Studio Fine Art Gallery (@smithstudioct) on Feb 17, 2017 at 6:26am PST

 

Liza Grobler, Barbed Wire Paradise. EverardRead/CIRCA, Cape Town.

A walk through. Ready...go! #barbedwireparadise #lizagrobler #everardreadcirca #CTAF #ctaf17

A post shared by Liza Grobler (@lizagrobler) on Feb 16, 2017 at 3:21am PST

Moment of zen at #CapeTownArtFair ✌🏼🇿🇦 📸@ebkinsella #MarySibande #CTAF2017

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Mary Sibande, GalleryMOMO, Cape Town.

One of my favourite artists at the #capetownartfair - #marysibande ! #art #artsandculture #saart #ctaf17 #capetown #artfair #artist #sculpture #installation #purple #hobbyhorse #horse #ct_artfair

A post shared by Donavan Mynhardt (@don_mynhardt) on Feb 18, 2017 at 5:29am PST