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Armstrong was selected to create sculptures for a major 2011 campaign by investment management firm Prescient.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prescient.co.za/campaigns.php?PageID=manual_link&SubMenuID=3&SubMenuItemID=140&mainMenuID=1# |title=Prescient |publisher=Prescient |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> |
Armstrong was selected to create sculptures for a major 2011 campaign by investment management firm Prescient.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prescient.co.za/campaigns.php?PageID=manual_link&SubMenuID=3&SubMenuItemID=140&mainMenuID=1# |title=Prescient |publisher=Prescient |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> |
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Armstrong was one of 33 artists selected for Worldforall's 'Not All is Black and White: Wisdom from the African Zebra' campaign, which ran concurrently to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>http://www.worldforall.org/</ref> |
Armstrong was one of 33 artists selected for Worldforall's 'Not All is Black and White: Wisdom from the African Zebra' campaign, which ran concurrently to the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldforall.org/ |title=Worldforall |publisher=Worldforall |date= |accessdate=2013-07-25}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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Grace O’Malley noted in a review for Artthrob, that Armstrong’s work “offered a multifaceted intellectual examination of human psychology through line and space”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/2011/11/Grace-OMalley-reviews-The-Fine-Black-Line-by-Beth-Armstrong-at-Brundyn-+-Gonsalves.aspx |title=Grace OMalley reviews The Fine Black Line by Beth Armstrong at Brundyn Gonsalves |publisher=Artthrob |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> Ashraf Jamal, in a piece on Armstrong for Art South Africa’s “Bright Young Things”, states that “Armstrong’s warping of the sculpture paradigm makes way for new applications and new figurations in a genre caught in the tedious warp of thingness”; later stating that Armstrong introduces not only a new philosophy of making and meaning, but its solution”.<ref>Jamal, A. 2009. |
Grace O’Malley noted in a review for Artthrob, that Armstrong’s work “offered a multifaceted intellectual examination of human psychology through line and space”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/2011/11/Grace-OMalley-reviews-The-Fine-Black-Line-by-Beth-Armstrong-at-Brundyn-+-Gonsalves.aspx |title=Grace OMalley reviews The Fine Black Line by Beth Armstrong at Brundyn Gonsalves |publisher=Artthrob |date= |accessdate=2012-07-05}}</ref> Ashraf Jamal, in a piece on Armstrong for Art South Africa’s “Bright Young Things”, states that “Armstrong’s warping of the sculpture paradigm makes way for new applications and new figurations in a genre caught in the tedious warp of thingness”; later stating that Armstrong introduces not only a new philosophy of making and meaning, but its solution”.<ref>Jamal, A. 2009. "Breaking the Barrier of Objecthood" in ''Art South Africa'' 8(2). 30-31.</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:49, 25 July 2013
Beth Diane Armstrong | |
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| Born | 1985 |
| Nationality |  South African |
| Education | Rhodes University |
| Known for | Sculpture |
Beth Diane Armstrong (born 1985) is a South African sculptor. Armstrong is represented in Cape Town by BRUNDYN + GONSALVES [1]
Biography
Armstrong graduated in 2010 with a MFA from Rhodes University. In 2009, she was heralded as one of Art South Africa’s ‘Bright Young Things’.[2] Her most recent solo exhibitions at iArt Gallery (now BRUNDYN + GONSALVES), To skip the last step [3] and Towards an architecture of loss,[4] operate in conjunction to explore the concept of traversal and surmounting of loss. Armstrong currently lives and works in Johannesburg.
Recent developments
Armstrong was selected to create sculptures for a major 2011 campaign by investment management firm Prescient.[5]
Armstrong was one of 33 artists selected for Worldforall's 'Not All is Black and White: Wisdom from the African Zebra' campaign, which ran concurrently to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[6]
Reception
Grace O’Malley noted in a review for Artthrob, that Armstrong’s work “offered a multifaceted intellectual examination of human psychology through line and space”.[7] Ashraf Jamal, in a piece on Armstrong for Art South Africa’s “Bright Young Things”, states that “Armstrong’s warping of the sculpture paradigm makes way for new applications and new figurations in a genre caught in the tedious warp of thingness”; later stating that Armstrong introduces not only a new philosophy of making and meaning, but its solution”.[8]
References
- ^ "Brundyn + Gonsalves | Beth Diane Armstrong". Brundyngonsalves.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Features - Bright Young Things". Art South Africa. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "BRUNDYN + GONSALVES | BETH ARMSTRONG To skip the last step". Brundyngonsalves.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "BRUNDYN + GONSALVES | BETH ARMSTRONG Towards an architecture of loss". Brundyngonsalves.com. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Prescient". Prescient. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ "Worldforall". Worldforall. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ^ "Grace OMalley reviews The Fine Black Line by Beth Armstrong at Brundyn Gonsalves". Artthrob. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Jamal, A. 2009. "Breaking the Barrier of Objecthood" in Art South Africa 8(2). 30-31.