CALENDAR SERIES, TWELVE ,2021
Provenance : Provenance: Private collection, Johannesburg.
Exhibited : P72 Projects, Parkhurst, 'White Men Can't Jump: Challenging Art for Absurd Times', 29 to 31 October 2021.
Literature :
Notes : ABOUT THE ARTWORK At first glance, the series of nude portraits seem to be very provocative. And of course, in his own brutally honest and humorous way, Cameron Platter wants it to be provocative. This work forms part of an “on-going series and experiments” which deal with thematic concerns including societal excess, sex, impermanence and money[1]. It is perhaps interesting to inspect one’s initial reaction to very explicit subject matter and unpolished lines, in a world where it seems much easier to look at a photoshopped image of a nude female. What this work seems to be doing is to go against the capitalist consumption of bodies (nudes) and time (days) by making a calendar that has no use. The days are not very readable, and the bodies make you take a step back rather than forward. It is somewhat reminiscent of Platter’s comments on his artworks, in a 2016 interview for the online magazine NYAQ, “Makes no sense, right? Chaos, Panic, Fear—my work is done . . .”[2] Carina Jansen [1] White Men Can’t Jump. (2021). Johannesburg: P72 Projects. 29 to 31 October 2021, n.p. [2] Mcclintock, A. (2016). Cameron Platter: In Conversation with Andrew Mcclintock. [online] https://www.sfaq.us/2016/12/cameron-platter-in-conversation-with-andrew-mcclintock/ (Accessed 19 May 2023)
Condition_report : The overall condition of each artwork is very good. Minor smudging consistent with the medium. Floated to the backing mount, not laid down. Minor cockling in areas throughout.
