Salon 91 – The October Show

This group exhibition by an all male-cast of Cape Town-based artists, showcasing a strong urban feel, transgressing the lines between fine art, street art and design. Showcasing at The October show at Salon 91, Kloofstreet, are the likes of Andrew Sutherland, Paul Senyol, Daniel Ting Chong and Jordan Metcalf. Lynn Vullings and Saskia van Diermen visited The October Show.

Andrew Sutherland is a young Namibia born artist that combines the graphic, detailed qualities of his illustration techniques with a bit of unstructured abstraction and surrealism in his paintings. Andrew’s passion lies in international issues, such as over-population, globalization and environmental sustainability, which he examines from nature’s point of view. He also deals with themes such as dreams and the subconscious mind.

His polaroid photographs are like an undiscovered diary or pages from a scrapbook. Discovering that each object has a history and finally inducing his beautifully coloured works with a uniquely personal air. Through his art Andrew hopes to bring awareness and with it a message that will break through to the masses.

“Tell me something” by Andrew Sutherland

Paul Senyol has been drawing and painting since he was a high school student, but never had any form of artistic or graphic training. As a kid he discovered skateboarding and punk rock music that became the maininfluence in his early drawings, skateboard graphics, album covers, magazine layouts and illustrations. Around that same time he also discovered the creativity of graffiti and street artists such as Marc Gonzales, Ed Templeton and Barry McGee. His lack of schooling has given him the freedom to break away from traditional notions of painting, allowing himself creative freedom.

His current work at The October Show, focuses on shape, line, form, colour, composition and text. His work seeks to engage the viewer by translating his own experiences on to canvas, allowing for an open discussion and translation of his work.

“Roam” by Paul Senyol

Daniel Ting Chong is an illustrator, designer, artist and VJ/DJ. He is known as one of Cape Town’s top creative talents following a series of art exhibitions, talks and design collaborations with international brands like Levi’s, Adidas and the Discovery Channel. Daniel Ting Chong believes design is all about tangibility. His style is sharp, clean and crips illustrations, pieces of typography and packaging designs. His works showcases itself off the page and into your personal space. When he’s not designing clothes or paiting, he is projecting lights and custom graphics on the dancefloor as resident VJ at the Assembly club.

“You’re the ocean in which I learn to swim” by Jordan Metcalf

Jordan MetCalf is a graphic designer, letterer and artist and has exhibited all over South Africa. Jordan’s work is somewhere between nostalgia and melancholy, isolation and hope. He finds himself dealing with themes like alienation, loss and relationships. He works with traditional materials such as acrylics on paper, ink and wood. His works focuses on texture in simple composition and typographic experimentation in various mediums and executions.

“Looting”, “Insecure”, “Stress”, “Ransom” by Daniel Ting Chong

Daniel Ting Chong and Jordan Metcalf, have collaborated on several pieces for The October Show. The series of works is entitled Fear.Less. and the objects are all weapons used in acts of crime in South Africa, both by criminals and the law. Eventhough the objects have a lot to do with violence; it still has a very playful feeling about it. Daniel and Jordan aim to re-contextualise the place these items hold in our everyday psyche.