James Webb

There’s No Place Called Home, 2004Price on Request

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site-specific sound installationblank projectsCape Town

Description

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The image depicts a row of bare, leafless trees lining a street in an urban setting. The stark, intricate branches of the trees stand out against the gray sky, creating a striking visual composition. The absence of foliage highlights the natural forms and shapes of the trees, which appear to be the main subject of the scene. The overall composition suggests a contemplative, melancholic mood, capturing a moment of natural beauty amidst the urban environment. The historical context or the artist's intentions behind this piece are not clear, but the image invites the viewer to appreciate the simple elegance of the exposed tree branches in their natural state. ...

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Artist

James Webb

B.1975, South African

James Webb is an interdisciplinary artist who creates installations that poetically digest themes of faith, deep-time, nature and industry. Working in a minimalist tradition, Webb seeks out peculiar phrases, histories or objects, and puts these references under a microscope in a gallery space. Obscuration is frequently used by Webb to create a sense of revelation. For example, statues might be placed in vitrines made of fluted glass, giving them a fractured, ethereal quality. Neon and sound are also commonly deployed in Webb’s installations, shedding light or amplified sound onto particular subjects. Normative relationships and behaviours are also frequently disrupted by Webb. For example, speakers might interview inanimate objects such as crude oil, and pose questions to this earthly substance. Past projects have also engaged with literature, cinema, advertising and astronomy. What runs as a constant throughout Webb’s work is a palpable sense of curiosity. With an earnestness to greater understand narratives beyond a human perspective. Webb continues to make work which realigns our priorities and unravels cemented tales. ...

James Webb: Artworks

James WebbThis is where I leave you (Madonna of the suffering. The origin of the universe), 2020Price on Request

James WebbI do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds (13 Views of the Moon), 2019Price on Request

James WebbI do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds (5 paths through the dark), 2019Price on Request

James WebbI do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds (Solve, dissolve, revolve), 2019Price on Request

James WebbThe Black Passage, 2006Price on Request

James WebbThere’s No Place Called Home, 2004Price on Request

James WebbThis is where I leave you (Radiant guide. Equanimityin the harsh storm), 202012000 EUR

James WebbA series of personal questions addressed to five litres of Nigerian crude oil, 2020Price on Request

James WebbThis is where I leave you (A map of the heavens; manmade, fallible. A tower of celestial Babel), 2020Price on Request

James WebbThis is where I leave you (Mother of the lost; the one who hears the cries of the world), 2020Price on Request

James WebbUntitled (with the sound of its own making), 201615000 EUR

James WebbThere Is A Light That Never Goes Out, 2010Price on Request

James WebbI do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds (Towards something... not a thing), 2019Price on Request

James WebbScream, 2008Price on Request

James WebbI do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand worlds (Into something rich and strange), 2023Price on Request

Gallery

blank projects

Cape Town

Based in a 360 sqm gallery in Woodstock, Cape Town, blank was founded by Jonathan Garnham as a project space in 2005 and transitioned into a commercial gallery during 2012. The gallery represents emerging and increasingly established artists from the region in a critically engaged programme that emphasises contemporaneity, with a focus on concept and abstraction in the African context. With an exhibition programme that has a reputation for shaping the discourse around contemporary art in South(ern) Africa, and participation in prominent local and international art fairs, we seek to place our artists' work in a wide range of private and institutional collections. In addition, blank continues to promote the visual arts in our community through ongoing projects that support the sector. ...