Strauss & co - 17 February 2018, Cape Town

102 Strauss & co contemporary art auction “Besides acting as a casting agent choosing his sitters, the artist assumes many other identities before he takes brush to canvas; he acts as a scenographer, constructing sets and painting backdrops; as impresario engaged in the hire of taxidermied animals from prop houses; as a lighting specialist experimenting until he obtains the ideal mood and atmosphere. He is the photographer behind the camera; the director whose intervention shapes the course of action, or whose refusal to intervene permits improvisation, enlisting accident and chance. Finally, he is the editor”. Lloyd Pollack, 2011. An Everlasting Once and the Terrible Silence . Catalogue accompanying the exhibition, An Everlasting Once at iArt Gallery , March 2011. 34 Matthew Hindley SOUTH AFRICAN b1974 The Hour of Lead 2011 signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on linen 200 by 300cm R120 000 – 160 000 EXHIBITED iArt, Cape Town, Matthew Hindley: An Everlasting Once , March 2011. Illustrated in colour on pages 48 and 49 of the accompanying catalogue.