Strauss & co - 17 February 2018, Cape Town

104 Strauss & co contemporary art auction 35 Johann Louw SOUTH AFRICAN b1965 Stoel en Hond signed and dated 2016 on the reverse oil on canvas 203 by 137cm R60 000 – 80 000 EXHIBITED The Association of Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town, AVA Alumni: Johann Louw , 2 February to 4 March 2017. “For Louw, dogs sometimes appear to have the same status as humans. Most typically, they are cowering, hesitant to enter the landscape, occupying a space entirely opposite to that slightly elevated perspective called the ‘prospect position’ which dominated Western painting after Claude and Poussin. Louw’s dogs grimace with fear, their bodies slightly contorted with the embarrassment of the here and now”. Bunn, David. (2017) Studies in Scarlet: Johann Louw’s Unsettled Bodies .Text accompanying exhibition AVA Alumni: Johann Louw , The Association of Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town 2 February to 4 March 2017.