Penny Siopis Lasso

Penny Siopis LassoIn her catalogue introduction, Siopis writes: 'Lasso speaks of the "poetics of vulnerability". Ideas work more by association than direct narration. In this, the medium is as important as image or narrative.' More than 30 of Siopis' paintings in oil, ink and viscous glue are reproduced in this catalogue, which accompanied her first solo show in Cape Town since 1984.

and is a continuous engagement with the subject of reality and of landscape as a snapshot of our interaction with the world

punks and thugs―all indulging their desires with great camaraderie and without guilt or prejudice

the holes in the widening net

peculiarities

’ It was the unofficial carnival opening when Helio and I kissed for the first time

presenting itself as the guiding current

the University of Vermont

His work mainly consists of large site-specific installations conceived for entire buildings or urban areas

“or as far back as you can

War Primer notably drew attention to the didactic role of photojournalism that served war’s callous profiteers

This publication documents the construction of this unique edifice

and culminating in their separate but cooperative careers in the teens