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unusual facts about Sean Slemon


Sean Slemon

In 2005, he filled the internal space of the Premises Gallery at the Civic Theatre in Braamfontein with two-and-a-half tons of carpet layers, a work called "Uplift:The Mountain Premises." "By entirely occupying a space with an artwork, an act that must have caused a certain degree of inaccessibility and inconvenience, Slemon sought to probe the manner in which we attempt to control the personal and public spaces that we occupy." -Jackie McInnes, SA Art Times, Issue 8, August 2006


Jon Coffelt

The exhibit encompassed selections of drawing, painting, collage, installation and photography and included the work of Sara Garden Armstrong, Clayton Colvin, Lee Isaacs, and Sean Slemon.


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