Lloyd Pollak South African ArtTimes febr 2011 "Manet's too tight to mention" at the WhatiftheworldGallery Capetown "...Patrick Schols creates his own personal medium of layer upon layer of thin strips of timber glued together. He then carves, gessoes and paints his hand-made plywood, turning shelf furniture into stripped down, minimalist works of art. His ‘Pumpkin’, a supremely elegant, delicately ribbed organic form with a fine chalky patina and a mellow ivory hue, looks like an ornamental plinth by Ruhlmann. However when you open…
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