Stephen Rosin exhibition at Absa Gallery, Joburg

The works created for this exhibition display a private devotion to the ideals of beauty, as well as the artist's need to undermine sublime visual harmony.

Rosin said: "My work purposefully mocks the status quo, utilising materials and objects inexorably linked to the subjects they poke fun at. The intention for the work is that it acts as a vehicle to expose this stage show, where manufactured reality and engineered consent have become the norm. By using satire and humour, I attempt to present the 'truth' as the lie that it is, hopefully breaking down its perceived and accepted image to show something of the real one lurking beneath."

International private collections

Absa art and museum curator Dr Paul Bayliss said: "It is great to welcome Stephen back to Absa, as he won the Absa L'Atelier in 2009, and to be able to host his first solo exhibition."

Rosin was born in 1975 and graduated from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 1999 with a B.Tech degree (cum laude) in Fine Arts and has been included in numerous exhibitions and the Absa L'Atelier art awards since 2007. He also has collections of his artwork around the country as well as international private collections in France, Iran, Norway and New Zealand.

The Absa Gallery is at Absa Towers North, 161 Main Street, Joburg. The exhibition will be open from 8.30am to 4pm daily and entrance is free. Members of the public are requested to bring their ID books along for parking and entry purposes.