{"id":1735,"date":"2022-10-28T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=1735"},"modified":"2022-11-11T15:51:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T13:51:33","slug":"22-chante-mommsen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/22-chante-mommsen\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Chante Mommsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1735\" data-postid=\"1735\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1735 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_4voy715\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_4voy715 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/header_chante1-1-1024x438.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"0\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/header_chante2-1-1024x438.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"1\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/header_chante3-1-1024x438.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"2\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n\t        <div class=\"row-slider-nav\">\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-prev\">&lsaquo;<\/a>\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-next\">&rsaquo;<\/a>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/.row-bgs -->\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tf_abs tf_hide tb_row_frame tb_row_frame_bottom in_front\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\"   data-basecol=\"2\" data-col_tablet=\"column4-2\" data-col_tablet_landscape=\"column4-2\" data-col_mobile=\"column-full\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" style=\"width: 42.8%\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 first tb_5mwe715 tf_box\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t        <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_1r6x461 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading tf_textc\">\n    <span  class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n\tArise ye, and depart    <\/span>\n    <span class=\"sub-head tb_hide_divider  tf_block tf_rel\">\n\tChant\u00e9 Mommsen    <\/span>\n\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" style=\"width: 54%\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 last tb_495h716 tf_box\" >\n\t    \t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_48qy804\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_48qy804 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_6hxf804 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_z2md805 drop-shadow circle  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1671\" title=\"chante\" alt=\"chante\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_lig7805 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zwpt806   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><strong><b>Arise ye, and depart<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_rmbu806  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: left;\">by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chant\u00e9 Mommsen<\/p>\n<p><em>Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest:<br \/>because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction<\/em><br \/>&#8211; Micah 2:10<\/p>\n<p>There are over sixty verses in the Christian bible dedicated to fire and destruction. While most of them are about proving the presence of God through fire, the emphasis on destruction feels like a very toxic notion to me. It is out of place with a God supposedly committed to the principles of love and kindness. How does a loving God show mercy by punishing his own people and destroying those who disagree?<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is not an act of desecration, but a meditation on the inherent ambivalences contained in the bible \u2013 between redemption and destruction, salvation and damnation, forgiveness and punishment. Central to the installation is a pair of angel wings made from bible pages, which have been folded into feathers, using origami techniques, and dipped in wax. The wax-coated feathers suggest the way in which we are weighted down by the very ideas that are meant to set us free. But they also call to mind the myth of Icarus \u2013 who flew too close to the sun, using wings made of feathers and wax, causing the wax in his wings to melt and him to fall to his destruction.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the exhibition is ultimately about choice, and whether one has the freedom to choose or not. The things you are supposedly meant to do sometimes compete with what your brain, heart, and soul are telling you to do. The messages don\u2019t always line up, so you have to make the choice \u2013 to stay, or to depart \u2013 and <i>you<\/i> have to live with the consequences of your choices.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_pl6f619\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_pl6f619 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_nklg620 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_rvu4620 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"module-gallery-grid gallery-columns-4 tf_clear\">\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a 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data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1923\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante2.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante2-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1924\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante3.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1925\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante4.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante4-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1926\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante5.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante5-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1927\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante6.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante6-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1928\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante7.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante7-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1929\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante7.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante8.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante8-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1930\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl 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href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante10.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_rvu4620\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante10-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1932\" title=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" alt=\"22 Chante Mommsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/chante10.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arise ye, and departChant\u00e9 Mommsen Arise ye, and depart by Chant\u00e9 Mommsen Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest:because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction&#8211; Micah 2:10 There are over sixty verses in the Christian bible dedicated to fire and destruction. While most of them are [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>Arise ye, and depart<br\/>Chant\u00e9 Mommsen<\/h1>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante.jpg\" title=\"chante\" alt=\"chante\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/chante-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h4><strong><b>Arise ye, and depart<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">by<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: left;\">Chant\u00e9 Mommsen<\/p> <p><em>Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest:<br \/>because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction<\/em><br \/>- Micah 2:10<\/p> <p>There are over sixty verses in the Christian bible dedicated to fire and destruction. While most of them are about proving the presence of God through fire, the emphasis on destruction feels like a very toxic notion to me. It is out of place with a God supposedly committed to the principles of love and kindness. How does a loving God show mercy by punishing his own people and destroying those who disagree?<\/p> <p>The exhibition is not an act of desecration, but a meditation on the inherent ambivalences contained in the bible \u2013 between redemption and destruction, salvation and damnation, forgiveness and punishment. Central to the installation is a pair of angel wings made from bible pages, which have been folded into feathers, using origami techniques, and dipped in wax. The wax-coated feathers suggest the way in which we are weighted down by the very ideas that are meant to set us free. But they also call to mind the myth of Icarus \u2013 who flew too close to the sun, using wings made of feathers and wax, causing the wax in his wings to melt and him to fall to his destruction.<\/p> <p>As such, the exhibition is ultimately about choice, and whether one has the freedom to choose or not. The things you are supposedly meant to do sometimes compete with what your brain, heart, and soul are telling you to do. 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