Don’t miss The  “Arno Plus” Exhibition at The Lovell Gallery…

Best known for his career as a singer-songwriter and front man for the Springbok Nude Girls, multi-award winning artist, Arno Carstens, has in fact been expressing himself across a variety of creative media over the last twenty years.   Decades in the making, his love for painting has culminated in this extensive collection, and like his voice, the style is immediately and uniquely, Arno Carstens. Titled ‘Arno Plus’, the complete works will be shown to the public for the first time ever in a solo exhibition at The Lovell Gallery in Woodstock.  Arno paints in oils on canvas, with themes drawn from his emotions and subconscious. The work is bold and expressive, sometimes playful sometimes sinister, with a hint of the surreal. ‘Arno Plus’ refers to unexpected combinations. This is not just an art exhibition, it is an art event: an “art plus music, Arno plus friends and Arno plus audience” experience. On canvas, besides an exciting collection of solo works, Arno has collaborated with local artists Beezy Bailey, Jack Mantis, Barend de Wet and Marinda Swartz; works which will all be on show. In addition, each week, Arno will perform a collaborative, eclectic and unique unplugged live show at the gallery, in a series labeled ‘The Blind Tiger Sessions’ which will feature him performing alongside Jon Savage and part of The Nomadic Orchestra and over the 7 weeks will feature special guests including Mr. Cat and The Jackal, The Jack Mantis Band, The Plastics, Shadowclub, Mike Rutherford, Zolani Mahola, Valiant Swart, The Tornadoes and Taxi Violence on the Upstairs floor of The Lovell Gallery.