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OPEN CALL: GOT. | Summer 26
GOT. Platform is live. got.thefourth.co.za
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To challenge the expectations of what seating itself means for society – in both comfort and context – designers throughout the 20th and 21st century have stripped back, exaggerated, turned to carpentry, industrial means and many other methodologies to reinterpret the chair as distinguished expressions of aesthetic movements. Nervous Breakdown, our first exhibition @space___, was a showcase of our archive of chairs, spanning decades and designers. All the chairs were part of our first timed online auction, which saw a few exciting bidding wars. Our online catalogue is still live. Contact us to enquire about unsold designs. by @___thefourth___
“Friends of Coach House”, the inaugural exhibition co-curated by THEFOURTH is on view until the 27th September 2023 in Amsterdam. Click in bio to request a catalogue or to make an appointment. This Saturday, the gallery will be open to the public 11 am- 4pm. Find us at 61 Kerkstraat, Amsterdam. by @___thefourth___
The Spectacle: a group exhibition. ⁣ Installation view of the “Room of Mortality”. ⁣ DM for enquiries and to book a slot to visit the show. ⁣ Exhibition runs until the 28/02/2021. ⁣ Click link in bio for our Artsy account and the full catalogue. by @___thefourth___
Artists, you’re invited. The open call for GOT. | Summer 26 closes this Thursday, 22 October. Submit 3 to 10 works, in any medium, for our fully digital edition this November. No account needed. Save as you go and submit when you’re ready. Swipe for the details, apply via the link in bio. GOT. Is a platform by THEFOURTH. by @___thefourth___
ARTISTS IN PRACTICE | LEANDRI ERLANK One strand of hair. Thousands of marks. An ongoing conversation between the body, memory and material. For the latest edition of Artists in Practice: A Day in the Studio, we visit Leandri Erlank at SideTrack Studios in Salt River, Cape Town. Working with a single strand of her own hair, Leandri builds intricate compositions through repetition, allowing each mark to become a record of movement, time and memory. We step inside her studio to talk about the physical demands of her process, productive daydreaming, the freedom of working intuitively, and life alongside Django, her ever-present shadow dog. “I feel like I came back to myself after many years of trying to be someone else.” Read the full feature on GOT. Link in bio. Photography by Julia Gunther, @juliagunther_photography by @___thefourth___
OPEN CALL: GOT. | SUMMER 26 We are now accepting submissions from artists working in every medium. Submit between 3 and 10 works for consideration. GOT. | Summer 26 is fully digital, with the exhibition running from mid to end November 2026. Works only need to be delivered if sold. We rely on the photography submitted with your application. Applications close 22 October 2026. Selections will be announced by 26 October 2026. Apply via the link in bio or DM us for more information. #GOTSummer26 #OpenCall #ArtistOpenCall #SouthAfricanArt #ContemporaryArt Artists by @___thefourth___
A closer look at the work of Karen Stewart. Cape Town based artist Karen Stewart works across paint, paper and clay. In these works, geometric forms, blocks of colour and shifting spatial relationships are composed on plywood, reflecting her broader interest in reshaping and reassembling materials into new configurations. Featured in GOT. | Winter 2026 as one of 98 participating artists. Explore the collection at got.thefourth.co.za. by @___thefourth___
A familiar artist in an unexpected place. During a recent visit at Canopy by Hilton in Cape Town, we recognised Sitaara Stodel’s collage imagery on the bed’s canopy. Working with found family photographs, Sitaara pieces together houses, rooms and gardens, exploring home, memory and belonging. Seeing those imagined spaces become part of a room we were temporarily calling home felt particularly fitting. Having worked with Sitaara before, we took the encounter as a reason to revisit her practice: from photographs on the studio table to the hotel collaboration and works from THEFOURTH’s archive. Two works are currently available. Message us for details. Portrait: Leah Hawker. @leahrachelhawker Sitaara Stodel captured by Leah Hawker A close up of Sitaara’s canopy at the Cape Town Hilton Hotel. Doorways, furniture and fragments of homes, brought together in an imagined neighbourhood. Available work Forgotten Objects, 2020 70 x 50 cm In studio. Other people’s family photographs. The starting point for something new. A cat at the window. A small, familiar scene in an unfamiliar arrangement. From Kitty Cat, 2019 (sold) Available work Unwrapped, 2020 50 x 35 cm A kitchen, a doorway, a line of stitches holding it together. From Growth, 2019 (sold) Close up, from House and Garden (sold) A room within a room. Canopy Hilton Hotel. by @___thefourth___
GENERATED LIGHT “The light emanates from within. It’s not reflected, it’s generated.” In these works, light is not simply depicted. It becomes part of the object itself. Neon cuts through painted surfaces, placing artificial illumination beside botanical imagery and holding the natural and synthetic in the same frame. The result is both seductive and unstable: painting becomes something closer to an encounter. From Night Shade, a solo presentation by Elmarie van Straten. Online exclusively on GOT. and Artsy. Click the link in bio to view the full catalogue. Mistletoe 2026 Oil, acrylic, spray paint and neon light on board 92 x 92 x 3.5 cm Black Forest, detail Black Forest 2026 Oil, acrylic, spray paint and neon light on board 92 x 92 x 3.5 cm Bionic Blue, détail Bionic Blue 2026 Oil, acrylic, spray paint and neon light on board 92 x 92 x 3.5 cm Monster, detail Monster 2026 Oil, acrylic, spray paint and neon light on board 92 x 92 x 3.5 cm No Thanks, detail No Thanks 2026 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on lightbox 60 x 100 x 3.5 cm by @___thefourth___
ARTISTS IN PRACTICE | STUART DODS Large oil paintings, recurring hammers, homemade charcoal and Mazzy Star. For our first feature, Stuart Dods shows us around his studio, a small church among the fynbos in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Occasionally, a baboon lets itself in. “A day in the studio” is now on GOT. Studio Reel reposted from Stuart Dods. by @___thefourth___
A closer look at the work of Cheryl Traub Adler. Cape Town based interdisciplinary artist Cheryl Traub Adler works across painting, drawing and printmaking. Grounded in a long-standing daily drawing practice, her work explores the relationship between material, memory and place, shaped by sustained observation and an evolving engagement with the natural and social environment. Featured in GOT. | Winter 2026 as one of 98 participating artists. Explore the collection at got.thefourth.co.za. by @___thefourth___
ESCAPE “My personal shift moving between urban and nature, from work to escape.” Escapism has been an ongoing thread through Elmarie van Straten’s practice. Trees, horizons, skies and distant landscapes suggest somewhere to go, but colour unsettles the promise of refuge. The familiar remains present, yet never entirely secure. These are landscapes of escape, but not necessarily of arrival. From Night Shade, a solo presentation by Elmarie van Straten. Online exclusively on GOT. and Artsy. Click the link in bio to view the full catalogue. Distance 2026 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on board 93 x 80 x 3.5 cm R 20 000 ex VAT Framed Comet 2026 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on board 92 x 80 x 3.5 cm R 16 000 ex VAT Framed Comet, detail Get Away From It All 2026 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on board 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm R 20 000 ex VAT Framed Get Away From It All, detail Velvet Sunset 2026 Oil, acrylic and spray paint on velvet 56 x 56 x 3.5 cm R 9 000 ex VAT Framed Velvet Sunset, detail by @___thefourth___

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