Furthest from its imposing form stands an
Edoardo Villa totem, its topmost bauble peeking
out from behind a mass of scarlet bromeliads
in which its plinth is mounted. There is Brett
Murray’s evocative ‘The Party vs The People’
sculpture, featuring two mating gorillas, and
just a few steps away from that is the couple’s
newest acquisition, ‘and obsession,’ Menno says
- Murray’s ‘Portrait’ piece from his Hide show,
also held recently at Everard Read gallery.
Inside the house, Jaco and Menno’s impressive
collection continues, but is brought into more
dramatic focus by the space’s charcoal walls
and gallery-style lighting. Overlooking the
TV lounge in a small salon-style gallery stands
a bronze bust by Mohau Modisakeng next
to a photographic still from the film work he
showed at the Venice Biennale in 2017. The bust
shares space with a dark work by Conrad Botes,
while in an adjoining sitting room stands one
of Athi Patra-Ruga’s unbelievably complex and
detailed busts, glistening and glimmering with
a fabulously camp sort of shine. On the walls
are pictures by the likes of Pieter Hugo, Robin
Rhode, Cameron Platter and Jake Aikman.