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David Krut Projects is pleased to present /ˈatməsˌfir/, a group exhibition featuring three emerging abstract artists from South Africa: Mongezi Ncaphayi, Robyn Penn, & Jacob Van Schalkwyk. In this exhibition–which takes its title from the phonetic spelling of the word Atmosphere–all three artists respond to the dynamic climate of contemporary South Africa, primarily through the use of painterly abstraction.

Mongezi Ncaphayi, a painter-printmaker and lifelong jazz enthusiast, uses splashes of color amidst repeated lines, patterns and forms that undulate like sounds and rhythm–harkening to …