Jonathan Freemantle brings his latest collection – entitled 'Der Heilige Berg' – home to Gallery MOMO in Cape Town

南非出生的艺术家乔纳森·弗里曼特尔一生都在山里度过。他出生并成长在开普敦标志性的台山附近，在约翰内斯堡郊外的马格利斯堡山脉附近工作，并在苏格兰的一个偏远的山脉里冥想，周围是伦诺奇沼泽地。

在开普敦莫莫画廊的最新展览中，这位艺术家正是将这一山岳冲动引入作品-统称为“圣山”(Der Heilige Berg)。弗里曼特尔在理查德·德马科(Richard Demarco)的指导下发现了苏格兰的山脉；事实证明，70年代约瑟夫·布伊斯(Joseph Beuys)也发现了这座山，他宣称这是“北欧最后一片荒野”(Beuys在Rrowch Moor上的照片被纳入节目中)。

这些山，现在画布上，是从岩石，矿石和石板上画出来的，这些石料是他花了很多时间在两个山脉上收集的。Freemantle会有条不紊地将这些材料磨成粉末，然后将它们与蜂蜡、松节油、亚麻油和达玛树脂混合。因此，画就是山。

弗里曼特尔说：“工作的其余部分是一种有意识的过程，就像上山是一个过程一样-最后是对崇高的瞬间一瞥。”“我所做的只是有意识地走一走，偶尔往上看一眼，看看我的路。”

For inspiration, Freemantle swapped his native Table Mountain for the remote Scottish mountaintops of the Rannoch Moor, where he spent time meditating

Mountains not only inspired the subject of Freemantle's work, but also made up the material he used. Slates, ochres and rocks scavenged from the Scottish peak were powdered and applied to the canvases to rugged, earthy effect. Pictured: The Last Remaining Wilderness (I-VIII)

Through the process of grinding the rock, the mountain becomes part of the painting itself. Pictured: 'Der Heilige Berg' (installation view)

'The rest of the work is a kind of conscious process,' explains Freemantle, 'in the same way that walking up a mountain is a process – at the end is a momentary glimpse of the sublime'. Pictured: Found Mountains

Photograph of Joseph Beuys on Rannoch Moor. Courtesy Richard Demarco and the Demarco Archive at Summerhall, Edinburgh

 'All I am doing is a conscious walk with the occasional glimpse upwards to check my path', Freemantle modestly concludes. Pictured: Joseph Beuys on Rannoch Moor (installation shot). Courtesy Richard Demarco and the Demarco Archive at Summerhall, Edinburgh

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