Deborah Poynton
Michael Smith on Proverb

April 2021
Artthrob

'The sophistication of Poynton’s interrogation of the visual, of looking, understanding and misunderstanding feels light years away from voguish revivalist strains of painting that litter contemporary galleries. Her work has presence and an aura of seriousness that we sorely need right now' writes Michael Smith on the perspectives offered by Poynton's Proverb.

De Groene Amsterdammer, August 2021

'For Deborah Poynton, there is no difference between a paradisiacal landscape, a decrepit body or litter. Beauty is an elastic concept,' writes Fred de Vries (Article in Dutch)

Artist talk, September 2016

'I have called this exhibition Picnic because I want to reflect on the way we need to domesticate the world, in order to see and appreciate it ...  Paintings show us to ourselves, in relation to the world.' - Deborah Poynton

Nine Weeks, October 2015
'Seeing is believing': Deborah Poynton discusses painting, perception and the 'throwing up of an illusory view' with Hansi Momodu-Gordon

Sunday Times, March 2015

'A brush with greatness'
Tymon Smith speaks to Deborah Poynton on the occasion of her exhibition Scenes of a Romantic Nature at Stevenson, Johannesburg

In conversation, February 2015

Deborah Poynton in conversation with Federica Angelucci - a transcript of a public talk about the exhibition Scenes of a Romantic Nature at Stevenson, Johannesburg

Cape Times, September 2013

'Illusion grounded in nature's bounty': Lucinda Jolly reviews Deborah Poynton's exhibition Pictures

Walkabout, March 2011

Transcript of a public talk by Deborah Poynton on her exhibition Arcadia at Stevenson, Cape Town

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