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OUTSIDE THE LINES: AN EXPLORATION OF ABSTRACT MATERIALITY
04 FEBRUARY 2012 - 03 MARCH 2012
OPENING SATURDAY 04 February 11H00 - 15H00
WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY is pleased to present Outside The Lines: An Exploration of Abstract Materiality.
Outside The Lines is a group exhibition that engages with the material elements and physicality of abstraction. Formally the works selected for this exhibition emphasize composition, colour, line, shape and texture. A critical point of entry is the potential for ambiguity often associated with abstraction. This scope for interpretation, as well as the use of form to underpin concept, expands the framework of this exhibition beyond formal perimeters and allows for an inclusion of a myriad of subjects and contextual concerns.
The participating artists have embraced abstraction as this catalyst and the tactile surfaces and objects they present have become a map that traces amongst other things desire, memory, identity and urban experience.
Color provides an important thread, reference and entry point in many of the works and is a powerful tool in conveying emotion and association. This is particularly apparent in the works of Morné Visagie, Mbongeni Dlamini and Nabeeha Mohamed.
Through intricate nuance and gradations Visage uses color to make tangible the memory of time and place. Whilst through complete de-saturation, Dlamini draws attention to the polarities and grey areas created by colour within a racial context. Mohamed’s use of a glittering monochromatic pallet of gold dust is elemental and seductive. Using the illuminating dust to give form to sonic vibrations, Mohamed creates a kind of alchemy and a counter point to the inky darkness of Daniella Mooney’s work.
Subverting the notion of oil painting Alexandra Karakashian addresses growing environmental concerns around non-renewable energy and industrial waste. Using a sophisticated black and white pallet and minimalist vertical column of canvas, here indeed the medium is the message as used car oil seeps into a pristine white canvas polluting the untainted surface.
Also working within a minimalist framework but engaging with the urban rather than natural environment Rodan Kane Hart uses angular three-dimensional forms to navigate and “appropriate form and pattern in the urban realm.”
Accumulation and reconfiguration of Objects into abstract forms is also present in the work of Lyndi Sales. Using airplane boarding passes Sales removes part of the material through a lazer cutting process literally destroying the substrate to reveal the image. The image that remains is of international flight paths - a visual representation of abstracted global movement and ever increasing human traffic.
Comprising of painting, installation, drawing, print, video and sculpture - the exhibition also includes works by Michele Mathison, Chloe Rëid, and Anna Stielau. Images of the works on the exhibition will be available on the gallery website from 12 noon on Friday, 03 February.
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