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New Forms; A Study of Broken Parallels | 2017

New Forms; A Study of Broken Parallels | 2017

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BevanBevan de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Undertow II), handmade Sisal paper with ink,dye and gold pigment, 167x118cm de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Undertow II), handmade Sisal paper with ink,dye and gold pigment, 167x118cm
Untitled (Undertow II) | handmade Sisal paper with ink,dye and gold pigment | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Undertow I), handmade Sisal paper with ink,dye and gold pigment, 165x118cm
Untitled (Undertow I) | handmade Sisal paper with ink,dye and gold pigment | 2017
BevanBevan de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Minimalist Composition), monotype and collage, 64x189cm de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Minimalist Composition), monotype and collage, 64x189cm
Untitled (Minimalist Composition) | monotype and collage | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Grey Stripe Construction), Monoprint
Untitled (Grey Stripe Construction) | monoprint | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Untitled (Deep Water), Ink and dye, 114,5x89,5cm
Untitled (Deep Water) | Ink and dye | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Halo, linocut on folder paper, 180x180cm
Halo | linocut on folder paper | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Distressed Paper Drawing III&IV, drawing ink, dye and charcoal on Hahnemuhle
Distressed Paper Drawing III & IV | drawing ink, dye and charcoal on Hahnemuhle | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Distressed Paper Drawing I&II, drawing ink and charcoal on Hahnemuhle
Distressed Paper Drawing I & II | drawing ink and charcoal on Hahnemuhle | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Deconstructed Wave, Ink and watercolour, 70x264cm
Deconstructed Wave | Ink and watercolour | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Deconstructed Nude Study, Ink on paper with Aluminium pins
Deconstructed Nude Study | Ink on paper with Aluminium pins | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Archetype Colour Study II, Ink, monotype and collage, 108x90cm
Archetype Colour Study II | Ink, monotype and collage | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Archetype Colour Study I, Ink, monotype and collage, 108x90cm
Archetype Colour Study I | Ink, monotype and collage | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. Ancient Lake, Indian ink on paper with aluminium pins
Ancient Lake | Indian ink on paper with aluminium pins | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2017. (0), dye and collage on handmade cotton paper, 118,5x122cm
(0) | dye and collage on handmade cotton paper | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2016. Evaporation Drawing III, screenprint, 89x67cm
Evaporation Drawing III | screenprint | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2016. Evaporation Drawing II, screenprint, 89x67cm
Evaporation Drawing II | screenprint | 2017
Bevan de Wet, 2016. Evaporation Drawing I, screenprint, 89x67cm
Evaporation Drawing I | screenprint | 2017

 

In previous work, I had engaged with notions of displacement and belonging through depictions of the body. By focusing on the skins’ surface as a boundary, it could be mapped, patterned and deconstructed.
Currently, I am exploring the body as a concept of space, exploring both land and water as bodies in themselves. The deconstructed elements that previously mapped out the body’s surface, almost like topographic maps, now
expand beyond it, to form extensive spatial platforms. This allows for a new freedom beyond the confines of prescriptive figurative representation.

Within the language of landscape, water is a powerful force that acts as a builder and destroyer, an archetypal symbol of birth and life. Water is also essential in making paper, the primary medium that I am working with.

The aim of this exhibition is to explore the materiality of this medium by engaging with its limitations and thresholds by saturating, tearing, folding and erasing the paper’s surface. In contrast to these controlled manmade processes, I have allowed for an organic process to take place. Water is used as a carrier for pigments, incorporating its natural flow and evaporation to inform certain uncontrollable marks on the surface.
Throughout this body of work, I have explored different tensions that have arisen. Firstly, the tension caused during the papers interaction with water, which causes it to warp and change shape. Secondly, an imposed structural tension that operates between the organic marks and the geometric forms, which sit on their surface.
A recurring geometric form is the circle. The circle is a Jungian archetype for the psyche: a symbol of eternity, wholeness and unity. It has no beginning or end. When combined with a square (the body archetype), it highlights the relationship and balance between the psyche and the body.
While the circle is eternal, the black circle alludes to the void, an absorber of light, a repressed shadow side. In Japanese philosophy the Void represents a connection to creative energy and spontaneity.

The exhibited drawings, prints, paintings and collages represent a process of unearthing identity and exploring its evolution. By working with a combination of structure and chance, the work allows for a vulnerable space that is both evocative and indefinite.

 

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