The rural face
Angelique Delport
500mm x 600mm /
Painting
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Acronym for rural: Rustic, undisturbed, real all-inclusive life. It has a face and a character of its own with a heartbeat so strong it reverberates across the country. The rural reality is the slow peaceful pulse that keeps the urban brain alive.
Curator’s Comment
Via an abstracted visual interpretation, this work gets to the essence of place through a strong visual presence. A good understanding of colour is evident through the work. The surface implies fragility, and dependent on the conceptual goals of the work, it may be worth investigating materials with a higher archival quality (e.g., cracking mediums).
About the artist
It is intriguing to see the ways in which abstract art allows someone to interpret a painting from their own point of view, and see that lightbulb moment when the connection or understanding happens. These are Delport’s reasons for being an abstract artist. Looking beyond the surface, Delport sees the fascinating invisible messages around us.