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Working with abstraction
from Encounters
Abstraction occurs when artists move away from trying to represent objects, towards manipulating the materials to create artworks about art making, personal expression, the immaterial, experiences and feelings.
Sandile Zulu creates abstract artworks with fire; a medium customarily associated with destruction, not creativity. Brownprint 9 consists of repeated shapes and patterns created by controlling the burning of the canvas. A close up of the work reveals how Zulu patched the canvas when the fire burnt too strongly.
Serge Alain Nitegeka uses abstraction to make works about his experiences fleeing a war-torn country when he was young. He explores feelings of isolation, fear, and being trapped through his use of bold lines, striking compositions and manipulation of space.
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