Connecting the past and present

When we encounter artworks in the art museum, we make meanings of the artworks by exploring what we see, how we feel, and what associations we have with the artworks on display. Although Flood I, by Andrew Verster (1989) is a landscape drawing that evolved out of a process of working with charcoal, audiences today might relate the work to the recent devastating floods in Kwa-Zulu Natal in April 2022.

Glossary

A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated. With metaphor, the qualities of one thing are figuratively carried over to another.