Petrus Amuthenu

Tulongeni, Petrus Amuthenu, Pencil on fabriano paper

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Manaka, 2016. Mixed media (charcoal & spraypaint) on Paper Petrus Amuthenu was born in Swakopmund and grew up in northern Namibia in Uukwaludhi. In 2002 a chance encounter with the ...

New Parliament, 2016. Mixed media (charcoal & spraypaint) on Paper Petrus Amuthenu was born in Swakopmund and grew up in northern Namibia in Uukwaludhi. In 2002 a chance encounter w...

Ondobe, 2022. Coloured pencil on black paper. 55.5 x 66cm As an extension of her ‘Opening Up’ series, Nicky Marais has focused on seemingly innocuous ...

Single Quarters, 2022. Coloured pencil on black paper. 55.5 x 66cm As an extension of her ‘Opening Up’ series, Nicky Marais has focused on seemingly i...

Realmar Gebou, 2022. Coloured pencil on black paper. 55.5 x 66cm As an extension of her ‘Opening Up’ series, Nicky Marais has focused on seemingly inn...

Opening Houses on Black 5, 2022. Coloured pencil on black paper, 20 x 20cm Nicky Marais (b. 1962) is a Namibian artist, educator and activist. Marais is well-known for her abstract artworks created using a personal vocabulary of abstract forms and colour relationships derived from everyday life as well as the socio-political history of Namibia and icons from around the continent. These forms are often layered using a mixture of stencils and traditional painting techniques. Marais describes her practice as a “constant hunt for significant shapes”, which are subjected to a process of near-obsessive repetition, appearing multiple times in different combinations. Much of her work explores the relationship between physical and spiritual worlds, which extends into an investigation of the relationship between the tangible and the intangible, the signifier and the signified. Speaking about Marais’ work, Rosa Namises said “Sometimes we are trapped between the gates and the snakes. We have to choose to go through the path of knowledge, to learn what the snakes have to teach us, and not allow ourselves to be trapped by the gates” (2017). Marais is recently retired from an eleven year posting as the Head of Department of Visual Arts at the College of the Arts in Windhoek. As an artist, she has exhibited extensively in Namibia and abroad. In 2017, The National Art Gallery of Namibia hosted a solo exhibition by Marais, titled ‘Presence in Absence’. Her next solo ‘Connections‘ was held at Guns & Rain Gallery in Johannesburg in 2020. Most recently in 2022, the artist participated in the Baker’s Bay...

"Land Formation 6" 2018. Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Earth Tones / Collage / Figurative Art

Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Pastel Colors / Collage / Earth Tones

Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Pastel Colors / Collage / Earth Tones

Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Pastel Colors / Collage / Earth Tones

Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Pastel Colors / Collage / Earth Tones

"Land Formation 3" 2018. Found paper décollage and graphite on paper. Drawing / Landscapes and Waterscapes / Earth Tones / Collage / Figurative Art