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Mary VisserSand and Stone2024
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This work was presented as part of a curatorial conversation on abstraction, inspired by the juxtaposition of two contemporary South African abstract artists: Mary Visser and Sibusiso Ngwazi.
The exhibition acted as a looking glass, bringing into focus two artists who view abstraction through different lenses. Despite no link in their artistic journeys and backgrounds, both artists use unpredictability in their process and a lack of an obvious formula to create works of expressive visual freedom. There is an illusion in these abstracted paintings that questions the viewer who might search for a comfortable focal point. It’s not there, as both Visser and Ngwazi use colour, movement and spontaneity to create compelling compositions which seek to surprise, redefine, and question our focus.
Mary Visser (1971- ) was born near Cape Town, and studied painting at Rhodes University which was followed some 20 years later by a Postgraduate Diploma undertaken at Michaelis School of Fine Art. Visser finds inspiration in the City of Cape Town and invented spaces. Our historical human imprint visible within the urban landscape using roads, street signs, graffiti and architecture allows her to experiment and form connections in her studio by looking at objects, drawings and different surfaces. Her paintings are investigations of these observations which the artist views as layered forms and lines created using a collage-like process.
“I seek a way through the recognisable view to locate something beyond the image and beneath the surface; a flash of movement in the stillness of a buildings' facade, a life lived" - Mary Visser
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