Antarctic Exploration I

The works are both in portrait format and consist of a dominating, heavily-textured, predominantly white ground, although some variances in hues and tones are noticeable. The foregrounds are similarly simple and nuanced: in the centre, vertically, and about a third of the way up, horizontally, there is an embedded element of gauze and hessian on which is placed a single ID photo of the researcher at the time of his arrival in South Africa. Effort has been made to texturally integrate this collage into the background. A single strand of hessian rises up from this focal point to some indefinite point. In both works, the ID portrait has all but been completely obscured.

Price: RN/A

Availability: Sold

Date Painted: 2013

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