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Blade

2019 Competition entry

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Kay Fourie

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Not Signed
Charcoal on Academia
102 x 151 cm
R13 800
Description:
I have been wondering about the wind lately. The wind is an enigma, because as with love, faith and other abstractions, the wind cannot be contained. One sees, hears and experiences only the result of its force, not the wind itself. Since ancient times humankind has had an extraordinary relationship with the capricious phenomenon of wind. The wind is a concrete fact; always present in some or other way, yet intangible and uncontrollable, sometimes a sensual breeze and other times it becomes a ferocious destroyer. *"

In the Karoo, as in many parts of the world, the wind has been used to generate power in the form of wind pumps. The old traditional wind pump is an iconic feature of the Karoo, each having its own quirks. Recently, large- scale, sleek and manufactured giant wind turbines have begun to dot this ancient landscape, and their intrusion puzzles me. I have tried to make sense of my response to their visual interference on the land by drawing them in charcoal on paper.

Although considered traditional mediums for artmaking, charcoal and paper are among my favorites, because once you get to know them and how to treat them, they become like old friends. Charcoal is one of the earliest materials with which to make marks. Unlike factory milled paper, artists’ laid paper comes in many forms and, like both people and the traditional Karoo wind pump, each type has its own innate strength, weakness, personality and ability. If you handle a sheet of paper well, she will shine.

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Scrapyard

Detail
Tags

Kay Fourie

Details:
Not Signed
Charcoal on Academia
102 x 151 cm
R13 800

Description:
I have been wondering about the wind lately. The wind is an enigma, because as with love, faith and other abstractions, the wind cannot be contained. One sees, hears and experiences only the result of its force, not the wind itself. Since ancient times humankind has had an extraordinary relationship with the capricious phenomenon of wind. The wind is a concrete fact; always present in some or other way, yet intangible and uncontrollable, sometimes a sensual breeze and other times it becomes a ferocious destroyer. *"

In the Karoo, as in many parts of the world, the wind has been used to generate power in the form of wind pumps. The old traditional wind pump is an iconic feature of the Karoo, each having its own quirks. Recently, large- scale, sleek and manufactured giant wind turbines have begun to dot this ancient landscape, and their intrusion puzzles me. I have tried to make sense of my response to their visual interference on the land by drawing them in charcoal on paper.

Although considered traditional mediums for artmaking, charcoal and paper are among my favorites, because once you get to know them and how to treat them, they become like old friends. Charcoal is one of the earliest materials with which to make marks. Unlike factory milled paper, artists’ laid paper comes in many forms and, like both people and the traditional Karoo wind pump, each type has its own innate strength, weakness, personality and ability. If you handle a sheet of paper well, she will shine.

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