The group exhibition Outside The Lines attempts to expand the framework of abstraction beyond its formal perimeters and allow for the inclusion of a myriad subjects and contextual concerns.
Lyndi Sales and Daniella Mooney’s work explores the slipstream in which folkloristic and handicraft-orientated everyday Âpractices intersect with formal constructivist abstraction. Morné ÂVisagie and Rodan Kane Hart combine poetic abstraction and physical experience to create a voyage through transitional urban spaces. ÂMbongeni Dlamini highlights the political potential of abstraction by drawing attention to the polarities and grey areas created by colour in a racial context. Alexandra Karakashian subverts the notion of oil painting to address growing environmental concerns about non-renewable energy and industrial waste. Other participating Âartists include Michele Mathison, Chloe Rëid and Anna ÂStielau.
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