Hidden in Drawers

2019

oil, paper, wax thread, silver leaf on canvas

63 x 83cm

Framed

Estimated value between R7000 & R10000

Artist Statement:

Hidden drawers, the packing of emotions. I work intuitively and play with juxtaposing emotions with materials.  My work is a woven tapestry, an emotive thread, chaotic groupings, different thoughts, using a variety of materials . I find the visual tactile quality of the materials I use in my art practice absorbing in that I attempt to elevate them from their devalued functional domestic realm ( as in this work the buttons) into a position or place of value. The combination and the juxtaposition of domestic materials, with traditional high art materials has a quality that begs to find a space, to valorise the mundane, the overlooked and discarded. These mundane domestic materials are also trying to reveal their lost history of usefulness.Hidden drawers, the packing of emotions. I work intuitively and play with juxtaposing emotions with materials.  My work is a woven tapestry, an emotive thread, chaotic groupings, different thoughts, using a variety of materials . I find the visual tactile quality of the materials I use in my art practice absorbing in that I attempt to elevate them from their devalued functional domestic realm ( as in this work the buttons) into a position or place of value. The combination and the juxtaposition of domestic materials, with traditional high art materials has a quality that begs to find a space, to valorise the mundane, the overlooked and discarded. These mundane domestic materials are also trying to reveal their lost history of usefulness.

About the artist: 

Gill Allderman, born 1959 is a contemporary artist and works in oils, acrylics and mixed media. Her scale varies from small to large works. Gill has just completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts at Michaelis School of Fine Arts

CONTACT DETAILS:

Auctioneer: SANAVA

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