By Frederick Philander
WINDHOEK – Nicky Marais will be exhibiting her new work at Studio 77 from next Friday until the end of the month.
The exhibition will be opened on September 14 at 18h30 by the Director of Lifeline/Childline in Namibia, Jane Shityuwete.
This will be her fourth solo exhibition in Windhoek, and her first at Studio 77.
In fact, the gallery’s unusual and exciting exhibition space was the original motivation behind this new body of work.
The pieces are non-representational, geometric and formally constructed.
Although Marais continues to work with abstract elements, this exhibition represents a progression, a variation and a departure within her work.
An intense involvement with movement and rhythm continues to dominate, but the colours, which used to be central elements, are now sometimes reduced to traces or suggestions embedded in a neutral space.
A constant dialogue between opposing elements such as straight and curved lines, patterns and random sequences, the illusion of space and a rigid two-dimensionality is intended both to please the eye and challenge the senses.
The pieces range from large paintings on board, very often divided into two or more parts and executed in industrial enamel paint, to smaller works on paper employing a collage method that she has developed and taught over a number of years.
All are welcome to attend the opening of the exhibition that will be open for the following two weeks (Mondays to Fridays 08h00 – 17h00; Saturdays 09h00 – 13h00).
For more information, please contact Nicky Marais at (061) 233881 or 081???_?_’???_?’???_???