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Dyad I Painting

Corné Eksteen

South Africa

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 39.4 W x 48.6 H x 2 D in

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Nexus (Origin: Latin, meaning: "a binding together") In contemporary culture the term "Nexus" is often used as a suggestion to indicate links or associations between groups, objects or abstract concepts. It is also used to indicate a central point between these often, opposing objects or ideas. The visualisation of this central point of intersection, where a balance, a focal point or in its most rudimental form: symmetry is reached forms the visual basis for this body of work. The concept of symmetry is deeply engrained in the human psyche, from our physical form where it dictates who we find attractive and beautiful, through to how we design our spaces, clothing and cultural artefacts. This universal understanding of symmetry is used as a means to explore identity and create emotional "landscapes." Through the creation of double and multiple portraits of sitters occupying a singular space - an added layer of symmetry is utilised to evoke an amplified emotional connection with or response to the image. This visual tactic mimics methods used in the Rorschach test, a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analysed using psychological interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. Collectively these works explore links between the sitter, the artist and finally the viewer in search of the nexus of their combined experience.

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Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 48.6 H x 2 D in

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Eksteen (b. 1973, South Africa) is a figurative painter, renowned for his large scale confrontational portraits. His work relies on both figurative and abstract painting traditions in the creation of pieces that not only represent the physical appearance of his sitters, but also reflects on and explores their inner life and state of mind. Eksteen refers to the creation of these portraits as a quest for new archetypes. Works are created through a process that include several sessions with a sitter, followed by digital manipulation of reference materials before the actual painting is started. Paintings are created using several often experimental techniques and relies on finding a balance between the transparent and opaque, dark and light, the controlled and the expressive. The completed images are seemingly simplistic, but confronts on many levels with it’s raw emotional complexity.

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