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Glow or Grow,
Circa 2020
Adéle du Plessis
Painting : acrylic
50 x 40 x 2 cm 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€750
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50 x 40 x 2 cm 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: Netherlands
The painting "Growth or Gloei" by Adéle du Plessis is an intriguing piece that showcases her signature style of broad brush strokes and textured surfaces. The painting captures a cutting in an old caper pot, rendered in a way that explores the interaction between light and the textured glass jar. The use of glow-in-the-dark elements adds a unique dimension to the artwork, suggesting a play with light that extends beyond the natural spectrum into the spectral.
Analyzing this piece, we can see Adéle's deep engagement with both the physical properties of her materials and the philosophical underpinnings of her approach. The grooves and edges of the caper pot are depicted with careful attention to how they catch and reflect light, demonstrating her interest in the interplay of light through water and glass. This focus on light and texture is a hallmark of her work, as seen in her other pieces which often explore similar themes using different media and subjects.
Adéle's inspiration from Plato's philosophy on art and Mimesis is evident in this painting. Plato's skepticism about the value of art, which he viewed as a mere imitation of reality and thus twice removed from the truth, is subtly addressed here. Adéle turns this notion on its head by infusing her imitation with a deeper layer of meaning through her modern techniques and thoughtful composition. This piece, like her other works, invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between reality and its representation, and the value of artistic expression in understanding and experiencing the world.
Her extensive background in visual arts, nonconformity, and dedication to the creative process is reflected in the spontaneous yet controlled brushstrokes. The colors, while perhaps subdued in this particular piece compared to her typically colorful palette, still demonstrate her skillful use of pastels and interplay of light and shadow.
This painting is a fine example of Adéle's ability to create visually stunning art that is both easy to look at and deeply thought-provoking. It reflects her engagement with art history, her surroundings, and her continuous exploration of new techniques and ideas. The "Growth or Gloei" painting not only captures a moment in time but also encapsulates her philosophy that great works of art contain fragments of the artist's life and thoughts, given voice through their medium.
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Adéle du Plessis
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Who is she artistically?
She is a Painter and sculptor, or wherever the creative process takes her. Found Cities 2017 is a good example of an intersection of her different creative talents.
What is her style?
Broad brush strokes with a lot of texture. Colourful, interplay between pastels and saturated primary colours. Dreamer 2018 is a great example of her use of pastels and Museum Café Groningen 2017 a great example of her use of saturated colours and broad brush strokes.
Why is her style special?
Her work is easy to look at, explores art history through your own technique as well as researching small details of life that are distilled pieces of a greater emotion or life. The style is also familiar to many and painted in the style of Expressionist and Impressionist from the 20th century.
Museum Café Groningen 2017 combines her own life as an artist, an art lover, Art History, art institutions and the art community in one picture. She has a beautiful way of creating meta view of the world and art in small moments captured in painting.
What are your qualifications as an artist?
Studied Art at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, been making art for more than 30 years. Will paint anything from walls, to tables, to body casts to floors. The painting process is always ongoing.
Du Plessis is inspired by the world she lives in and her technique reflecting what she has absorbed. An example hereof is her Stained Glass piece which she created after her trip to Reims, France.
What does your art mean to you?
Art allows for small fragments of yourself that does not conjunct with society and it needs a voice, art gives it a language. Creating art settles mind and spirit. Finally the unsaid is given a voice.
In 2012, Du Plessis did an exercise in loosening creative energy and in retrospect also tapping into the subconscious. Her Unnamed painting was the culmination of a process of hundreds of art work on paper. It was a constant process with varying results on stack and stacks of roughly A3 paper and finally this painting.
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