My mother tongue is Afrikaans. This unique, broken and earthy African language is what I know. It's the language I've been brought up in – it is my home. This series – HART (Afrikaans for heart) – can be interpreted as the abstract anatomy of my heart. It aims to communicate my raw, not-so-well-defined and explosive love of the Afrikaans language. These works were heavily influenced by Fokofpolisiekar's Antibiotika and aim to explore the Afrikaans language as a linguistic landscape of the soul.
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EACH PIECE
Weefsel – 420 x 297 mm – Dad's old anatomy handbook, pen & ink on paper
Wildernis – 420 x 297 mm – Dad's old anatomy handbook, pen & ink on paper
Vibreer – 420 x 297 mm – Dad's old anatomy handbook, pen & ink on paper
