Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees 2024

Timed Online Auction, 24 September - 7 October 2024

Works are available for collection from Efrurthuis, 37 Reyneveld Street, Stellenbosch

From 9th October between 15h00 - 16h30

and 10th October between 15h00 - 16h30

Toyota US Woordfees Art Auction
  • Luan Nel; Agulhas Current
  • Luan Nel; Agulhas Current


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000

About this Item

Luan Nel
South African 1971-
Agulhas Current
2024

signed, dated 2024 and inscribed with the title on the reverse

oil on canvas
160 by 240 by 5cm, unframed

Notes

Luan Nel explores the duality of wind in his landscape paintings, capturing both its invigorating and chaotic qualities. His relationship with the wind is complex; while it can energize and uplift, it also carries a sense of foreboding. Harnessing the power of wind could enable us to generate electricity, a topic that has been a key issue in South Africa for over a decade.

Wind is essentially the movement of air, but how can it be depicted? Painting moving air itself is nearly impossible without resorting to abstraction. Instead, Nel conveys this movement by depicting debris swept up by the wind-objects that float and fly through the sky.

This debris includes ribbons, pollution, and plastic bags, along with various abstractions that serve as metaphors for the waste we all create. These elements symbolize not only physical rubbish but also the narratives we construct and share every day as we navigate our lives on Earth.



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