AbstRacT – Synchrony Revealed
Timed Online Auction, 4 - 23 July 2025
AbstRacT – Synchrony Revealed
About the SessionIn 2024, the Rupert Museum presented AbstRacT – The Hidden Synchrony, an exhibition inspired by Oscar Forel’s Synchromies series - close-up photographs of tree bark that transformed the familiar into bold abstraction. These works were paired with South African modernist paintings from the museum’s collection, creating surprising visual harmonies and fresh interpretations.
Building on this concept, AbstRacT – Synchrony Revealed is the result of the museum’s third Open Call, which received over 300 submissions. From these, 41 artists were selected to showcase their work in a group exhibition - now part of an exclusive online auction in collaboration with Strauss & Co.
The auction offers collectors a chance to discover new voices engaging with themes of ecology, memory, materiality, and abstraction. Each work reveals a dynamic interplay between natural form and artistic expression - where chance, structure, and symbolism collide.
During the period of the online auction the exhibition is accessible to be viewed at the Jan Rupert Art Centre, 41 Middle street, Graaff-Reinet.
Collection of the artworks will be available once the exhibition closes on 16 November 2025.
Please contact Eliz-Marie Schoonbee to arrange collection/delivery
tel: 021 888 3261
email: eliz-marie@rupertmuseum.org
About this Item
Notes
This artwork is a striking exploration of the ocean’s restless spirit, capturing its ever-changing movement in a bold, high-gloss black surface. Created on a circular board, the piece evokes the dark, mysterious beauty of the sea at night, where waves rise and fall under moonlight’s subtle touch.
Thick, glossy black acrylic pigment forms the foundation of the work, sculpted into undulating wave-like textures using brushes, palette knives, and an air compressor. The compressor mimics the force of wind shaping the ocean’s surface, freezing a moment of fluid motion into a tactile, sculptural form. The solid, reflective finish intensifies the sense of depth, mirroring the way water absorbs and refracts light in the darkness. This piece embodies the ocean’s eternal dance – a force of nature in constant transformation, both mesmerising and untamed.
Flux of the Night and Flux of the Dawn are both mounted on a bearing unit, enabling the work to move; its ability to spin invites the viewer into an interactive experience. As the board rotates, the illusion of rolling waves comes to life, reinforcing the ocean’s continuous ebb and flow. The movement breathes energy into the piece, ensuring that it, like the sea, is never truly still.
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