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
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Notes
South African landscapes have had a profound, lasting impact on this international artist – awakening an imprint with its energy and light. At the start of an art residency, Si began intentionally with an 11-day Vipassana Silent Meditation Retreat in the mountains of Worcester. Si chose this profound silence to see, hear, and feel what is often missed in our rushed daily lives. Through this Buddhist practice, the artist fostered a perception of 'true reality' dissolving habitual reactions and promoting wisdom, empathy, and authenticity in how we relate to ourselves and the world around us.
Si also explored and researched how our minds and souls interact with the local, powerful energies, the state of mental health in this part of the world, and how we can help others to lead truly happy lives. Ultimately, these pieces invite us to explore the vast, hidden cosmos within each of us – a journey that reveals and connects
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