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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The Synchromies series transported this artist to vivid memories of adventures in local forests in Tsitsikamma and Knysna, where Lizamore was mesmerised by the intricate patterns and colours on display.
This artwork is a colourful work in response to the more muted tones seen in Synchromies, capturing the fascinating colours found in nature, as ever-changing as the seasons. Lizamore further drew inspiration from the Four Seasons Concerto by Vivaldi. This artwork is an interpretation of the changes in a forest floor through the various seasons. By slowly applying different colour brushstrokes, the artist attempted to mimic flowers and leaves falling from a tall tree en route to the forest floor.
The base of the work was constructed using off-cut plywood panels that were glued and screwed together. Brown paper shopping bags and cardboard – resembling tree bark – were used to make the painting surface. Thereafter, one colour was added at a time, and a layer of resin was added to preserve the surface, while also creating the appearance of morning dew on the forest floor as it reflects light.
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