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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This artwork invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a world of light and water. Through the fluid medium of oil on canvas, the artist captures the currents that ripple the ocean's surface, as well as its 'inner thought-activity' – the subtle shifts in currents, the dance of light through its depths, and a feeling of fleeting, fluid movement.
Deep blues of lapis lazuli intermingle with shimmering highlights, but it is not enough to simply observe the surface; Lapis encourages a deeper contemplation, inviting viewers to delve into the subtle interplay of light and water.
The layered composition and nuanced shifts in colour and texture invite exploration, echoing the way sunlight penetrates the surface to illuminate the depths. As we dive in and immerse ourselves in this abstract realm, our breathing slows, our restless minds still quieten, and we start to resonate with the thought of the painting and the unseen rhythms and harmonies of the universe. Slowly, as we allow ourselves to sink below the surface, Lapis fosters in us a more mindful and engaged way of seeing and makes visible the light that shines from within.
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