AbstRacT – Synchrony Revealed

Online-Only Auction, 4 - 23 July 2025

AbstRacT – Synchrony Revealed
About the Session

In 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


Current Bid

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Lot 45
  • Mpho Machate; Possibility I


Lot Estimate
ZAR 35 000 - 55 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 35 000
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About this Item

South African 1984-
Possibility I
2024
mixed media on canvas
125 by 150 by 4,5cm, unframed

Notes

The painting immediately grabs your attention with its bold, diagonal slash cutting across the canvas, creating a sense of motion and disruption. It feels like a shift; a moment caught between what was and what could be, the boundaries we know and the vastness we have yet to explore. Along that dividing line, dark, textured pockets linger, suggesting resistance or hesitation. They remind the viewer that growth and change often come with friction, and that uncertainty is part of the process.

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