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
In this work, the artist is fueled by Georgia O’Keeffe’s statement that we can get at the real meaning of things only through selection, elimination and emphasis. Further guiding Rogatschnig’s exploration, the artist unwrapped the intangible meaning of the Japanese philosophy of Wabi-sabi; a reminder that everything is impermanent, incomplete, and imperfect.
Delving into this universal truth of guaranteed change, Rogatschnig danced between chance and control. Using a variety of media and hand-pulled print papers, she emphasises unrefined marks and the exaggerated use of the
human hand to express this flux. Drawing from her observation and fascination with nature, this artwork leans towards instinct and abstraction. The ebb and flow of all things play a strong dance across this work.
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