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UNDER THE SURFACE - PHILIP BADENHORST, GWENNETH MILLER & ADELLE VAN ZYL

The three artists work as independent creative researchers who use various degrees of abstraction as a means to think through contemporary notions of interconnectedness. Philip, Gwenneth and Adelle grew up in rural areas in vastly different landscapes - from outposts in Western, Northern, and Eastern South Africa, yet they all currently live in Pretoria. Each working with different locations - of concrete dwellings, natural sites, and soul spaces.

Philip and Gwenneth have known each other since student days, sharing a passion for Neo-Romantic narratives and the sensuality of paint. Gwenneth and Adelle worked together at UNISA, where they both considered personal archives of belonging through their art and teaching. The exhibition visualises how all three practitioners 'listen' to what is underneath the surface. On one hand these translations of space reflect how different the artists' observations and experiences are from each other. Yet, on the other hand the exhibition is unified as a sense of urgency to consider relations with earth and each other.