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BEYOND by Ingrid Adams - The KZNSA Gallery

BEYOND by Ingrid Adams - The KZNSA Gallery

Date: 2019-06-28

Tuesday 02 July 2019 at 17h30

This exhibition is part of the research conducted for Ingrid Adams' Masters in Fine Arts. The study is titled Beyond Sumi-e: a practice-led investigation into the influences of an ancient art form on contemporary artists, with reference to the artworks of Hiroshi Senjju and Yoshio Ikezaki.

"My art practice is rooted in the tradition ofSumi-e, Japanese ink painting. The all-natural materials date back more than two thousand years and these are called the Four Treasures: the inkstick (sumi), the inkstone (suzuri), brushes (choryu)and paper (washi). These form the basis of my painting." Said Ingrid Adams.

"My focus is on nature, degeneration and regeneration and these themes are expressed in organic forms created intuitively, in layers, collages and transparencies, drawing on a lifelong store of inexplicable feelings and resonance with nature, translated asy genin Japanese. Analogies for intrusions on nature, where humans exploit and contaminate, are interspersed and conveyed through the use of thread and the colour red."

Throughout Ingrid's research, her use of natural materials associated with the Sumi-e tradition has been in part influenced by her working life in fashion and textiles, where she has included the incorporation of cotton organdy, silk and cotton thread. "My personally recycled paper, as well as variouswashimade out of plant fibres such as mulberry (kozo) and ganpi (ganpishi)are used in both the two and three-dimensional artworks. The latter are suspended forms, incorporating elements of my personal history, evident in the melange of fabrics, papers, Sumi-e, stitching, sand, organic matter, feathers, and portions of my wedding dress made out of a WW2 family silk parachute. The juxtaposition of these disparate elements in flux, together with shadows and darkness contrasting with lightness, suggest both decay and degeneration as well as regeneration expressing hope." Said Ingrid.

"These artworks were installed and filmed in local forest setting which adds further dimensions to the artworks, allowing foliage, movement of air and the play of light, shadow, and ambient sounds of birds and water to enhance the material qualities of transparency and rupture."

Ingrid concluded; "My intention is not to prescribe to viewers how they should view these artworks, hence no titles, but rather that the artworks evoke sensations within the viewers and that they will respond to subjectively."

The Arts Cafe and Bar will be open for you to make an evening of it. See you on the 2 July at the KZNSA Gallery.