Laurette De Jager - "The Thing is Lurking innocently"

The Thing is Lurking innocently
Oil on Canvas, US$ 412
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Details

Oil on Canvas

W: 600mm x H: 800mm x D: 40mm
W: 24" x H: 31" x D: 2"

Approx. Weight: 2kg

This work is unframed

Price

US$ 412 SOLD

Scale

Reference

OT 4

About "The Thing is Lurking innocently"

Inspired by the absolutely fantastic Steampunk mechanical hand Sculpture by Doktor A.
This work was undertaken as part of the Object Trouve art workshop I participated in.
It shows strong whimsically, Victorian qualities. Lending it to stand as part of the Steampunk movement.
Comically named the "Thing" this found object has mutated into somewhat of an ironic archetype representing all that is wrong in the world, more specifically in our country. The Black Sheep of contemporary society if you will.

Laurette De Jager

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About Laurette

Laurette de Jager holds a MA in Visual Arts (Unisa) (Cum Laude), ND in Jewellery Design & Manufacture (CPUT) and an NHD In Jewellery Design and Manufacture (CPUT). Laurette has achieved several awards during her career as a professional jewellery designer. She lives, works and teaches in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town. De Jager has participated in numerous group exhibitions, her work is represented in private collections in South Africa and abroad. The concept of making strange the familiar and familiar the strange is a leitmotif in Laurette's work. While her style has been described as contemporary surrealism, her work focuses on looking beyond the discernible to that which functions as undercurrents for society. Her MVA exhibition, Poetry of Decay was exhibited at the art. B gallery (March 2019) and at Youngblood Africa (October 2019). Laurette made her curatorial debut with the exhibition and accompanying webinar titled Apart / A Part exhibited at art.b in November 2020.

Price Range

US$ 62-936

Exhibitions

Art.b gallery - Members exhibition February / March 2015
Art.b gallery - Tiny Treasures exhibition June/July 2015
Art.b gallery - Vuleka 2015 competition finalist August / September 2015
Art.b gallery - Greg Kerr student exhibition - Curated by Gregory Kerr September / October 2015
Art. B gallery - A3 Format exhibition October /November 2015
SASA Members 1 exhibition 2016 May 2016
Art.b gallery - Vuleka 2016 competition finalist August / September 2016
SASA Members 2 exhibition 2016 September 2016
SASA 109th Annual exhibition 2016 October 2016
SASA Merit exhibition 2017 January 2017
The Goldsmiths' Gallery - Steampunk Trouvé November 2017
Art.b gallery - Vuleka 2018 competition finalist August / September 2018
Art.b gallery - Poetry of Decay MVA Exhibition March 2019
State of the Art Gallery - Award Finalists Exhibition September 2019
Youngblood Africa - Poetry of Decay October 2019
Hamba Kahle - IS Art Stellenbosch December 2020
Youngblood Africa - Broken Monsters February 2021

Education

Master of Visual Art UNISA 2020 Cum Laude

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