To Dream, to Collect
Dried Sunflower, 2020
From the series Drawn at Home
Size
50 x 70 x 2 cm
19.69 x 28 x 0.79 in
Reference
09168cd9
Year
2020
Medium
Paintings
Category
A beautiful pastel Tempera painting of sunflowers by the contemporary South African artist Adéle du Plessis.
Adéle played with the quick-drying aspects of tempera paint and the sketches she made.
Artists often painted in their studios, combining natural elements into fantastic works of art. Then we had a period where we painted nature like in the late 19th century, early 20th century. Adéle plays with art history, traditional mediums and art philosophies.
Plato reasoned in Politeia that an idea of something like a chair was the ideal and perfect chair. When you start thinking about what it should look like, it's already a degree away from the perfect chair. The execution and making of the actual chair is then a second-class product because it would never be as perfect as the thought of an ideal chair. And if an artist were to paint a chair, it would be three degrees from the perfect chair (which, by the way, had no shape until you think about it in your head). That is why artists should be banned from an ideal society. In Lockdown, during the COVID-19 pandemic, art is exactly what saved us. Music, films, series, crafts and watch how the artist can enrich your life.
Adéle's painting is a rich tapestry of complicated art history and philosophy combined into beautifully structured paintings. The pleasure if it is for deeper investigation.
About the Artists
1969 Cape Town, South Africa
Adéle du Plessis is a contemporary South African painter and sculptor who lives in the Netherlands. Her work often focuses on seemingly small moments in life, which intertwine different social layers. In these small moments, she reveals our world in flowing brush strokes.
Her paintings are beautifully textured and saturated moments of life that brings depth and colour to any space. Her exuberant paintings bring bold saturated life into any interior. Own an original painting by Adéle and experience the fearlessness and adventure of her work in your life.
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About the Gallery
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Gallery Sorelle Sciarone is a contemporary art gallery that specializes in colorful and evocative paintings. You will find a carefully curated selection of contemporary paintings at the gallery. Art Historian Tascha Sciarone handpicks most of the art and artist. Each painting is then lovingly analyzed by an Art Historian, whether that is Tascha or one ...