Anja Marais
USA (United States)
http://www.anjamarais.com
Kunstart: Skulptur
Technik: Materialmix
Vita / Lebenslauf:
“Paper is the source of All, the Plan, the Map and the Poet.
It’s from paper that we got the Book, the Kite, and the Gods”
These lines, from a carnival song in Uruguay, set the scene for Anja Marais’ presentation of artworks and thoughts. Anja Marais prefer to use non traditional materials to celebrate a non western cultural tradition. By using paper she is consciously breaking away from the hard materials and large scales of traditional sculpture. She creates sculpture and assemblage work from multi layers of her charcoal drawings, paper and found objects. She deliberately rejects those masculine materials and shapes for feminine ones. She accomplishes this goal when she exchanged her welder for a needle and tread to hand sewn her sculptures.
Marais was born and raised in South Africa where she received her BA(FA) at the University of South Africa. In this milieu she was influenced by artists like William Kentridge, Diane Victor and Penny Siopis. Since moving to the States she has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally. Her art is clearly a reflection of her provenance with the merger of colonial Victorian elements and African folklore.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Visit my blog for more information and pictures:
http://anjamarais.wordpress.com
For previous and ongoing exhibitions:
http://www.anjamarais.com
|
|
|
Pusillanimous (I)
Skulptur
56 x 4000 x 30 cm
2009
verkäuflich (Preis auf Anfrage)
mehr Informationen
|
|
The woman who was turned into a tree
Skulptur
112 x 112 x 112 cm
2008
verkäuflich (Preis auf Anfrage)
mehr Informationen
|
|
Pusillanimous (II)
Skulptur
16 x 1000 x 23 cm
2008
verkäuflich (Preis auf Anfrage)
mehr Informationen
|
|
english
español
francais
russkii