Nokulunga Mazibuko
Repetition has been significantly present since the genesis of my art practice, particularly the use of repeated geometric shapes and forms – these have and continue enabling me to create and narrate familiar and unfamiliar stories. My current work explores various ways in which space can be constructed through colour, repeated shapes, and forms.
This project aims to explore how pattens are used as a visual tool for communication within the contemporary art world, originating from ancient cultures around the globe, and prevalent to this day in the modern world.
Recent explorations in new materials - such as tin foils, plastic strips, pushpins, yarn - have directly influenced the creation of this work. The use of these readily available and so-called ‘non-conventional’ art materials has created more room to explore multiple ways in which space is constructed through colour, repeated shapes and forms, and has given me permission to tread on an unfamiliar trail. I like to think of the works created as a collaboration: the sources for the figures are personal, and the materials act as outside influences; big and small, smooth, and rough - working together to produce something which is not always refined but leaves room for more.
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