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Shards - 3 Bowls and guts
Shards - 3 Bowls and guts
Oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire
40x30cm
2024

Three vessels, each containing a stitched shard of a Venda clay pot, are sealed with a transparent, white membrane. This membrane blocks their function as containers. The oozing red-pink paint and the sealed forms hint at the raw, visceral reality from which humans create culture.