Artist Description
My current practice is informed by my experiences growing up within the white suburbs of South Africa (specifically Cape Town and Johannesburg). It is a study on the absurdity of whiteness within a South Africa that is beginning to seriously grapple with racial politics and decolonisation in a post-rainbow-nation era. White suburbia is science-plan dog food and deck chairs. It is neatly trimmed hedges in the shape of your disappointed parents. There is a falsehood present in the controlled environment of suburbia that I attempt to communicate through my use of glossy plastic (Perspex) as a canvas.
The suburban individual is constructed through the accumulation of personal micro-narratives – a first pet, the growing bond with a sibling, an Easter egg hunt or a favourite cereal – this intense focus on the individual fosters a willful ignorance of wider social contexts. Political events become polite dinner conversation rather than a lived reality. The self becomes dissociated from any space larger than the backyard or private school classroom. White suburban culture is shallow and surreal, it is a puzzling space I am attempting to explore and expose.
Notes To The Veterinary Clinic
Oil Painting by Natasha Brown
Materials used
oil on Perspex, in natural wood frame
Size
W:114cm x H:94cm x D3cm (framed dimensions)
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- Artist Description
Artist Description
My current practice is informed by my experiences growing up within the white suburbs of South Africa (specifically Cape Town and Johannesburg). It is a study on the absurdity of whiteness within a South Africa that is beginning to seriously grapple with racial politics and decolonisation in a post-rainbow-nation era. White suburbia is science-plan dog food and deck chairs. It is neatly trimmed hedges in the shape of your disappointed parents. There is a falsehood present in the controlled environment of suburbia that I attempt to communicate through my use of glossy plastic (Perspex) as a canvas.
The suburban individual is constructed through the accumulation of personal micro-narratives – a first pet, the growing bond with a sibling, an Easter egg hunt or a favourite cereal – this intense focus on the individual fosters a willful ignorance of wider social contexts. Political events become polite dinner conversation rather than a lived reality. The self becomes dissociated from any space larger than the backyard or private school classroom. White suburban culture is shallow and surreal, it is a puzzling space I am attempting to explore and expose.
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