Eugene and Lily
R14 000 (R16 100 Incl VAT)Candice Dawn Blignaut
Mixed Media on Canvas
1070 x 557 x 70 mm
2022
Art ID 10308
For an artist whose work is concerned largely with the pursuit of definition, Candice sits uncomfortably with easy classifications. Reluctant to ascribe unambiguous qualities to her work, she considers it driven as much by passion and intuition as by insight and skill. Strikingly graphic, her canvases are darkly humorous, intricate and unfussy, highly personal as well as satirical.
Candice’s charcoal lines, while confident, are loose; they multiply on themselves. The limited palette of her work – the dramatic charcoal on pale oil and resin backgrounds – serves to accentuate these lines.
Animals occur frequently in Candice’s work, much more so than human figures. They serve, however, as symbols of humans’ inner worlds. Animals, lacking egos, are the perfect carriers of projected meaning.
While her myriad drawn and painted lines add information to the surface, Candice also uses erasure to remove lines, stripping the charcoal dust and unravelling the images. She strips what she creates to its bare bones. By creating the skin of these creatures, then deconstructing it, Candice tests what lies underneath the surface to see if it will hold. The simple eloquence of her mark-making and mark-taking leaves us with what is essential.
Candice Dawn Blignaut
Mixed Media on Canvas
1070 x 557 x 70 mm
2022
Art ID 10308
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Mixed Media on Canvas
900 x 700 x 50 mm
2022
Art ID 10321
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Mixed Media on Canvas
300 x 300 x 50 mm
2021
Art ID 10099
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Mixed Media on Canvas
1200 x 1000 x 70 mm
2021
Art ID 10049
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Mixed Media on Canvas
1200 x 1000 x 70 mm
2021
Art ID 10048
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Mixed Media on Canvas
300 x 300 x 50 mm
2021
Art ID 10046
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Mixed Media on Canvas
300 x 300 x 50 mm
2021
Art ID 10047
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Mixed Media on Canvas
200 x 200 x 70 mm
2021
Art ID 10045
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Mixed Media on Canvas
200 x 200 x 70 mm
2021
Art ID 10044
Candice Dawn Blignaut
Mixed Media on Canvas
1000 x 1200 x 70 mm
2021
ART ID 9999
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Mixed Media on Canvas
1800 x 1200 mm
2021
ART ID 9884