Artist’s Statement:
it is curiosity that
inspires my work.
i am in the
exploratory phase of my art, experimenting, trying new ideas.
inspired by art at an
early age, i admired master painters like Joan Miro, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso
and Hundertwasser as well as my uncle, Francois Wenger, who was a full time
artist and cartoonist.
i started painting as
a gentle journey back to myself through playfulness. an exploration of my
paradoxes, my opposites.
i now use creativity
to express the overflow of emotions i often feel; an attempt to make sense of
this world, to release, to transform and to find the humour in it all.
this year i decided
to paint one face a day, for 365 days, and it is keeping me in a constant state
of exploration; showing up daily and experimenting incessantly. my first solo
exhibition is a selection of these faces, as well as some larger work.
i work quickly and
spontaneously from my imagination, often finding the face in the pre-prepared,
layered background; the details are sparked from clues and signs from my
everyday life, a conversation, a trait, a colour combination.
my work is playful
and unconventional yet it invites the viewer to look a little deeper at what
may lie behind.
anne schwankhart
comes from nendaz, a ski resort in the swiss alps. for the past 14 years she
has loved, explored and lived in South Africa with her husband.
from tourism to
kinesiology to becoming an artist she has had a colorful and diverse career so
far.
The exhibition closes on Saturday, 5 December 2015
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