ELIZE VOSSGATTER
ELIZE VOSSGATTER, Ecdysis
beeswax and pigment on canvas, 180 x 80 cm
‘By observing the language of the natural world, we start to understand the patterns of existence.’
Elize Vossgätter’s work is concerned with our unnatural relationship to the natural environment.
Her primary medium is natural beeswax, which she soaks in chemicals, impregnates with synthetic pigment and then works onto the canvas using heat. The constant tension between the organic and inorganic is palpable. Gouging into the multilayered and multicoloured wax sediment – an exercise in carving – the outcome is a surface structure reminiscent of a relief: a testament to sensual organic forms which evoke the physical laws of the natural world, from which she draws her visual vocabulary. Ecdysis is the process of shedding the outer layer of the skin or exoskeleton.
Specialists in contemporary art from South Africa. Established in 1913. South African artists are part of the global conversation. We seek to make their voices heard.