Linear Perspectives - Wim Botha

Three installations, each occupying an entire room. The show is characterised by the complex interplay of traditional materials, such as marble, bronze, wood and oil paint, and ephemeral materials such as cardboard and polystyrene which allow Botha to continue a recent turn in his work towards spontaneity, improvisation and coincidence. The three galleries are linked by a single black wooden line suggesting the outline of walls and doors and conveying the construct of space. Epic in scale and composition, Botha's environments owe their powerful presence to a tension between the lightness of his sculptural forms and the weight of art history.

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