Anika De Souza | Vestige
Anika De Souza | Vestige in Studio
Anika De Souza
Vestige, 2024
Acrylic, graphite, and pastel on canvas
100 x 80 x 3.5 cm
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 1 3/8 in
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 1 3/8 in
'This work explores the push and pull between line and shape, structure and looseness. Areas of colour contrast with open space, while marks and gestures shift between control and release....
"This work explores the push and pull between line and shape, structure and looseness. Areas of colour contrast with open space, while marks and gestures shift between control and release. I wanted to reflect on how the idea of perfection slowly gives way, revealing something more honest and human" - Anika De Souza.
The calligraphic poem:
The calligraphic poem:
Thickening
powder, special brushes,
a poem, a
limerick,
strokes of
magical thinking.
Daily rain and
wind shape the canvas,
an oddly moving
story
between image
and reality.
The impulse to
create,
to improve,
to embrace the
mess –
pride in the
imperfect,
required, or
revealed.
