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| "Two zebra's passing in the night", Etching © Bevan de Wet
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I visited the art gallery at Boston Arts Academy and saw the works of South African printmaker, Bevan de Wet. The show included about 15 large scale prints (screenprint, woodcut, linocut, etching and embossing) created between 2008-2012. I was really drawn to his use of pattern to create rich texture within his prints. I was also interested in his various mark-making choices as he played with the line quality.
In his work, Bevan de Wet explores "various symbolic and cultural meanings surrounding
the body." Through the use of "patterning, mapping and fragmenting the boundaries
of the body", de Wet gives birth to mythological creatures which push the
viewer's imagination to conceive a new understanding of the human body. Buried within his images are ancient African symbols.
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"Homo Connochaetes Taurinus", Linocut © Bevan de Wet
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| "Homo Connochaetes Taurinus (detail2)" © Bevan de Wet | | | | | |
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| "Homo Oscillum Cutaneous 2", Linocut© Bevan de Wet | |
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| "Oscillum XV", Screenprint © Bevan de Wet |
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