An exhibition I did at Stellenbosch in 2020 — ink and charcoal drawings covering the gallery walls floor to ceiling.
The work was about the human figure disfiguring reality. How do we change when everything around us is changing? 2020 was the year nothing held its shape — bodies, systems, routines, certainties — all of it warped. These drawings came from trying to process that in real time.
I worked fast. Large sheets, big gestures, no planning. The speed was part of the meaning — I wanted the marks to feel urgent, like they were made under pressure. Because they were.
Hanging them floor to ceiling was important. I didn’t want people to look at individual pieces in neat rows. I wanted the whole room to feel overwhelming, the way 2020 felt overwhelming. You walk in and the figures surround you.