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Inspired in part by the artist's relocation in early 2023 from Windhoek to Oranjemund, these works draw on both new and familiar symbols and shapes. These dense, vivid paintings include forms taken from triangulation beacons in the desert outside Marais’ new studio as well as forms found in a print by John Muafangejo that hangs in her living room. Marais writes:
“More elements from my new surroundings flood into the works too; a dark low island off the coast with the bald name “Black Sophie”, the huge coastal desert winds, the shape of the mining concessions drawn over …