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Material Relations

This presentation brings together the work of Namibian artists Nicky Marais, Fillipus Sheehama, Actofel Ilovu and Ismael Shivute. Object and material play an important role in the work of all four artists. Sheehama and Shivute use unconventional materials and objects from their immediate environments to reflect on contemporary Namibian life, while Marais and Ilovu meditate on and explore objects of significance, through painting and printmaking.

Repeated and transformed in these paintings, Nicky Marais’ ‘Turnstiles’ are portals through which we can experience both …