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We will meet again in the field

Ashraf Jamal

Words spoken by his uncle, following the death of his father, become the gesture, the parting curtain, an invitation to Jake Michael Singer’s exhibition – ‘We will meet again in the field’ / ‘Ons sal weer in die veld ontmoet’. A solace, a promise, a consolation, these words are intended to heal. But they are also mortally perplexing, because, beyond hope, beyond belief, there lies no certainty. This quandary, however, is not Singer’s. Doubt is not circumspection. And uncertainly is as exotic as it is beautiful. Few artists combine an unknowing yet …