Painting Sculpture
A Dialogue Between Material and Form
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19–27 FEBRUARY 2025
South African artist Stuart Dods explores the
precariousness of construction, where paintings and sculptures exist in a
state of potential collapse. Raised in Hermanus, Dods was influenced by the
industrial landscape—construction sites,
machinery, and building materials—which continue to shape his visual
language. His paintings depict structures that appear improvised, held together by makeshift means, teetering on the edge of
failure, while his industrial-inspired pipe sculptures, made from reclaimed
shutter boards used in concrete casting, reinforce these themes.
His palette, rooted in earthy tones and muted industrial colors, reflects both his environment and a conceptual engagement with labor and materiality. His practice moves fluidly between painting and sculpture, each informing the other, creating a visual language that is at once architectural and intuitive. Through abstraction and material exploration, Dods captures the tension between construction and deconstruction, resilience and fragility.
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His palette, rooted in earthy tones and muted industrial colors, reflects both his environment and a conceptual engagement with labor and materiality. His practice moves fluidly between painting and sculpture, each informing the other, creating a visual language that is at once architectural and intuitive. Through abstraction and material exploration, Dods captures the tension between construction and deconstruction, resilience and fragility.
View Works by Stuart