Fine Art · Class of 2025
Stuart VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
I use drawing to investigate the complex relationship between historical art and contemporary street art, engaging socially conscious viewers through the greater goal of promoting expression and communication. I challenge viewers’ tradition...
Artwork: (Child's Play), Graphite, Stuart van der Westhuizen
Artist statement
I use drawing to investigate the complex relationship between historical art and contemporary street art, engaging socially conscious viewers through the greater goal of promoting expression and communication.
I challenge viewers’ traditional expectations of art, turning novelty into impact. Each individual stroke of the pencil can be seen, creating an idiosyncratic visual experience. By embracing the maverick and the traditionalist, through experimental forms; my oeuvre attempts to bridge both traditional and contemporary aesthetics, cultivating a deeper understanding and an informed vocabulary around drawing.
The pencil effortlessly bridges the gap between imagination and reality and my work deals with notions of completion and failure, thereby re-awakening unconscious narrative and representation.
Selected work
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(Child's Play) Graphite -
(Conflict) Graphite -
(Appropriation) Graphite -
(Untitled) Graphite -
(Popularity) Graphite -
(Discontinued) Graphite -
(Untitled) Graphite -
(Untitled) Graphite -
(Untitled) Graphite -
(Untitled) Graphite -
(Improbalbility) Graphite -
(No Cash Value) Graphite
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