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The Long View | Rentia Retief and Larita Engelbrecht
10 MAR 2021 – 30 APR 2021
So Ver Soos Wat My Oë Strek 2020 RENTIA RETIEF Oil on Board, 2020 30cm x 20cm
Kloof Poort 2021 RENTIA RETIEF Oil on Canvas, 2021 25cm x 15cm
The Long View’ introduces oil painting interpretations of various South African landscapes by Capetonian artists Rentia Retief and Larita Engelbrecht. The duo share a passion for time spent on mountain trails. At the start of the pandemic lockdown, Larita’s frustration at not being able to visit the Western Cape mountains inspired her series of backward-looking natural scenes derived from vintage photography books. Rentia’s landscapes are observed from her own photographs taken while trail running on farms and mountain ranges throughout South Africa.
Through a shared subject matter and medium, the works on show speak to the enduring tradition of landscape painting. The sequence of repeating horizons provides a sightline to tranquillity during a period of uncertainty, restriction and confinement. The panoramic perspective, bringing together the immediacy of experience with subtle historical shifts in the landscape, prompts a long view of the natural world, and the personal and environmental effects of our relationship with it.
Digital catalogue available on request from Wednesday 10th March
The Karoo 2020 LARITA ENGELBRECHT Oil on Canvas Paper, 2021 29cm x 20cm
Grasslands Of Natal LARITA ENGELBRECHT Oil on Canvas Paper, 2021 29cm x 20cm
Drakensberg Near Cathedral Peak 2021 LARITA ENGELBRECHT Oil on Canvas Paper, 2021 29cm x 20cm