Bevan de Wet | Tarrying with the Negative | ink, charcoal and pigment on distressed paper | 86,5x117,5cm
Bevan de Wet | Entropy, Aftermath I | mixed media on paper | 114x89,5cm
Bevan de Wet | Entropy, Aftermath II | mixed media on paper | 114x89,5cm
Bevan de Wet | Fools Gold I | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 96,5x75cm
Bevan de Wet | Fools Gold II | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 145,5x60cm
Bevan de Wet | Fools Gold III | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 132,5x42,5cm
Bevan de Wet | Fools Gold IV | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 146x67cm
Bevan de Wet | Fools Gold V | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 98x74cm
Bevan de Wet | Untitled (Study for Entropy I) | watercolour on handmade paper | 77,5x56cm
Bevan de Wet | Untitled (Study for Entropy II) | watercolour on handmade paper | 77,5x56cm
Bevan de Wet | Untitled (Study for Entropy III) | watercolour on handmade paper | 77,5x56cm
Bevan de Wet | Untitled (Plant Study X) | watercolour on handmade paper | 75x56cm
Bevan de Wet | Untitled (Plant Study Y) | watercolour on washi with monoprint | 75x56cm
Bevan de Wet | New Territories I | etching with chine-collé | 111x107cm
Bevan de Wet | New Territories II | etching with chine-collé | 111x107cm
Bevan de Wet | This is not a man, its a Tree I | ink on paper | 140x66,5cm
Bevan de Wet | This is not a man, its a Tree II | ink on paper | 140x66,5cm
Bevan de Wet | This is not a man, its a Tree III | ink on paper | 140x66,5cm
Bevan de Wet | This is not a man, its a Tree IV | ink on paper | 140x66,5cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow I & II | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | 154x120cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow III & IV | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | 154x120cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow V & VI | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | 162x122cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow VII & VIII | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | 163x122cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow IX & X | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper collage | 159x124cm
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 1) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 2) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 3) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 4) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 5) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Bevan de Wet | Undertow Series (installation shot 6) | ink and pigment on handmade Sisal paper | individual panels 160x62cm ea
Drawing on Entropy, Hazard Gallery 2018
A seemingly fragile surface resists. Pushing through, seeking the threshold. Marks and colours morph together organically, living and breathing - structure perishes. Unearthing subdermal layers, fossil-like traces hint at entropy. The cyclical process repeating again, to become and decay.
Drawing on Entropy, is a dialogue of mediums exploring the use of experimental drawing and painting as a means to embrace chance and the ephemeral cycle of creation and disintegration. The work forms an allegory for the breakdown of our traditional values, and the fragmented nature of our engagement with space and relation to the world.
The performative process embraces randomness, resulting in a newly unfamiliar and abstract landscape which draws attention to our increasing alienation from nature and the spaces we inhabit.