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Deon Venter - Hakeme 2018

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Hakeme is the term for broad-brush slip decoration on Japanese functional pottery. A stiff brush allows for daring strokes which retain fluidity even when linear. The paintings in this group portray mythical thinking both united with and opposed to logic – much like the relationship between the shaman and the craftsman, or the yin and the yang.

'Domus Large', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 30" x 30"

'Domus Small', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16"

'Double Head', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 18" x 24"

'Brush Stoke' 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 14" x 11" SOLD

'Reveal' 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16" ​SOLD

'Shut' 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16" ​SOLD

'Down at the Well', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16" SOLD

'Head with Hakeme #1', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 20" x 16"

'Head with Hakeme #2', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 20" x 16" ​SOLD

'Head with Hakeme #3', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16"

'Head with Hakeme #4', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16"

'Head with Hakeme #5', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 16" x 16"

'Head with Hakeme #6', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 14" x 11"

'Head with Hakeme #7', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 14" x 11"

'Head with Hakeme #8, 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 14" x 11" ​SOLD

'In the Moment', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 18" x 24"

'Janus', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 20" x 24"

'Maison', 2018, Hakeme series, oil on linen, 30" x 30"