004 - Inhale | Hefemula
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160 x 228 cm (63 x 90 in)
Acrylic on canvas
This painting features tracks from:
Lion, African Leopard, Cheetah, Hippopotamus, Spotted Hyena, Nile Crocodile, Cape Buffalo, Southern Giraffe, Chacma Baboon, African Civet, Black-backed Jackal, Banded Mongoose, Genet, Blue Wildebeest, Waterbuck, Kudu, Nyala, Impala, Bushpig, and Warthog
About “Inhale | Hefemula”
Respiration is a foundational function of life, whether plant or animal. There is an inflow of energy and an outflow. Inhale/exhale. Eat/Excrete. Life/Death. This is the basic rhythm of our world and it can only be accomplished in orchestra - there are no soloists.
Inhale = “Hefemula” in Tsonga, the predominant African language from the region in which these tracks were collected.
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Artist’s Note
“The idea for this painting came to me in a dream. I was standing in the center of the circle and could see this slow current of orange energy coming towards me, represented by the ungulate tracks above. At the same time, I could see my own spent energy flowing out from beneath me to be repurposed somewhere else, represented by the larger pattern in blue. It was a perfectly balanced exchange.”
— CW
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