Nel

On Exhibition

• ‘Skemer (dusk)’ by Juria Le Roux -

  ‘Skemer (dusk)’ by Juria Le Roux

  Juria Le Roux's landscape paintings of the dusk relate the climate crises, our failure towards nature and the consequences of our actions through exquisite renderings, a haunting contradiction in these prescient pieces.
  
  The artist is fascinated by fire and water.
  
  "Both are potentially sustaining and nurturing, even seductive, both are possibly devastating"
  
  
  In 'Sea Change ll' she depicts a shopping bag adrift in the ocean, an almost hypnotically beautiful rendering of a common object that relates the everyday nature of our involvement in the devastation.
  
  In another painting, she depicts a celebration with fireworks showering down on an alpine village closely resembling an explosion. At the time she painted this, the leaders of the G7 were having their annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Her sentiment is evidenced in the title of the painting - Clusterfuck.
  
  Juria Le Roux's work shows that we now find ourselves in a time of change on a planet undergoing massive changes caused by humanity. The ambiguities that occur are not lost on her, she shows us beauty in the dusk we bring on ourselves.
  
  Skemer is a haunting not to be missed.
  
  The exhibition is on display until 10 October 2024.