Marsi van de Heuvel

This Thursday my friend Marsi van Heuvel is opening her show at Tonic at No. 3 Desmond Road, Kramerville. Marsi is one of the most skilled artists I have ever had the pleasure of meeting in real life. Her work is so fine and detailed that it makes you go crazy looking at it, because you just can’t comprehend the amount of work and patience that has gone into every piece. Below I have included only a few of the amazing pieces that are going up, there is still lots more that forms part of this show and believe me when I tell you, that this work will only be properly appreciated when seen in person.

All Marsi’s pieces are ink of paper, so all the little dots, lines and textures you see below are made up by hand, bit by bit over a period of time. I cannot wait to see this show and I think if you’re in Johannesburg you must make a plan to go see it too. I have no doubt that you will be blown away.

All work up, bar a few limited prints will be original pieces, ranging from 50 x 50mm to 1335 x 1090mm.

– I feel compelled to make work that contributes, and search to find relevant subject matter that does not exclude; that speaks in the language of Everyman. I love that art has the power to convey something complex in a simple way.

This work is a demonstration of my dedication, a practice of discipline and patience. The process is slow and meditative, consuming of time and self. The deliberate use of millions of minute pen marks  represents the likeness of our universe. The intention is to broaden perspectives of Who we are, and Where we are. The subject of Space in all its complexity and vastness calls me to explore the unknown.