Limited Edition – Kylie Wentzel, ‘Leisure Woman’

The distinctive, bold graphic style of Kylie Wentzel (b. 1993) is largely informed by her love of linocut – both the medium itself and its idiosyncrasies within the South African art historical context. Her work bears what the artist calls remnants of this influence, which she explains are evident in the distinctive borders and using them to contribute to the narrative, mark-making, combining picture and text, and black and white bold graphics. Her aesthetic is intentionally loose and naive, with a sense of raw immediacy that is also apparent in her subject matter: She is inspired by her surrounding environments – both natural or urban – and the creatures, objects, smells and scribbles that inhabit, adorn and mark these spaces.

Leisure woman is inspired by the diverse seaside space of Durban’s beachfront. Wentzel writes: Durban is warm and friendly and slow and wild and boring and exciting and supportive and kind and rough and soothing and sticky and colour and concrete and palm trees and dolphins and gold teeth and spices and sacrifices and hooting and shooting and stalls and malls and sugar cane and mielies and hotels and cashiers and slops and creme soda and lovers and haters and lightning and sunshine.

Kylie Wentzel, ‘Leisure Woman’, 2020, hand-pulled screen print on BFK Rives 250gsm, 76x56cm, Edition of 50 plus 2 APs.

WARNING. Keep out of direct sunlight. Handle with extreme care as works on paper are easily creased, bent or torn. Store in a dry, climate controlled facility.

This work is couriered rolled in a protective tube or flat on a protective backing board. Frame with non-acidic archival materials.