Artists We Love: Claudia Gurwitz

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“Artists We Love: Claudia Gurwitz” originally published on Visi on 27 May 2021

Claudia Gurwitz in her studio

Interrupted, by Claudia Gurwitz, which consists of 15 oil on canvas works of art, will be on display from 2 June – 8 July at The AVA Gallery in Cape Town. This slightly unhinged portrayal of lush foliage is symbolic of the order that resides in nature, despite the man-made chaos around us.

We’d like to know more about your process and how it relates to your own lockdown experience?

My own personal experience of this pandemic crisis, as was the case for most people, was wrought with new and unexpected challenges. Thrown into lockdown, I had to juggle work, home-schooling and house-keeping. As a single mother with two busy little boys, this was not what I had signed up for. It felt overwhelming. My creativity was left hanging from a thread, yet I persisted with smaller pieces as my time was limited. I started out painting on small blocks of wood, as canvases were unavailable. I had to make do with a very limited selection of scrap images, as the source printouts of my photographs were locked up at my studio. Cutting and reconstructing these scraps became surprisingly cathartic.

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