Insects embossed in paper, thousands of feathered fishing flies in ceiling-high columns, the skeleton of a horse suspended to suggest a prehistoric or alien creature, rhino bones in the shape of a snake eating its own tail … South African artist Bronwyn Lace often uses bizarre materials to realize her fantasies. To view her work is to become part of a magical world where art and physics merge and structure and form decompose to offer wondrous insights into life and death, order and chaos.
Life and Death Drive ‘Magic’ of South African artist Bronwyn Lace
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Bronwyn Lace’s suspended horse skeleton in a gallery in Johannesburg (Photo: B. Lace)
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Bronwyn Lace, whose art is described as “beautiful” and “magical” (Photo: B. Lace)
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The artist enjoys working with monofilament fishing line, which she used here to suspend thousands of fishing flies (Photo: B. Lace)
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Lace also secured pieces of glass from a church window using fishing line (Photo: B. Lace)
