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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She says she loves the way that light interacts with fishing line, saying it adds substance and meaning to her works (Photo: B. Lace)
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Another view of Lace’s suspended horse skeleton (Photo: B. Lace)
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Once again she used fishing line to hang the bones of the horse to form what some viewers saw as a mythical, prehistoric creature (Photo: B. Lace)
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People wander through a Lace exhibition at a gallery in Johannesburg (Photo: B. Lace)
