Lana de Jager

Repose 2022
solarplate and watercolour; edition 1/20
Courtesy of the artist and Tacit Art, Melbourne/Naarm

Artist statement:

What a beast this life can be while surviving as a woman, an artist or simply amongst other humans wrestling with their own beasts. Repose captures a moment of tranquillity after working hard to be ‘relevant and productive’ during the pandemic. There is time here for renewal and quietude before, once again, we start wrestling with the beast that is the human condition. Australian natives overlay the orange tree from my childhood in South Africa. 25 years in each country has taught me a lot about the inventive concoctions needed to evolve a life.